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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 Lobbying2022-05-18

Lobbying return by The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA

Banking and Financial Institutions
Intended results

To extablish what action the Government is taking to assist farmers on the exit of Ulster Bank diminishes the level of competition within the Agri Finance market. It's a concern that the already high Cost of Credit that Irish farmers have to contend with will only get worse.::If…

Register of Lobbying2022-05-18

Lobbying return by The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA

Agriculture
Intended results

To secure a commitment from the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine that his Department will ensure that there is no impact on current reliefs available to farmers.::To highlight that IFA has made a submission to the Commission on Welfare and Taxation.::To highlight…

Register of Lobbying2022-05-18

Lobbying return by The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA

Agriculture
Intended results

Productive farm land, used for generations for food production, is proposed to be included within the remit of the Residential Zoned Land Tax. IFA understands the current housing crisis, but farmers are private land owners, not property developers or speculators.::To ensure…

Register of Lobbying2022-05-18

Lobbying return by The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA

Agriculture
Intended results

To seek clear commitment from the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine as to when the review of the Agriculture Appeals Office will happen.

Register of Lobbying2022-05-18

Lobbying return by The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA

Agriculture
Intended results

To seek an assurance from the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine that the Government will defend live exports.::To highlight that IFA are very concerned about the Green Party's position on live exports. Their MEPs opposed the recent amendments to the ANIT Report in…

Register of Lobbying2022-05-18

Lobbying return by The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA

Agriculture
Intended results

There was a reduction in farm fatalities in 2021. To establish from the Minister of State Martin Heydon what farm safety measures are in place for 2022.

Register of Lobbying2022-05-18

Lobbying return by The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA

Agriculture
Intended results

To highlight that farmers will play their part in any national effort to bolster the country's capacity to produce more food.::To highlight that there must be a focus on growing more grass for silage as well as more crops. The key issue here is to tackle input costs particularly…

Register of Lobbying2022-05-18

Lobbying return by The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA

Agriculture
Intended results

That the Government addresses the Food Security risk and takes action by carrying out inventories on fertiliser, fuel and feed stocks.

Register of Lobbying2022-05-18

Lobbying return by The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA

Agriculture
Intended results

To highlight the key points in IFA's Submission to the Public Consultation on Carbon Budgets::To make the Tanaiste aware of IFA's concerns around the Food Vision Dairy Group::To demonstrate to the Tanaiste the impact of the CAP Reform proposals on Irish farming and ways to…

Register of Lobbying2022-05-18

Lobbying return by The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA

Agriculture
Intended results

To highlight that the Government should increase the Protein Aid Budget in 2022 to promote the production of pulses and combi crops (barley and pea crop or oats and bean mixes).

Register of Lobbying2022-05-18

Lobbying return by The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA

Agriculture
Intended results

To highlight that the Government should address feed and fertiliser deficits with a National Procurement Strategy to Ensure Winter Reserves.