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Politician · TD · 34th Dáil

Mary Butler

Fianna Fáil

Constituency / panel
Waterford
Membership
2024-11-29 → current
Office
Minister of State at the Department of the Taoiseach with special responsibility as Government Chief Whip; and the Department of Health with responsibility for Mental Health (2025-01-23 → current)
Committees
6 current — Committee on Parliamentary Privileges and Oversight (Dáil Éireann); Committee on Remit Oversight (Dáil Éireann); …
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Declared items
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CRO-matched interests
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Awards to declared companies
2264
Lobbying returns
Reports for 2017–2025 (party) and 2020–2022 (members)
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SIPO donation records
414 of 422 divisions
98%
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 Lobbying2022-01-21

Lobbying return by Macra na Feirme

Budgetary matters
Intended results

Free Contraception for those under 25 years of age::Funding for additional services – nutrition, counselling etc.::Funding of transport for those receiving addiction counselling or other services::Pilot project for First Aid Overdose and Drug related – 100% funding through…

Register of Lobbying2022-01-21

Lobbying return by Nursing Homes Ireland

Health
Intended results

NHI welcomes Minister McGrath's announcement that frontline workers should be rewarded for their heroic efforts during the pandemic. NHI wrote to the Minister outlining that all healthcare workers must be acknowledged, including all those working in private and voluntary nursing…

Register of Lobbying2022-01-21

Lobbying return by Nursing Homes Ireland

Health
Intended results

NHI requested an urgent meeting with the Ministers to discuss the winter plan for 2021/2022 as there needed to be a collaborative approach to insure everyone is best equipped as we head into a challenging winter period. Meeting would provide opportunity for NHI to inform of…

Register of Lobbying2022-01-21

Lobbying return by Nursing Homes Ireland

Health
Intended results

Clarification sought regarding implementation of the impending Standard 25 Physical Environment deadline with regard to its application for HSE and all nursing homes, with requirement to ensure standard is applied equally for all nursing homes.

Register of Lobbying2022-01-21

Lobbying return by Nursing Homes Ireland

Health
Intended results

NHI requested immediate reinstatement of the Temporary Assistant Payment Scheme (TAPS) as it is a vital support to nursing homes who are facing huge cost increases due to the Covid 19 pandemic and who have had to had to implement intensified infection prevention control…

Register of Lobbying2022-01-21

Lobbying return by Nursing Homes Ireland

Health
Intended results

NHI critiqued and added observations following a correspondence from Minister Butler on the Nursing Home Support Scheme Pricing Mechanism Review. NHI presented to Minister the present scheme, as verified by independent analyses, is not commensurate with the reality of resident…

Register of Lobbying2022-01-21

Lobbying return by Nursing Homes Ireland

Health
Intended results

NHI and Department Of Health to work collaboratively on a set of actions between the sector and the State to protect residents. To ensure the Ministers and Department officials are informed of what is going on on the ground in nursing homes.

Register of Lobbying2022-01-21

Lobbying return by Nursing Homes Ireland

Health
Intended results

Raised with TD's the impact workforce challenges are having on nursing homes. There is requirement for introduction of pay parity to value the role fulfilled by staff in private and voluntary nursing homes. The Fair Deal scheme facilitates inequality within wage levels. NHI are…

Register of Lobbying2022-01-21

Lobbying return by Trócaire

Budgetary matters
Intended results

Irish government increases ODA and publishes roadmap to reach 0.7% GNI in ODA by 2030::Strong committments on climate financing and loss and Damage financing at COP26

Derived link · Matched by exact company name

Published name "Trócaire" equals CRO name "TROCAIRE" (CRO 661147) 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 Lobbying2022-01-21

Lobbying return by Cuala Senior Care Limited

Health
Intended results

To secure support for raising the issue of the exclusion of home care workers from critical skills exemption for non EEA employment wavers. To secure participation in photocall supporting Alzheimer's Awareness campaign and discuss general issues of concern to the home care sector

Derived link · Matched by exact company name

Published name "Cuala Senior Care Limited" equals CRO name "CUALA SENIOR CARE LIMITED" (CRO 413662) 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 Lobbying2022-01-21

Lobbying return by Cuala Senior Care Limited

Employment
Intended results

To secure support for raising the issue of the exclusion of home care workers from critical skills exemption for non EEA employment wavers

Derived link · Matched by exact company name

Published name "Cuala Senior Care Limited" equals CRO name "CUALA SENIOR CARE LIMITED" (CRO 413662) 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 Lobbying2022-01-21

Lobbying return by Q4PR

Community
Intended results

Continuation or expansion of services for those experiencing homelessness or addiction put in place during the pandemic lockdown period, as well as extension of gender-based services and increases in Budget funding

Derived link · Matched by name with added legal form

Published name "Q4PR" has no legal form. "Q4 PR LIMITED" (CRO 371427) 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 Lobbying2022-01-21

Lobbying return by The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA

Finance
Intended results

To better understand the finer detail of the Nursing Home Support Scheme.::That the three-year cap on family farms under the Fair Deal scheme has come into operation.::To acknowledge the work of Ministers with responsibility for Older People, in getting these changes…