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Politician · TD · 34th Dáil

Niall Collins

Fianna Fáil

Constituency / panel
Limerick County
Membership
2024-11-29 → current
Office
Minister of State at the Department of Justice (2025-01-29 → 2025-06-04)
Office
Minister of State at the Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration (2025-06-05 → 2026-05-28)
Office
Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (2026-05-28 → current)
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Declared items
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CRO-matched interests
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Awards to declared companies
1532
Lobbying returns
Reports for 2017–2025 (party) and 2020–2022 (members)
1
SIPO donation records
330 of 422 divisions
78%
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 Lobbying2024-11-21

Lobbying return by UNICEF Ireland

Children and Youth Affairs
Intended results

Endorsement of our election manifesto which outlines UNICEF Ireland’s Child Rights Election Manifesto outlines 10 urgent priorities grounded in the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC)

Derived link · Matched by exact company name

Published name "UNICEF Ireland" equals CRO name "UNICEF IRELAND" (CRO 371124) 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 Lobbying2024-09-19

Lobbying return by National Centre for Youth Mental Health

Children and Youth Affairs
Intended results

Pre-Budget submissions to Ministers Patrick O'Donovan and Niall Collins on Jigsaw's work in Further & Higher Education

Derived link · Matched by name with added legal form

Published name "National Centre for Youth Mental Health" has no legal form. "NATIONAL CENTRE FOR YOUTH MENTAL HEALTH COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE" (CRO 421016) 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 Lobbying2024-09-19

Lobbying return by National Forum of Family Resource Centres CLG

Children and Youth Affairs
Intended results

Raise profile of the National FRC Programme and provided an opportunity for Oireachtas members to meet with FRC representatives from their region.::Launch of the FRC National Forum Pre-Budget Submission for 2025 including seeking an optimum core funding of €240,000 for all 121…

Derived link · Matched by exact company name

Published name "National Forum of Family Resource Centres CLG" equals CRO name "NATIONAL FORUM OF FAMILY RESOURCE CENTRES COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE" (CRO 382737) 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 Lobbying2023-09-13

Lobbying return by St. Gabriel's Foundation

Children and Youth Affairs
Intended results

Pay Parity for Section 39 staff who work with Children's Disability Service. Recruitment and retention of staff.

Derived link · Matched by exact company name

Published name "St. Gabriel's Foundation" equals CRO name "ST. GABRIEL'S FOUNDATION" (CRO 23946) 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 Lobbying2022-05-17

Lobbying return by Limerick Youth Service

Children and Youth Affairs
Intended results

Promote the work of Limerick Youth Service and LYS Community Training Centre to under line the work of Community Training Centres with early school leavers and the important role that it plays

Register of Lobbying2022-01-19

Lobbying return by National Youth Council of Ireland

Children and Youth Affairs
Intended results

NYCI to influence the Budget in line with the recommendations in our Pre-Budget Submission 2022

Derived link · Matched by exact company name

Published name "National Youth Council of Ireland" equals CRO name "NATIONAL YOUTH COUNCIL OF IRELAND" (CRO 58814) 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 Lobbying2021-06-15

Lobbying return by Children's Grief Centre, CLG

Children and Youth Affairs
Intended results

to secure funding for new centre

Derived link · Matched by exact company name

Published name "Children's Grief Centre, CLG" equals CRO name "CHILDREN'S GRIEF CENTRE COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE" (CRO 664602) 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 Lobbying2021-01-21

Lobbying return by National Youth Council of Ireland

Children and Youth Affairs
Intended results

NYCI to influence the Budget in line with the recommendations in our Pre-Budget Submission 2021

Derived link · Matched by exact company name

Published name "National Youth Council of Ireland" equals CRO name "NATIONAL YOUTH COUNCIL OF IRELAND" (CRO 58814) 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 Lobbying2020-09-21

Lobbying return by National Youth Council of Ireland

Children and Youth Affairs
Intended results

Inform key policy makers re NYCI proposals in Pre-Budget Submission and seek to influence Budget 2021

Derived link · Matched by exact company name

Published name "National Youth Council of Ireland" equals CRO name "NATIONAL YOUTH COUNCIL OF IRELAND" (CRO 58814) 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 Lobbying2020-09-08

Lobbying return by Limerick Youth Service

Children and Youth Affairs
Intended results

In inform each elected rep of the importance of the Dept of Children & Youth Affairs and to advocate to retain the Department in new Govt formation.

Register of Lobbying2020-05-12

Lobbying return by St. Gabriel's Foundation

Children and Youth Affairs
Intended results

To secure funding from Department of Health

Derived link · Matched by exact company name

Published name "St. Gabriel's Foundation" equals CRO name "ST. GABRIEL'S FOUNDATION" (CRO 23946) 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.