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Politician · Senator · 27th Seanad

Michael McDowell

Unaffiliated

Constituency / panel
National University of Ireland
Membership
2025-01-29 → current
Committees
5 current, 4 ended — Seanad Select Committee on EU Scrutiny and Transparency; Committee on Members' Interests of Seanad Éireann; …
4
Declared items
1
CRO-matched interests
0
Awards to declared companies
543
Lobbying returns
Reports for 2017–2025 (party) and 2020–2022 (members)
0
SIPO donation records
75 of 221 divisions
34%
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 Lobbying2017-09-20

Lobbying return by The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA

Finance
Intended results

To secure a strong CAP budget post 2020. This is critical for farm incomes, farm output and wider economic activity.::To ensure that there is no reduction in the CAP budget arising from the UK exit::To ensure that options for addressing a shortfall in the CAP budget must…

Register of Lobbying2017-09-20

Lobbying return by Irish Heart Foundation

Communications
Intended results

Parliamentary Questions to the Minister for Health::Meeting with TD::Questions to be posed at meeting of Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications,Climate Action & Environment

Register of Lobbying2017-09-20

Lobbying return by The Irish Hospice Foundation

Budgetary matters
Intended results

A more focused approach to budgetary policy relating to End of Life issues across government departments.

Derived link · Matched by exact company name

Published name "The Irish Hospice Foundation" equals CRO name "THE IRISH HOSPICE FOUNDATION" (CRO 114617) 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 Lobbying2017-09-18

Lobbying return by The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA

EU Affairs
Intended results

That the EU makes available structural and adjustment funding to the farming and food sectors that are negatively impacted due to changes in the relationship that are negotiated between the EU and the UK

Register of Lobbying2017-09-18

Lobbying return by The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA

EU Affairs
Intended results

To minimise disruption and damage to trade and farmers' livelihoods::To ensure a commitment to commence discussions on the future EU-UK relationship early in the negotiating process::To ensure that there is a commitment to implement a transitional arrangement, if necessary,…

Register of Lobbying2017-09-18

Lobbying return by The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA

EU Affairs
Intended results

That EU State Aid limits be extended in Member States that have been disproportionately impacted by the depreciation of Sterling, and whose competitiveness versus their EU trading partners has been undermined.

Register of Lobbying2017-09-18

Lobbying return by Society of the Irish Motor Industry

Taxation
Intended results

To inform the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment of the Motor Industry's views on reducing emissions from Transport. This includes SIMI's views that for Budget 2018 - no increases in motor related taxation, specifically VRT, Road Tax,…

Register of Lobbying2017-08-31

Lobbying return by Institute of Advertising Practitioners of Ireland

Communications
Intended results

Communicate the impact on media organisations of the proposed changes in the Bill regarding the restrictions on advertising and the impact this will have on income of media organisations

Register of Lobbying2017-05-21

Lobbying return by Irish Wildbird Conservancy

Environment
Intended results

To propose the scrapping Section 8 of this bill which would allow hedgecutting in August & burning in March will negatively impact breeding birds and other biodiversity. Comms also included detail on the impacts of burning on birds and other wildlife.

Register of Lobbying2017-05-19

Lobbying return by Small Firms Association (SFA)

Trade
Intended results

Call for a temporary change to EU State aid rules to allow financial support for the most vulnerable sectors/enterprises::Introduction of an Enterprise Stabilisation Fund::Increased focus on tax competitiveness and reduction of regulatory burden::Expansion of Trading Online…

Register of Lobbying2017-05-19

Lobbying return by Ibec

Economic Development and Industry
Intended results

Prevent the removal of the Minister's power under the Companies Act to grant exemptions in special circumstances from the requirement to include the words 'unlimited company' at the end of the name of an Irish unlimited company.

Derived link · Matched by name with added legal form

Published name "Ibec" has no legal form. "IBEC COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE" (CRO 8706) 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.