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Politician · TD · 34th Dáil

Michael Healy-Rae

Unaffiliated

Constituency / panel
Kerry
Membership
2024-11-29 → current
Office
Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (2025-01-29 → 2026-04-14)
42
Declared items
2
CRO-matched interests
5
Awards to declared companies
1608
Lobbying returns
Reports for 2017–2025 (party) and 2020–2022 (members)
0
SIPO donation records
292 of 422 divisions
69%
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 Lobbying2018-01-20

Lobbying return by The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA

Finance
Intended results

Competitiveness::Competitiveness - Low Cost Loans - Government funding is required in Budget 2018 to support the competiveness of farming enterprises and other SMEs through the provision of low cost loans, to fund both ongoing working capital requirements and for on-farm…

Register of Lobbying2018-01-20

Lobbying return by The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA

Finance
Intended results

Income Volatility::Income Volatility - Extending Income Averaging to Farmer/Spouse with Additional Self-Employment - that qualification for income averaging on farming profits should be extended where the spouse and/or farmer has a fully separable source of self-employed…

Register of Lobbying2018-01-20

Lobbying return by The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA

Agriculture
Intended results

Remove restrictions on planting productive marginal land::Reintroduce farmer forest premium payment differential::Compensate farmers appropriately for all land they are obliged to set aside for environmental enhancement::Reduce red tape in the forest Road Scheme::Providing…

Register of Lobbying2018-01-20

Lobbying return by The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA

Trade
Intended results

To ensure that the increased EU offer on beef for the Mercosur trade negotiations is rejected by the Irish Government::That the Irish Government gets support for this among other EU Member States

Register of Lobbying2018-01-20

Lobbying return by The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA

Justice and Equality
Intended results

To highlight the areas of concern to farming and rural communities as follows:::- Confronting Crime::- Community Policing and Public Safety::- Policing of roads::- Organisational development and capacity improvement

Register of Lobbying2018-01-20

Lobbying return by The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA

Finance
Intended results

That Stamp Duty would remain at the 2% rate in the Finance Act 2017 for land that is purchased or transferred and used for farming.::That the qualifying criteria for this would be the same as Revenue currently applies to define an active farmers for other agricultural taxation…

Register of Lobbying2018-01-20

Lobbying return by The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA

Agriculture
Intended results

To ensure that farmers concerns and the importance of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) is a key priority in this debate and consultation::To inform that IFA will be a big participant in this debate

Register of Lobbying2018-01-20

Lobbying return by Gerard Howlin

Finance
Intended results

To further the stated policy aims of the Irish League of Credit Unions as set out in its Six Strategic Steps document and its detailed policy documents on funding for social housing, lending to SMEs and provision of micro-credit. To encourage support for and disseminate…

Register of Lobbying2018-01-19

Lobbying return by Disability Federation of Ireland

EU Affairs
Intended results

Mainstreaming of people with disabilities throughout EU competences in line with the UN CRPD as the EU has ratified it

Derived link · Matched by exact company name

Published name "Disability Federation of Ireland" equals CRO name "DISABILITY FEDERATION OF IRELAND" (CRO 140948) 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 Lobbying2018-01-19

Lobbying return by Christian Aid Ireland

Finance
Intended results

That the deputies and senators could each be made aware of the study CA conducted in relation to the Department of Finance's Spillover Analysis and that they consider the recommendations

Derived link · Matched by exact company name

Published name "Christian Aid Ireland" equals CRO name "CHRISTIAN AID IRELAND" (CRO 426928) 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 Lobbying2018-01-19

Lobbying return by Restaurants Association of Ireland

Tourism
Intended results

Highlight the issues of importance to the restaurant, hospitality and tourism industry, most notably the importance of retaining the VAT at 9%::To highlight the skills shortage facing the restaurant industry and for policy measures on work permits to be changed. To create a…

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.