Skip to content
Declared
Official portrait of James Lawless
Photo: Houses of the Oireachtas

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.

Download CSV 200 rows, with the filters applied
Register of Lobbying2025-01-20

Lobbying return by BioMarin International Limited

Health
Intended results

Raising awareness about rare disease policy in Ireland in Ireland and the EU and improving access to treatments for rare disease patients

Derived link · Matched by exact company name

Published name "BioMarin International Limited" equals CRO name "BIOMARIN INTERNATIONAL LIMITED" (CRO 500060) 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.

Register of Lobbying2025-01-20

Lobbying return by The Irish Hospice Foundation

Health
Intended results

The issues that we highlight are included in the Programme for Government.

Derived link · Matched by exact company name

Published name "The Irish Hospice Foundation" equals CRO name "THE IRISH HOSPICE FOUNDATION" (CRO 114617) 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.

Register of Lobbying2025-01-17

Lobbying return by Mental Health Reform

Health
Intended results

To send MHR's Programme for Government Briefing on the mental health priorities of members and issue a save the date for the launch of MHR's research with the London School of Economics on investment in early intervention programmes in mental health. The event will be happening…

Derived link · Matched by exact company name

Published name "Mental Health Reform" equals CRO name "MENTAL HEALTH REFORM" (CRO 506850) 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.

Register of Lobbying2025-01-16

Lobbying return by LauraLynn Ireland's Children's Hospice

Health
Intended results

To influence the development of Programme for Government 2025 with a view to including commitments: (1) for sustainable public funding levels for LauraLynn Children's Hospice and (2) to develop a new national policy on Children’s Palliative Care to inform service planning,…

Register of Lobbying2025-01-16

Lobbying return by GP Care For All

Health
Intended results

To raise the viability of services due to the impact of the legislative changes introduced by section 1008A TCA 1997 of the Finance (No. 2) Act 2023. These changes will have a detrimental impact GPCareForAll. The charity runs GP practices in areas of deprivation; deprived…

Derived link · Matched by exact company name

Published name "GP Care For All" equals CRO name "GP CARE FOR ALL" (CRO 614078) 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.

Register of Lobbying2025-01-15

Lobbying return by The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA

Health
Intended results

To propose that the 5-year land/business transfer clause is reduced to a maximum of three years to allow more farmers to benefit from the Fair Deal Scheme.::To propose a new, statutory Home Support scheme needs to be introduced urgently and adequately funded to support older…

Register of Lobbying2025-01-15

Lobbying return by The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA

Health
Intended results

To emphasise that the continued provision of primary care services in rural areas is paramount, requiring adequate investment and resourcing.::To emphasise that the Home Care Package must be introduced under the Nursing Home Support Scheme/Fair Deal to allow older people to be…

Register of Lobbying2025-01-14

Lobbying return by Rare Diseases Ireland

Health
Intended results

Inclusion of rare diseases in Programme for Government - specifically Implementation of new National RD Strategy; Provide timely equitable access to medical innovations, including orphan medicines, advanced therapies, genomics and devices; and Deliver a comprehensive robust…

Derived link · Matched by exact company name

Published name "Rare Diseases Ireland" equals CRO name "RARE DISEASES IRELAND" (CRO 140743) 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.

Register of Lobbying2025-01-08

Lobbying return by Camphill Communities of Ireland

Health
Intended results

To arrange urgent meetings with relevant government ministers but this did not occur to date as an election was called and the government has not been fully formed, nor new Ministers elected.

Derived link · Matched by exact company name

Published name "Camphill Communities of Ireland" equals CRO name "CAMPHILL COMMUNITIES OF IRELAND" (CRO 35672) 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.

Register of Lobbying2024-11-21

Lobbying return by UNICEF Ireland

Health
Intended results

Endorsement of our election manifesto which outlines UNICEF Ireland’s Child Rights Election Manifesto outlines 10 urgent priorities grounded in the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC)

Derived link · Matched by exact company name

Published name "UNICEF Ireland" equals CRO name "UNICEF IRELAND" (CRO 371124) 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.

Register of Lobbying2024-09-20

Lobbying return by GSK

Health
Intended results

To inform deputies and senators about the benefits of adult vaccination including details of a piece of research commissioned by GSK which demonstrates that implementing adult vaccination programmes in Ireland delivers a return