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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 Lobbying2023-01-10

Lobbying return by DOCHAS - THE IRISH ASSOCIATION OF NON- GOVERNMENTAL DEVELOPMENT ORGANISATIONS

Foreign Affairs
Intended results

Convey our appreciation of the increase in ODA secured for Budget 2023 for Ireland's ODA Programme::Ask Ministers with involvement in developing the EU budget to secure additional funds for humanitarian response in 2023::Sharing updated information on famine in the Horn of…

Derived link · Matched by exact company name

Published name "DOCHAS - THE IRISH ASSOCIATION OF NON- GOVERNMENTAL DEVELOPMENT ORGANISATIONS" equals CRO name "DOCHAS - THE IRISH ASSOCIATION OF NON- GOVERNMENTAL DEVELOPMENT ORGANISATIONS" (CRO 94384) 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 Lobbying2023-01-10

Lobbying return by mytaxi network Ireland (trading as FREE NOW)

Transport
Intended results

A meeting to discuss issues affecting taxi supply Dublin, and in particular, the taxi permit system in operation at Dublin Airport which currently creates a situation whereby for every 4 FREE NOW journeys to Dublin Airport, 3 taxis leave empty as they are precluded by the daa…

Register of Lobbying2023-01-10

Lobbying return by mytaxi network Ireland (trading as FREE NOW)

Transport
Intended results

To inform the Justice Committee of FREE NOW's position on the planned modernisation of alcohol licensing, including advocating for staggered closing hours, improved after-hours transport infrastructure and services, and the appointment of a Night Mayor in Dublin tasked with…

Register of Lobbying2023-01-06

Lobbying return by Vintners' Federation of Ireland

Trade
Intended results

To express our concern at the proposal in this Bill to abolish the need to extinquish an existing 7 Day Publican's Licence in order to open up a new public house. This will result in their being no limit on the number of pubs in the country to the detriment of existing pubs in…

Derived link · Matched by name with added legal form

Published name "Vintners' Federation of Ireland" has no legal form. "VINTNERS' FEDERATION OF IRELAND COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE" (CRO 112132) 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 Lobbying2023-01-05

Lobbying return by Neurological Alliance of Ireland

Health
Intended results

Support for investment to implement existing policy in relation to neurological care services in Ireland

Derived link · Matched by name with added legal form

Published name "Neurological Alliance of Ireland" has no legal form. "NEUROLOGICAL ALLIANCE OF IRELAND COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE" (CRO 366603) 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.