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Politician · TD · 34th Dáil

Hildegarde Naughton

Fine Gael

Constituency / panel: Galway West
Membership: 2024-11-29 → current
Office: Minister for Education and Youth (2025-11-18 → current)
Office: Minister of State at the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth with responsibility for Disability (2025-01-23 → 2025-05-01)
Office: Minister of State at the Department of Children, Disability and Equality (2025-05-02 → 2025-11-18)

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Declared items: 0
CRO-matched interests: 0
Awards to declared companies: 2189
Lobbying returns: 4
SIPO donation records: 74%
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Lobbying returns

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Lobbying return by Restaurants Association of Ireland

Education and Training

Intended results

To inform the committee of how post 2016 apprenticeships are struggling without the funding the pre-2016 apprenticeships can avail of. To give the perspective of a co-developer / CSG member of the culinary apprenticeships specifically and seek the restoration of allowances and…

Derived link · Matched by name with added legal form

Published name "Restaurants Association of Ireland" has no legal form. "RESTAURANTS ASSOCIATION OF IRELAND COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE" (CRO 56224) is the only CRO company with that name plus any legal form (Limited, DAC, UC, CLG, PLC or Teoranta). Confirm against the CRO record before relying on it.

Lobbying return by Pender & Associates Ltd

Health

Intended results

Attendance at an event presenting the Medicines for Ireland Manifesto 2019

Lobbying return by The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA

Agriculture

Intended results

To ensure that cattle price returns are in line with the EU/UK average and to ensure that farmers get a fair price for their cattle to ensure a income as they are encountering severe income difficulties as a result of the falling prices.::A comprehensive package of market…

Lobbying return by The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA

Health

Intended results

Raise awareness of the Green Ribbon Campaign::Inviting Oireachtas members to attend 'Let's Talk and Walk' events which are taking place at various locations around the country.::To get people openly talking about mental health and to remove the stigma surrounding these issues.

Lobbying return by The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA

Environment

Intended results

Prevent a cap on production, which would impact directly on the incomes of farm families and the 300,000 jobs that the agri-food sector supports.::Farmers should be consulted about the impact such an arbitrary ceiling would have on Ireland's rural economy or its negative impact…

Lobbying return by Sex Workers Alliance Ireland (SWAI)

Justice and Equality

Intended results

To inform of SWAI success working with Gardai to deliver 20 year jail sentence to serial rapist despite 20% decrease in amount of workers wanting to engage with Gardai due to the law.

Lobbying return by Sex Workers Alliance Ireland (SWAI)

Justice and Equality

Intended results

Press release to inform policy-makers that under the new brothel-keeping law in the legislation, two sex workers, one of whom is pregnant were given 9 month jail sentences (not the pimps or traffickers the law purportedly targets).

Lobbying return by Dublin Chamber of Commerce

Budgetary matters

Intended results

To promote the policy priorities outlined in Dublin Chamber's submission on Budget 2020.

Lobbying return by Dublin Chamber of Commerce

Budgetary matters

Intended results

To promote the policy priorities outlined in Dublin Chamber's submission on Budget 2020.

Lobbying return by Threshold

Housing

Intended results

Secure the attendnace of the DPO at the seminar.

Derived link · Matched by exact company name

Published name "Threshold" equals CRO name "THRESHOLD" (CRO 70660) after normalising legal forms such as Ltd = Limited. No other CRO company has this name. Names can be shared, so compare the address and dates on the CRO record.

Lobbying return by National Centre for Youth Mental Health

Children and Youth Affairs

Intended results

Provide information and update to Oireachtas members on Jigsaw's work with young people

Derived link · Matched by name with added legal form

Published name "National Centre for Youth Mental Health" has no legal form. "NATIONAL CENTRE FOR YOUTH MENTAL HEALTH COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE" (CRO 421016) is the only CRO company with that name plus any legal form (Limited, DAC, UC, CLG, PLC or Teoranta). Confirm against the CRO record before relying on it.

Lobbying return by Horse Sport Ireland

Budgetary matters

Intended results

To secure an additional €3.3m in funding from the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, and an additional €1.71m from the Department of Transport, Tourism, and Sport in order to bring the total Government allocation of Ireland's National Governing Body for Equestrian…

Derived link · Matched by exact company name

Published name "Horse Sport Ireland" equals CRO name "HORSE SPORT IRELAND" (CRO 432092) after normalising legal forms such as Ltd = Limited. No other CRO company has this name. Names can be shared, so compare the address and dates on the CRO record.

Lobbying return by Irish Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy - IACP

Education and Training

Intended results

Legislative change around the availability of therapeutic counselling to children in second-level institutions.

Lobbying return by Hume Brophy

Economic Development and Industry

Intended results

To seek technical amendments to existing legislation so as to enhance the competitiveness of the Irish funds industry

Lobbying return by Ibec

Environment

Intended results

Increase use of forestry for climate change

Derived link · Matched by name with added legal form

Published name "Ibec" has no legal form. "IBEC COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE" (CRO 8706) is the only CRO company with that name plus any legal form (Limited, DAC, UC, CLG, PLC or Teoranta). Confirm against the CRO record before relying on it.