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Politician · TD · 34th Dáil

Michael Lowry

Unaffiliated

Constituency / panel
Tipperary North
Membership
2024-11-29 → current
15
Declared items
3
CRO-matched interests
0
Awards to declared companies
1099
Lobbying returns
Reports for 2017–2025 (party) and 2020–2022 (members)
0
SIPO donation records
348 of 422 divisions
82%
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 Lobbying2025-01-18

Lobbying return by The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA

Agriculture
Intended results

To propose a full overhaul of the Agri Climate Rural Environment Scheme (ACRES), and a new ‘Whole-Farm Environmental Scheme', similar to the Rural Environment Protection Scheme (REPS), with a minimum payment of €15,000 per farm introduced, and higher payments for hill farmers,…

Register of Lobbying2025-01-18

Lobbying return by The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA

Agriculture
Intended results

To propose that the Department of Agriculture, Food, and the Marine (DAFM) should fully investigate and address the genuine concerns of farmers to avoid constrained adoption of protected urea at farm level.::That any suggested deadline regarding the removal of straight urea…

Register of Lobbying2025-01-18

Lobbying return by The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA

Agriculture
Intended results

To propose that data within the Fertiliser Register needs to be real-time (updated more regularly by input suppliers), with the Department of Agriculture, Food, and the Marine (DAFM) providing farmers with live legal permitted amounts of fertiliser that can be spread on-farm…

Register of Lobbying2025-01-18

Lobbying return by The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA

EU Affairs
Intended results

To emphasise that EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) cannot result in unnecessary additional bureaucracy on Irish livestock farmers. Following the delayed implementation of the regulation by one year, the legislation should be further amended to allow for a zero-risk category…

Register of Lobbying2025-01-17

Lobbying return by The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA

Environment
Intended results

To highlight that Carbon sequestration solutions enhance climate action and, if implemented correctly, bring incentives and additional income potential to landowners. The importance of soil carbon sequestration must be taken into account in the calculation of carbon…

Register of Lobbying2025-01-17

Lobbying return by The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA

Environment
Intended results

To propose that grant aid from the Climate and Nature Fund be made available to all farmers with 70% grant aid for manure/ slurry storage facilities.::That the slurry separation equipment grant is aided by 70% to assist in reducing storage capacity requirements on farms.::That…

Register of Lobbying2025-01-17

Lobbying return by The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA

Energy and Natural Resources
Intended results

To propose that Capital grant funding is provided to support the construction of viable on-farm Anaerobic Digestion (AD) plants and the storage of digestate from AD plants on-farm::That Government-backed finance (similar to current SBCI lending structures) is provided to enable…

Register of Lobbying2025-01-17

Lobbying return by The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA

Banking and Financial Institutions
Intended results

To emphasise that access to farm finance and working capital is paramount for farmers across all the enterprises and it is vitally important that farmers have easy access to sufficient low-cost funding to allow their businesses to trade efficiently.::That, as the accountability…

Register of Lobbying2025-01-17

Lobbying return by The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA

Taxation
Intended results

To highlight that the deferral for 2025 provided for in Budget 2025 will not solve the problem that IFA have outlined on RZLT and a permanent solution is required. All genuinely farmed land must be permanently exempted from RZLT. Local authorities must ensure only land required…

Register of Lobbying2025-01-17

Lobbying return by The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA

Taxation
Intended results

To propose that Agricultural Relief must be retained at current levels, with the Capital Acquisition Tax (CAT) Category A threshold (parent and child) increased to €500,000 given noted increase in agricultural land prices.

Register of Lobbying2025-01-17

Lobbying return by Mental Health Reform

Health
Intended results

To send MHR's Programme for Government Briefing on the mental health priorities of members and issue a save the date for the launch of MHR's research with the London School of Economics on investment in early intervention programmes in mental health. The event will be happening…

Derived link · Matched by exact company name

Published name "Mental Health Reform" equals CRO name "MENTAL HEALTH REFORM" (CRO 506850) 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 Lobbying2025-01-17

Lobbying return by Mental Health Reform

Health
Intended results

To congratulate political reps on their appointment to Government and share MHR's Programme for Government Asks

Derived link · Matched by exact company name

Published name "Mental Health Reform" equals CRO name "MENTAL HEALTH REFORM" (CRO 506850) 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 Lobbying2025-01-17

Lobbying return by Licensed Vintners Association

Economic Development and Industry
Intended results

Taxation - deliver a permanent 11% VAT rate on food and cut alcohol excise to EU norms to support pubs; tackle the unsustainable increases in the cost of business; reduction in employer’s PRSI in hospitality; remove the Dublin airport cap; implementation of the Taoiseach’s…

Register of Lobbying2025-01-17

Lobbying return by Doras Luimní

Justice and Equality
Intended results

Inclusion of recommendations in programme for Government

Derived link · Matched by name with added legal form

Published name "Doras Luimní" has no legal form. "DORAS LUIMNI COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE" (CRO 335696) 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 Lobbying2025-01-17

Lobbying return by National Adult Literacy Agency

Education and Training
Intended results

For our recommended commitments to go into the next programme for government

Derived link · Matched by exact company name

Published name "National Adult Literacy Agency" equals CRO name "NATIONAL ADULT LITERACY AGENCY" (CRO 342807) 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.