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Politician · TD · 34th Dáil

John Cummins

Fine Gael

Constituency / panel
Waterford
Membership
2024-11-29 → current
Office
Minister of State at the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (2025-01-29 → current)
4
Declared items
1
CRO-matched interests
0
Awards to declared companies
1169
Lobbying returns
Reports for 2017–2025 (party) and 2020–2022 (members)
2
SIPO donation records
340 of 422 divisions
81%
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 Lobbying2025-10-07

Lobbying return by Dungarvan & West Waterford Chamber

Development and Zoning
Intended results

Housing grants are unintentionally hollowing out Dungarvan’s commercial heart. Ground-floor business premises are being lost to residential use. Currently retail/services squeezed out, reduced footfall and jobs, shrinking rates base, parking pressures.

Register of Lobbying2025-10-07

Lobbying return by Dungarvan & West Waterford Chamber

Development and Zoning
Intended results

• Champion grid investment & port infrastructure locally • Ensure Waterford is prioritised as a hub, not just a line in the plan

Register of Lobbying2025-09-19

Lobbying return by Greystar Ireland

Development and Zoning
Intended results

To highlight the need for the Planning and Environment Court to be sufficiently resourced to swiftly deal with planning litigation, per the stated Programme for Government.

Derived link · Matched by name with added legal form

Published name "Greystar Ireland" has no legal form. "GREYSTAR IRELAND LIMITED" (CRO 646069) 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 Lobbying2025-09-18

Lobbying return by Q4PR

Development and Zoning
Intended results

To further grow awareness of the potentialfor the delopment of homes and a major public amenity for the Liffey Valley as envisaged in the County Development Plan of Fingal and South Dublin county councils

Derived link · Matched by name with added legal form

Published name "Q4PR" has no legal form. "Q4 PR LIMITED" (CRO 371427) 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 Lobbying2025-09-15

Lobbying return by The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA

Development and Zoning
Intended results

Acknowledgement of IFA's engagement and contribution on the National Planning Framework which is an important policy area since the revision process commenced in June 2023.

Register of Lobbying2025-05-21

Lobbying return by Ibec

Development and Zoning
Intended results

A strong focus on housing and infrastructure delivery, which includes the important role that a consistent, timely and effective planning system is needed to assist with accelerated project delivery.::Implementation of the Planning & Development Act, which recognises the need…

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 Lobbying2025-05-20

Lobbying return by Evara Developments Limited

Development and Zoning
Intended results

Request to Minister to take urgent action on policies to activate and accelerate housing supply and to address planning and infrastructure delivery bottlenecks

Derived link · Matched by exact company name

Published name "Evara Developments Limited" equals CRO name "EVARA Developments LIMITED" (CRO 656280) 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 Lobbying2025-05-20

Lobbying return by Evara Developments Limited

Development and Zoning
Intended results

Request to Minister to take urgent action on policies to activate and accelerate housing supply and to address planning and infrastructure delivery bottlenecks

Derived link · Matched by exact company name

Published name "Evara Developments Limited" equals CRO name "EVARA Developments LIMITED" (CRO 656280) 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 Lobbying2025-04-29

Lobbying return by Irish Planning Institute

Development and Zoning
Intended results

Introducing the Minister of State to the work of the Institute and the Institute's priorities with regards to forward planning, development management, enforcement and resourcing.

Register of Lobbying2025-04-22

Lobbying return by Dungarvan & West Waterford Chamber

Development and Zoning
Intended results

Capture and analyse data through the register first – get a full picture of supply, geographic spread, and types of properties.