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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 Lobbying2022-09-20

Lobbying return by Cre- Composting and Anaerobic Digestion Association of Ireland

Environment
Intended results

The focus of the meeting was to explain the key findings of the latest Cré report “The Quantity of Feedstocks Processed in Composting and Anaerobic Digestion Plants on the Island of Ireland in 2020”

Derived link · Matched by name with added legal form

Published name "Cre- Composting and Anaerobic Digestion Association of Ireland" has no legal form. "CRÉ- COMPOSTING AND ANAEROBIC DIGESTION ASSOCIATION OF IRELAND COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE" (CRO 370931) 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 Lobbying2022-09-19

Lobbying return by The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA

Environment
Intended results

The Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Act 2021, which was passed in July 2021, sets a legally binding target of a 51% reduction in emissions by 2030, relative to a baseline of 2018. Under the Act, the Government is required to set sectoral emissions ceilings…

Register of Lobbying2022-09-19

Lobbying return by The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA

Environment
Intended results

The Climate Change Advisory Council, Carbon Budget Technical report stated that the higher the agricultural emissions reduction, the larger the negative impact will be on agricultural output value and on agricultural sector income.::This is reflected in more detail in a KPMG…

Register of Lobbying2022-09-19

Lobbying return by The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA

Environment
Intended results

The sectoral emissions ceiling for Agriculture must not be higher than a 22% emissions reduction, compared to 2018. Irish farmers are fully committed to playing their part in reducing emissions, however the emissions ceiling set for the sector must be achievable without…

Register of Lobbying2022-05-18

Lobbying return by The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA

Environment
Intended results

To highlight that achieving the reduction target set for agriculture, of 22% to 30% by 2030, which represents an emissions reduction of between 5 to 7 million tonnes CO2 (Mt CO2), will be extremely challenging for the sector.::To highlight that Irish farming is a world leader in…

Register of Lobbying2022-03-03

Lobbying return by Social Justice Ireland

Environment
Intended results

To support Ireland's progress towards the 2030 agenda by engaging further with the SDGs and policy proposals on how to implement them at local and national level.

Register of Lobbying2021-09-20

Lobbying return by The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA

Environment
Intended results

Carbon Budget Definition -::That the definition of carbon budgets in the Bill must take account of removals as well as emissions. The current definition is not consistent with the overall climate goal.::Biogenic Methane -::In setting the Carbon Budget the Climate Advisory…

Register of Lobbying2021-09-18

Lobbying return by Growing Media Ireland Company Limited by Guarantee

Environment
Intended results

Urgent passage of legislation

Derived link · Matched by exact company name

Published name "Growing Media Ireland Company Limited by Guarantee" equals CRO name "GROWING MEDIA IRELAND COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE" (CRO 613626) 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 Lobbying2021-05-21

Lobbying return by Microsoft Ireland Operations Ltd

Environment
Intended results

To discuss environmental sustainability in agriculture and the Terrain-AI project that Microsoft is partnering with SFI on

Derived link · Matched by exact company name

Published name "Microsoft Ireland Operations Ltd" equals CRO name "MICROSOFT IRELAND OPERATIONS LIMITED" (CRO 256796) 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 Lobbying2021-05-07

Lobbying return by Growing Media Ireland Company Limited by Guarantee

Environment
Intended results

Urgent passage of legislation

Derived link · Matched by exact company name

Published name "Growing Media Ireland Company Limited by Guarantee" equals CRO name "GROWING MEDIA IRELAND COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE" (CRO 613626) 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.