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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 Lobbying2024-09-21

Lobbying return by Car Rental Council of Ireland

Taxation
Intended results

Re-instate the pre-2019 VAT equalisation measure in order to facilitate the short-term purchase/lease of cars to service the summer tourist market in Ireland.

Register of Lobbying2024-09-21

Lobbying return by Car Rental Council of Ireland

Transport
Intended results

to ensure that there are sufficient grid capacity and fast charging points in place nationally to facilitate the sustainable electrification of the car rental fleet.

Register of Lobbying2024-09-21

Lobbying return by Car Rental Council of Ireland

Finance
Intended results

That Government would use the leverage it has with incumbent insurers to deliver Reductions in liability premiums and Increased risk appetite and accelerate efforts to attract more liability underwriters into the Irish market.

Register of Lobbying2024-09-21

Lobbying return by Drogheda & District Chamber

Transport
Intended results

To help facilitate a private roundtable meeting between Government Officials and the local Motor Dealers - focussed on road safety messaging to improve safety on our roads.

Derived link · Matched by name with added legal form

Published name "Drogheda & District Chamber" has no legal form. "DROGHEDA AND DISTRICT CHAMBER COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE" (CRO 1757) 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 Lobbying2024-09-20

Lobbying return by Irish Heart Foundation

Finance
Intended results

To circulate the Irish Heart Foundation's pre-budget submission to relevant Ministers and Departments and to all members of the Oireachtas::To secure the support of elected representatives and Government officials for the recommendations made in the pre-budget submission.

Register of Lobbying2024-09-20

Lobbying return by Hanover Media Strategy Limited

Transport
Intended results

Introductory meeting with Enterprise Mobility to present the business' operations in Ireland and discuss relevant transport files

Derived link · Matched by exact company name

Published name "Hanover Media Strategy Limited" equals CRO name "HANOVER MEDIA STRATEGY LIMITED" (CRO 596029) 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 Ibec

Economic Development and Industry
Intended results

The introduction of a new Climate Action Contracts scheme to support industrial decarbonisation in Ireland

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.

Register of Lobbying2024-09-20

Lobbying return by Irish Council for Civil Liberties

Justice and Equality
Intended results

Call by Coalition Against Hate Crime (CAHC) for the prioritisation of hate crime legislation, call for progression at the Seanad, understand timeframe for legislation.::Call by CAHC for a committment to an holistic approach to hate crime and hate speech by means of an action…

Derived link · Matched by name with added legal form

Published name "Irish Council for Civil Liberties" has no legal form. "IRISH COUNCIL FOR CIVIL LIBERTIES COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE" (CRO 411471) 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 Lobbying2024-09-20

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

Register of Lobbying2024-09-20

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

Transport
Intended results

To discuss the important role that taxis play as a part of Ireland’s transport infrastructure and to raise issues facing the taxi industry such as supply, regulation and tax liability.