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Politician · TD · 34th Dáil

Michael Collins

Independent Ireland

Constituency / panel
Cork South-West
Membership
2024-11-29 → current
Committees
5 current — Joint Committee on Transport; Select Committee on Transport; …
7
Declared items
1
CRO-matched interests
0
Awards to declared companies
1750
Lobbying returns
Reports for 2017–2025 (party) and 2020–2022 (members)
0
SIPO donation records
349 of 422 divisions
83%
Vote participation

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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 Lobbying2023-09-20

Lobbying return by Restaurants Association of Ireland

Taxation
Intended results

Distributed the Restaurants Association of Ireland pre-budget submission.

Derived link · Matched by name with added legal form

Published name "Restaurants Association of Ireland" has no legal form. "RESTAURANTS ASSOCIATION OF IRELAND COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE" (CRO 56224) 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 Lobbying2023-09-20

Lobbying return by The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA

Community
Intended results

To engage with An Garda Siochána and Ministers to discuss the ongoing crisis in rural safety.::To highlight that it is vitally important that communities work together to serve the best interests of people at risk.::To use this opportunity to meet with local communities, listen…

Register of Lobbying2023-09-20

Lobbying return by The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA

Finance
Intended results

To highlight area's of concern by submitting a Pre-Budget 2024 Submission as requested by the Minister for Agriculture, Food, & the Marine.::Residential Zoned Land Tax (RZLT) -::to highlight concerns with the Residential Zoned Land Tax, while being mindful of the current housing…

Register of Lobbying2023-09-20

Lobbying return by The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA

Agriculture
Intended results

To discuss the consolidation of horticultural growers.::To highlight that The farm gate value of the horticulture sector is currently valued at €529m. The National Strategy for Horticulture anticipates that the farm gate value of the sector will increase by 30% to €688m, if the…

Register of Lobbying2023-09-20

Lobbying return by The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA

Agriculture
Intended results

To highlight that the sheep sector in Ireland is at a critical point with market prices failing to reflect the production cost increases farmers have had to endure over the past two years.::- The income levels on sheep farms last year dropped to just €7/ewe, which included the…

Register of Lobbying2023-09-20

Lobbying return by The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA

Finance
Intended results

Taxation measures to support Climate Action::• If any percentage of the farm is dedicated to farm forestry, it should be defined as agricultural land and the Capital Acquisitions Tax (CAT) Agricultural Relief applied to the whole farm.::• Farm forestry is treated in a similar…

Register of Lobbying2023-09-20

Lobbying return by The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA

Agriculture
Intended results

To highlight that 2022 Agricultural Output prices rose by 26.4%, but this was eclipsed by farm input prices rising by 34.7%.::To highlight that, despite higher prices for farmers, margins were eroded with Terms of Trade reducing by 6.2%.::To highlight that the latest Central…

Register of Lobbying2023-09-20

Lobbying return by The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA

Finance
Intended results

To highlight that the Credit Unions expanding their lending to farmers is a welcome development.::To highlight how the expansion of their Cultivate offering to agriculture is a timely development to add more competition to the Irish market for farmers who require long term…

Register of Lobbying2023-09-20

Lobbying return by The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA

Agriculture
Intended results

To highlight that the closing date for the 2023 Basic Income Support for Sustainability (BISS) Scheme is the 29th May.::To highlight the importance of direct payments to farm income, with the new application infrastructure, and multiple new schemes this year, its key that…

Register of Lobbying2023-09-19

Lobbying return by AIRO Racing CLG

Justice and Equality
Intended results

While acknowledging the proposed bill was a necessary piece of legislation, the purpose of our lobbying was to highlight to Government TD's and Senators the potential effects the proposed watershed ban within the legislation could have on the Irish Racing and Breeding Industry…

Derived link · Matched by exact company name

Published name "AIRO Racing CLG" equals CRO name "AIRO RACING COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE" (CRO 668102) 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 Lobbying2023-09-18

Lobbying return by mytaxi network Ireland (trading as FREE NOW)

Transport
Intended results

To discuss the challenges facing the taxi industry and night-time economy in Cork and secure a meeting to discuss what measures can be taken to address these challenges ahead of the busy Christmas period.