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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 Lobbying2024-05-20

Lobbying return by The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA

Agriculture
Intended results

To seek an inspection protocol with the local County Council that, now that County Councils are required to carry out environmental inspections on farms, farm families will be given respect and recognition of their unique place in food production.::To highlight that…

Register of Lobbying2024-05-20

Lobbying return by Kerry Group plc

EU Affairs
Intended results

To communicate anticipated negative public health and economic impacts from proposed non-renewal of smoke flavouring product authorisations at the EU level, and to request advocacy on this point, leading towards a reconsideration of the EU Commission's proposals.

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Published name "Kerry Group plc" equals CRO name "KERRY GROUP PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY" (CRO 111471) 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 Lobbying2024-05-19

Lobbying return by The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA

Taxation
Intended results

That the proposed Residential Zoned Land Tax will not apply to currently used agricultural land. ::That ‘a right to be unzoned' must be secured within legislation or automatic ‘zoning reset' occur where actively used farm lands have been zoned for residential development by…

Register of Lobbying2024-05-19

Lobbying return by The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA

Agriculture
Intended results

To highlight the impact of reduced stocking rate thresholds on the entire agriculture sector.::- IFA analysis estimates that the reduction to a maximum stocking rate of 220kg organic nitrogen will have a cumulative sector cost of up to €60m per annum.::- A complete loss of the…

Register of Lobbying2024-05-19

Lobbying return by The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA

EU Affairs
Intended results

To appeal to Irish MEP's to support a 'No' vote on the Nature Restoration Law.::While amendments have been made to the original proposal, there remains real and genuine concern among farmers, in particularly those operating on Hill and Natura 2000 sites, that there will be…

Register of Lobbying2024-05-19

Lobbying return by The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA

EU Affairs
Intended results

To participate at the European Farmers' Deal ; EPP Vision for Agriculture in Europe event.::To highlight the enormous challenges that threaten farming across Europe.::To highlight serious concerns about the economic sustainability of the sector and its role in the fight against…

Register of Lobbying2024-05-19

Lobbying return by The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA

Agriculture
Intended results

To highlight that, without urgent policy action, it is not inconceivable that the overall tillage area could decline by up to 11% in 2024 due to very low levels of autumn planting, tight availability of spring seeds and widespread negativity amongst growers.::This potential…

Register of Lobbying2024-05-19

Lobbying return by Respect Vapers

Health
Intended results

Public representatives meet with international public health expert Clive Bates who shares international facts and experience on the role of flavoured vaping in reducing tobacco addiction. Provide public representatives with the findings of an independent RedC survey on the…

Register of Lobbying2024-05-18

Lobbying return by The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA

Agriculture
Intended results

To propose that the Minister for Agriculture, Food, And the Marine considers interim payments to farmers who have qualified for ACRES in light of the delays with the overall payments to help alleviate the financial burden on farmers at this time of the year.::To highlight the…

Register of Lobbying2024-05-18

Lobbying return by The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA

Agriculture
Intended results

To invite An Taoiseach to address the IFA 69th AGM.::To invite the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to address the IFA 69th AGM.::To invite the Minister of State (Heydon) at the Department of Agriculture, Food, and the Marine to the IFA 69th AGM.::To invite the…

Register of Lobbying2024-05-18

Lobbying return by The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA

Health
Intended results

To attend a seminar dedicated to the Mental Health and wellbeing of farmers.::To address the unique challenges that farmers face, including the economic and environmental unpredictability of their livelihoods, risk of both spatial and occupational isolation, and rapidly evolving…

Register of Lobbying2024-05-18

Lobbying return by The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA

Agriculture
Intended results

To voice farmers' anger and frustration at the ever-increasing administrative burden being placed on them which has had a major impact on farm family incomes.::These frustrations have broadened into anger with European and National lawmakers over the massive increase in…

Register of Lobbying2024-05-18

Lobbying return by The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA

Agriculture
Intended results

To call for a Tillage Expansion and Sustainability Scheme to be urgently introduced to financially support farmers in the sector and halt the decline in the national tillage area.::To highlight that the ongoing weather conditions are placing farmers under serious pressure and…

Register of Lobbying2024-05-18

Lobbying return by The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA

EU Affairs
Intended results

That the EU Parliament must focus on reducing poorly thought-out regulations, including Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) conditionality such as Good Agricultural and Environment Condition2 (GAEC2) on peatlands. Over regulation is causing frustration and anger amongst farmers. It…