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Politician · Senator · 27th Seanad

Joe Flaherty

Fianna Fáil

Constituency / panel
Nominated by the Taoiseach
Membership
2025-01-29 → current
Committees
4 current — Joint Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage; Joint Committee on Public Petitions and the Ombudsmen; …
1
Declared items
0
CRO-matched interests
0
Awards to declared companies
1395
Lobbying returns
Reports for 2017–2025 (party) and 2020–2022 (members)
1
SIPO donation records
104 of 221 divisions
47%
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.

Register of Lobbying2025-09-12

Lobbying return by Creative Retail Distribution Limited

Taxation
Intended results

A review of the proposal to apply an E-liquids tax using self-declaration mechanism rather than a tax stamp.

Derived link · Matched by exact company name

Published name "Creative Retail Distribution Limited" equals CRO name "CREATIVE RETAIL DISTRIBUTION LIMITED" (CRO 539887) 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 Lobbying2025-09-12

Lobbying return by Creative Retail Distribution Limited

Taxation
Intended results

Offer full support from Hale Vaping, Ireland’s largest indigenous vaping company for the proposed Classification of HHC as a Schedule 1 Controlled Drug by the Government. Hale Vaping is not affiliated with the tobacco industry and has always upheld high standards of compliance…

Derived link · Matched by exact company name

Published name "Creative Retail Distribution Limited" equals CRO name "CREATIVE RETAIL DISTRIBUTION LIMITED" (CRO 539887) 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 Lobbying2025-05-21

Lobbying return by Creative Retail Distribution Limited

Taxation
Intended results

A review of the proposal to apply an E-liquids tax using self-declaration mechanism rather than a tax stamp.

Derived link · Matched by exact company name

Published name "Creative Retail Distribution Limited" equals CRO name "CREATIVE RETAIL DISTRIBUTION LIMITED" (CRO 539887) 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 Lobbying2025-01-19

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 Lobbying2025-01-17

Lobbying return by The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA

Taxation
Intended results

To highlight that the deferral for 2025 provided for in Budget 2025 will not solve the problem that IFA have outlined on RZLT and a permanent solution is required. All genuinely farmed land must be permanently exempted from RZLT. Local authorities must ensure only land required…

Register of Lobbying2025-01-17

Lobbying return by The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA

Taxation
Intended results

To propose that Agricultural Relief must be retained at current levels, with the Capital Acquisition Tax (CAT) Category A threshold (parent and child) increased to €500,000 given noted increase in agricultural land prices.

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 Lobbying2024-09-20

Lobbying return by The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA

Taxation
Intended results

To call on the Government to remove all actively farmed land from the Residential Zoned Land Tax (RZLT).::To acknowledge that a motion to exempt farmland from Residential Zoned Land Tax (RZLT) by Fine Gael TDs, Senators and MEPs is positive and aligns with IFA's policy of not…

Register of Lobbying2024-05-21

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 Lobbying2024-05-19

Lobbying return by The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA

Taxation
Intended results

That the proposed Residential Zoned Land Tax will not apply to currently used agricultural land. ::That ‘a right to be unzoned' must be secured within legislation or automatic ‘zoning reset' occur where actively used farm lands have been zoned for residential development by…

Register of Lobbying2024-01-21

Lobbying return by The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA

Taxation
Intended results

To propose that this tax cannot apply to genuinely farmed land, a means of exempting all genuinely farmed land, such as identifying land upon which payment claims have been made to the Department of Agriculture, Food, and the Marine must be put in place and this land then…

Register of Lobbying2024-01-21

Lobbying return by The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA

Taxation
Intended results

To propose that payment for the loss of this income i.e., forestry premium, should not be subject to Income Tax or Capital Gains Tax (CGT).

Register of Lobbying2024-01-21

Lobbying return by The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA

Taxation
Intended results

To propose that, to better advance or promote increased utilisation of on-farm sustainability measure, farm operations that are utilised for Research Trials/Demonstration purposed (for example Signpost Farms) by Companies/Agricultural Institutions should be afforded an…