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Politician · TD · 34th Dáil

James Lawless

Fianna Fáil

Constituency / panel
Kildare North
Membership
2024-11-29 → current
Office
Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (2025-01-23 → current)
2
Declared items
0
CRO-matched interests
0
Awards to declared companies
1939
Lobbying returns
Reports for 2017–2025 (party) and 2020–2022 (members)
1
SIPO donation records
348 of 422 divisions
82%
Vote participation

Lobbying returns

Returns filed on the Register of Lobbying, newest first, with the policy area and intended results as the lobbyist published them.

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Register of Lobbying2026-09-21

Lobbying return by Chambers Ireland

Development and Zoning
Intended results

Accelerate the delivery of clean energy infrastructure - Speed up renewable generation, grid, ports, storage and enabling infrastructure delivery to strengthen energy security, reduce constraints and support Ireland’s clean energy targets.

Register of Lobbying2026-09-21

Lobbying return by Chambers Ireland

Development and Zoning
Intended results

Strengthen regeneration and place-based development by simplifying regeneration delivery, supporting town and city centre viability, and enabling more effective local investment through stronger local capacity and more flexible urban schemes.

Register of Lobbying2026-09-21

Lobbying return by Chambers Ireland

Development and Zoning
Intended results

Unlock land, vacancy and urban viability by activating brownfield, derelict, vacant and underused sites through stronger powers, better incentives, tax reform and more coordinated reuse and site activation measures.

Register of Lobbying2026-09-21

Lobbying return by Chambers Ireland

Development and Zoning
Intended results

Scale housing supply and delivery at pace by strengthening accountability, expanding direct delivery, increasing affordable housing output and building long-term capacity for faster housing delivery across regions.

Register of Lobbying2026-09-21

Lobbying return by Chambers Ireland

Development and Zoning
Intended results

Fix the system bottlenecks restricting delivery. This includes reforms to planning, judicial review, courts and coordination structures to remove delays and unlock delivery at scale.

Register of Lobbying2026-09-21

Lobbying return by Chambers Ireland

Development and Zoning
Intended results

Called for the need to scale delivery of essential infrastructure including housing, water and wastewater, energy and grid, and transport by turning funding commitments into visible delivery through binding targets, multi-annual funding and stronger accountability.

Register of Lobbying2026-05-20

Lobbying return by Chambers Ireland

Development and Zoning
Intended results

Support extension of the Grangegorman Development Agency’s remit to deliver additional major capital projects, particularly in further education and training, building on its proven success.

Register of Lobbying2026-05-19

Lobbying return by Ronan Group Real Estate

Development and Zoning
Intended results

To raise awareness for a potential innovation hub at Glass Bottle, Dublin 4.

Derived link · Matched by name with added legal form

Published name "Ronan Group Real Estate" has no legal form. "RONAN GROUP REAL ESTATE LIMITED" (CRO 744162) 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.

Register of Lobbying2025-05-05

Lobbying return by Allan Shine Consultants

Development and Zoning
Intended results

Meeting with Minister Lawless and Buttimer to discuss potential development plans for Weston Airport and investment to date

Derived link · Matched by name with added legal form

Published name "Allan Shine Consultants" has no legal form. "ALLAN SHINE CONSULTANTS LIMITED" (CRO 756197) 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.

Register of Lobbying2024-01-14

Lobbying return by Save Castletown

Development and Zoning
Intended results

To prevent any changes to the current zoning directly around Castletown House. For this zoning to remain Open Space and Amenity/Green Belt.

Register of Lobbying2023-09-13

Lobbying return by The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA

Development and Zoning
Intended results

To get clarity from the Minister for Agriculture on the Residential Zoned Land Tax (RZLT) and his response to a question on Newstalk where he stated that any active farmer who wished to continue farming and not sell their land for development could apply to their local County…

Register of Lobbying2022-12-19

Lobbying return by Naas Combined Resident's Associations

Development and Zoning
Intended results

Respect the democratic decision of Naas Municipal District Council by not proceeding with the Gallops Avenue/Naas Inner Relief Road

Register of Lobbying2021-04-30

Lobbying return by Naas Combined Resident's Associations

Development and Zoning
Intended results

Removal of the Gallops Avenue (which is teh same as the previous Naas Inner Relief Road rejected by Naas MDC in 2019)