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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.

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Register of Lobbying2023-01-20

Lobbying return by The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA

Agriculture
Intended results

To highlight how the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) proposals on Nature Restoration Targets are extremely ambitious and would remove significant areas of land from active agricultural production. The effect on farmers and the wider rural community needs to…

Register of Lobbying2023-01-20

Lobbying return by The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA

Agriculture
Intended results

To emphasise how Farm Schemes, funded either through the Common Agricultural Policy or National Exchequer, are a critical source of income each year for family farms, helping support their environmental, social and economic sustainability.::Dependence on Direct Payments::The…

Register of Lobbying2023-01-20

Lobbying return by The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA

Agriculture
Intended results

To outline IFA's position on the dispensing of Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feeds and Fertilisers.::IFA has a clearly set out long standing policy in relation to veterinary medicine usage on farms. Veterinary Medicines are vital tools for us as farmers to ensure we…

Register of Lobbying2023-01-20

Lobbying return by The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA

Agriculture
Intended results

To highlight how farmers can contribute to emissions reduction while continuing to produce food through a sustainable food system.::To focus on how to reduce emissions per unit of nutrition - there is an increasing world population therefore the world will need more food, not…

Register of Lobbying2023-01-20

Lobbying return by The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA

Agriculture
Intended results

To support the account presented to Oireachtas Members by Kilkenny farmer Dan Brennan to the effects of emissions on farm animals and farmland over a thirty year period.::To support the call for a public enquiry into the case

Register of Lobbying2023-01-20

Lobbying return by Ruhama

Justice and Equality
Intended results

Awareness of the work of Ruhama and influence on policy relating to Domestic, Sexual Gender Based Violence

Derived link · Matched by exact company name

Published name "Ruhama" equals CRO name "RUHAMA" (CRO 209799) 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 Lobbying2023-01-20

Lobbying return by Migrant Rights Centre Ireland

Employment
Intended results

Changes to the legislation to give general employment permit holders the same rights as critical skills permit holders. A system whereby employment permit holders can change employer without having to apply for a new permit.

Register of Lobbying2023-01-20

Lobbying return by Screen Composers Guild of Ireland

Arts
Intended results

Commitment to bring in levy under OSMR bill in timely fashion::Use of any income from levy to fund Irish created and owned screen content of value benefiting screen industry including composers, writers, directors

Derived link · Matched by name with added legal form

Published name "Screen Composers Guild of Ireland" has no legal form. "SCREEN COMPOSERS GUILD OF IRELAND COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE" (CRO 627171) 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 Lobbying2023-01-20

Lobbying return by Dyslexia Association of Ireland

Education and Training
Intended results

To build awareness of Oireachtas members on the lived experience of dyslexia and the need for: (1) teacher training on dyslexia (2) equitable access to dyslexia assessment (3) access to quality evidence-based supports in school for students with dyslexia, (4) formal recognition…

Register of Lobbying2023-01-20

Lobbying return by Mag Mell Energy Ireland Ltd.

Energy and Natural Resources
Intended results

To inform Oireachtas members about the Mag Mell project and why it offers a real solution to address Ireland’s near-term energy security of supply needs. To highlight the scale of the project and how it will support Ireland’s energy transition and emission reduction targets, as…

Register of Lobbying2023-01-20

Lobbying return by Association of Consulting Engineers of Ireland

Environment
Intended results

Concrete levy to be removed and Ministers and TDs to provide responses to the challenges facing the construction sector.

Register of Lobbying2023-01-20

Lobbying return by Vulcan Consulting Limited

Agriculture
Intended results

Improvement to forestry policy and programmes

Derived link · Matched by exact company name

Published name "Vulcan Consulting Limited" equals CRO name "VULCAN CONSULTING LIMITED" (CRO 578963) 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.