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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 Lobbying2023-07-14

Lobbying return by Dungarvan & West Waterford Chamber

Banking and Financial Institutions
Intended results

Foreign exchange to be available to all people, including those without a bank account. To ensure money laundering is not an issue, a maximum daily limit per person could be accommodated.

Register of Lobbying2023-07-14

Lobbying return by Dungarvan & West Waterford Chamber

Economic Development and Industry
Intended results

Recent member survey shighlighted the need for grants in areas of Employment, Equipment, Green, Energy, Buildings Upgrade for Energy, Research support. Grants for microbusiness (not loans)

Register of Lobbying2023-07-14

Lobbying return by Dungarvan & West Waterford Chamber

Energy and Natural Resources
Intended results

Green/ Energy , business say (member survey) that they need more energy support and supports. It is a new and overwhelming area. It can be costly to make significant changes therefore they must be smart changes

Register of Lobbying2023-07-14

Lobbying return by Dungarvan & West Waterford Chamber

Banking and Financial Institutions
Intended results

The busineess environent is tough and has experienced huge change in the past few years. Businesses want Low-Cost Loans so they can invest in themselves and their workforce and ensure sustainability

Register of Lobbying2023-05-21

Lobbying return by Irish Hotels Federation

Tourism
Intended results

Continued investment and support for tourism development, promotion and marketing ::Seeking a commitment by Government to retain the 9% rate of tourism VAT rate::Seeking adjustments to TBESS (Temporary Business Energy Support Scheme) to include LPG gas in the qualifying…

Register of Lobbying2023-05-21

Lobbying return by The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA

Marine
Intended results

To highlight how Seafood Organisations were not invited to participate as part of the pre-legislative scrutiny of the General Scheme of Marine Protected Areas Bill 2022, with three hearings being held by the committee in the previous two weeks.::To highlight that there are…

Register of Lobbying2023-05-21

Lobbying return by The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA

Agriculture
Intended results

To brief Members of the Oireachtas on the Nitrates Derogation::Member States must apply to the European Commission every four years to be granted a nitrates derogation. Strict criteria must be met in order to get a derogation. Member states must demonstrate that the higher…

Register of Lobbying2023-05-21

Lobbying return by Vulcan Consulting Limited

Housing
Intended results

To advocate for a) progress on planning reform, b) implementation of key objectives from Housing for All c) increased residential housing targets and d) revised compact and sustainable growth guidelines.

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.

Register of Lobbying2023-05-21

Lobbying return by Rare Diseases Ireland

Health
Intended results

PQs to Minister to seek commitment to deliver of prog for government promise to support genetic services for people living with rare diseases.

Derived link · Matched by exact company name

Published name "Rare Diseases Ireland" equals CRO name "RARE DISEASES IRELAND" (CRO 140743) 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 Lobbying2023-05-20

Lobbying return by The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA

Environment
Intended results

To ensure that, as set out in Food Vision 2030, there must be a balance between environmental, economic and social sustainability.::To ensure that rigorous assessments of all EU and national policy proposals are required to understand their impact on farm viability, the rural…

Register of Lobbying2023-05-20

Lobbying return by The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA

Agriculture
Intended results

To brief Oireachtas Members of the details of the current Nitrates Action Programme::The EU Nitrates Directive requires Member States to review water quality at least every four years and to create a Nitrates Action Programme (NAP). This programme outlines a suite of…

Register of Lobbying2023-05-19

Lobbying return by The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA

EU Affairs
Intended results

To seek a meeting with the members of the political parties on the implications of the mid-term review of the Nitrates Action programme agreed with the European Commission.::1. The IFA insist that the Minister must revisit this with the European Commission as this would mean…

Register of Lobbying2023-05-19

Lobbying return by The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA

Environment
Intended results

To highlight that our grass-based livestock and arable land systems are among the world's most climate-efficient food production systems. Farmers will work to reduce emissions by adopting measures in the Teagasc Marginal Abatement Cost Curve (MACC) and other reasonable policy…