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Politician · Senator · 27th Seanad

Niall Blaney

Fianna Fáil

Constituency / panel
Agricultural Panel
Membership
2025-01-29 → current
Committees
4 current, 1 ended — Joint Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs; Joint Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement ; …
0
Declared items
0
CRO-matched interests
0
Awards to declared companies
339
Lobbying returns
Reports for 2017–2025 (party) and 2020–2022 (members)
0
SIPO donation records
161 of 221 divisions
73%
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.

Register of Lobbying2026-09-17

Lobbying return by Youth and Environment Europe

Environment
Intended results

Called on the Government to withdraw the Bill before Seanad Éireann and urged Senators and all members of the Oireachtas to oppose it due to concerns over its ISDS clauses and the trade agreements it would facilitate. Also called for rejection of trade agreements containing ISDS…

Register of Lobbying2025-01-21

Lobbying return by An Taisce The National Trust for Ireland

Environment
Intended results

Request for enough time to be allocated to the Report Stage to allow for proper scrutiny of the new amendments given the scale and complexity of the Bill and that the Bill undergo an independent assessment against Aarhus Convention requirements

Derived link · Matched by exact company name

Published name "An Taisce The National Trust for Ireland" equals CRO name "AN TAISCE - THE NATIONAL TRUST FOR IRELAND" (CRO 12469) 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 Lobbying2024-01-20

Lobbying return by The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA

Environment
Intended results

To propose that funding of the Organic Farm Scheme should be increased to incentivise and further develop the area of land under organic production.::That, the participation payment should be maintained.::That, an additional payment should be made on the first 3 hectares of…

Register of Lobbying2024-01-20

Lobbying return by The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA

Environment
Intended results

To propose the establishment of capital grants of approximately 50% for farmers to invest in microgeneration. This will require a new financial support programme for on farm microgeneration with a separate structure and set of rules. This money should come from outside of Common…

Register of Lobbying2023-09-21

Lobbying return by Environmental Pillar

Environment
Intended results

That Irish elected representatives support greater ambition for within the negotiations with the European Commissions on the proposal for a regulation on Nature Restoration

Register of Lobbying2023-05-16

Lobbying return by Environmental Pillar

Environment
Intended results

That Irish elected representatives support greater ambition for within the negotiations with the European Commissions on the proposal for a regulation on Nature Restoration

Register of Lobbying2023-01-20

Lobbying return by Environmental Pillar

Environment
Intended results

That Irish elected representatives support greater ambition for within the negotiations with the European Commissions on the proposal for a regulation on Nature Restoration::That Irish elected representatives support greater ambition for Ireland's peatlands within the…

Register of Lobbying2022-03-03

Lobbying return by Social Justice Ireland

Environment
Intended results

To support Ireland's progress towards the 2030 agenda by engaging further with the SDGs and policy proposals on how to implement them at local and national level.

Register of Lobbying2022-01-21

Lobbying return by The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA

Environment
Intended results

To Invite Rural TD's and Rural Senators to The Signpost Programme – Farmers for Climate Action which was launched by Teagasc earlier this year. This Programme is a collaborative partnership of farmers, industry and State Agencies, working together for Climate Action.::The…

Register of Lobbying2021-09-19

Lobbying return by The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA

Environment
Intended results

To welcome the decision at Committee stage in the Seanad to accept two amendments to the Climate Action Bill.::To acknowledge the FG and FF senators, whose amendments were put down and followed up, which have now been accepted by the Government.::To highlight that there are…