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Politician · TD · 34th Dáil

Martin Heydon

Fine Gael

Constituency / panel
Kildare South
Membership
2024-11-29 → current
Office
Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (2025-01-23 → current)

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 Lobbying2026-09-19

Lobbying return by The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA

EU Affairs
Intended results

To highlight that the introduction of the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) at the beginning of 2026 has brought increased fertiliser prices that have since been compounded by the recent energy crisis.::That the European Commission had recognised the potential for…

Register of Lobbying2026-09-19

Lobbying return by The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA

EU Affairs
Intended results

To accept an invitation from the Minister for Agriculture, Food, and the Marine to nominate two representatives to attend the EU Presidency Stakeholders' event.::To highlight that the purpose of the event is to bring together a focused audience of stakeholders, media…

Register of Lobbying2026-09-18

Lobbying return by The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA

EU Affairs
Intended results

To request a meeting with the Minister for Agriculture, Food, and the Marine to discuss the EU Environmental Simplification Omnibus and its implications for Irish agriculture, and to understand how the Government intends to progress this agenda during Ireland's Presidency of the…

Register of Lobbying2026-09-18

Lobbying return by The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA

EU Affairs
Intended results

To highlight that IFA has been in consistent contact with both the Irish Department of Agriculture and the European Commission regarding fertiliser prices, largely due to the imposition of the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) on imported fertilisers into the EU from…

Register of Lobbying2026-09-18

Lobbying return by The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA

EU Affairs
Intended results

To stress how the European Commission's proposals in July 2025 on the Multiannual Financial Framework are hugely concerning for IFA.::That the proposed €293.7bn ringfenced for CAP is a drastic cut in both real and nominal terms to the current CAP 2023-2027 budget (and that's…

Register of Lobbying2026-09-18

Lobbying return by The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA

EU Affairs
Intended results

To accept and invitation from the Taoiseach and the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to attend a reception to mark Ireland's presidency of the Council of the EU.::To meet with Minister for Agriculture, Food, and the Marine to discuss the programme for Irish agriculture…

Register of Lobbying2026-09-17

Lobbying return by DOCHAS - THE IRISH ASSOCIATION OF NON- GOVERNMENTAL DEVELOPMENT ORGANISATIONS

EU Affairs
Intended results

Awareness of and support for Dochas' priorities for Ireland's EU Presidency policy programme

Derived link · Matched by exact company name

Published name "DOCHAS - THE IRISH ASSOCIATION OF NON- GOVERNMENTAL DEVELOPMENT ORGANISATIONS" equals CRO name "DOCHAS - THE IRISH ASSOCIATION OF NON- GOVERNMENTAL DEVELOPMENT ORGANISATIONS" (CRO 94384) 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 Lobbying2026-09-14

Lobbying return by The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA

EU Affairs
Intended results

To highlight IFA CAP post -2027 key priorities.::Increased Budget::The proposed €293.7bn ring-fenced for CAP is a drastic cut in both real terms and nominal terms compared with the current CAP 2023-2027 budget (and that assumes forecast Member State contributions materialise).…

Register of Lobbying2026-09-14

Lobbying return by The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA

EU Affairs
Intended results

To attend a stakeholder EU event outlining the Department of Agriculture, Food, and the Marine's priorities during Ireland's EU Presidency.::To discuss funding opportunities and Vision for Fisheries and Aquaculture 2040 which will form part of the focus of the discussions at the…

Register of Lobbying2026-09-14

Lobbying return by The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA

EU Affairs
Intended results

To launch the IFA CAP Hub at the Tullamore Agriculture Show.::To highlight that the CAP hub is one page on the IFA website which is built so that every farmer can see, in plain figures, what the proposed cuts to the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) budget would mean.::To lead a…

Register of Lobbying2026-05-20

Lobbying return by The Dublin Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

EU Affairs
Intended results

Ireland to support the Council Resolution on fur farming and call on the Commission to effectively propose a ban on the practice and on the placing of farmed fur products on the EU market

Register of Lobbying2026-05-18

Lobbying return by The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA

EU Affairs
Intended results

To highlight that since the outbreak of the war in Ukraine in 2022, Irish farmers have been operating with highly elevated input costs and so the breakout of another conflict in a region which is integral to the production of vital farm inputs presents a potentially grave…

Register of Lobbying2026-05-16

Lobbying return by The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA

EU Affairs
Intended results

To seek support in the EU Parliament for the motion to refer the Mercosur trade deal to the European Court of Justice(ECJ) to interrogate its compatibility with various aspects of the European Treaties.::To highlight that Irish farmers operate to world class animal health,…