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Politician · TD · 34th Dáil

Niamh Smyth

Fianna Fáil

Constituency / panel
Cavan-Monaghan
Membership
2024-11-29 → current
Office
Minister of State at the Department of Enterprise, Tourism and Employment (2025-06-02 → current)
Office
Minister of State at the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (2025-01-29 → 2025-06-01)
1
Declared items
1
CRO-matched interests
0
Awards to declared companies
1368
Lobbying returns
Reports for 2017–2025 (party) and 2020–2022 (members)
0
SIPO donation records
318 of 422 divisions
75%
Vote participation

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Lobbying returns

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Register of Lobbying2022-12-04

Lobbying return by Independent Broadcasters of Ireland

Communications
Intended results

Removal or reduction of the Broadcasting Levy.::Expansion of the journalism bursary, committed to in the OSMR bill, to include all independent broadcasters.::Amendment to allow flexibility in hourly scheduling of commercial advertisements.::Designation of a commissioner in the…

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Published name "Independent Broadcasters of Ireland" has no legal form. "INDEPENDENT BROADCASTERS OF IRELAND COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE" (CRO 166985) 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 Lobbying2022-09-20

Lobbying return by Chambers Ireland

Communications
Intended results

Highlight the importance of self regulation in the Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill and raise awareness of the ICC Advertising and Marketing Communications Code

Register of Lobbying2022-05-20

Lobbying return by Irish Council for Civil Liberties

Communications
Intended results

Request to ask questions pertaining to GDPR enforcement, freedom of expression online, algorithmic harm.::Share feedback on the Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill.

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Published name "Irish Council for Civil Liberties" has no legal form. "IRISH COUNCIL FOR CIVIL LIBERTIES COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE" (CRO 411471) 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 Lobbying2022-05-20

Lobbying return by Irish Council for Civil Liberties

Communications
Intended results

Call for EU Member states to phase out the pervasive online tracking business model, prohibit dark patterns and offer privacy safeguards in the Digital Services Act

Derived link · Matched by name with added legal form

Published name "Irish Council for Civil Liberties" has no legal form. "IRISH COUNCIL FOR CIVIL LIBERTIES COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE" (CRO 411471) 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 Lobbying2022-05-17

Lobbying return by CHILDREN'S RIGHTS ALLIANCE - REPUBLIC OF IRELAND LIMITED

Communications
Intended results

Changes to the General Scheme of the Online Safety Media Regulation Bill including an individual complaints mechanism

Register of Lobbying2022-05-04

Lobbying return by Samaritans Ireland

Communications
Intended results

Provide input on specific legislative wording, in particular around content which promotes suicide and self harm and their impacts on online safety

Derived link · Matched by exact company name

Published name "Samaritans Ireland" equals CRO name "SAMARITANS IRELAND" (CRO 450409) 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 Lobbying2022-01-22

Lobbying return by Vodafone Ireland

Communications
Intended results

Engagement to share a Vodafone Online Harms paper as part of the UK Government consultation process.

Derived link · Matched by name with added legal form

Published name "Vodafone Ireland" has no legal form. "VODAFONE IRELAND LIMITED" (CRO 326967) 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 Lobbying2022-01-21

Lobbying return by CHILDREN'S RIGHTS ALLIANCE - REPUBLIC OF IRELAND LIMITED

Communications
Intended results

Changes to the General Scheme of the Online Safety Media Regulation Bill including an individual complaints mechanism

Register of Lobbying2022-01-19

Lobbying return by Samaritans Ireland

Communications
Intended results

Provide input on specific legislative wording, in particular around content which promotes suicide and self harm and their impacts on online safety

Derived link · Matched by exact company name

Published name "Samaritans Ireland" equals CRO name "SAMARITANS IRELAND" (CRO 450409) 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 Lobbying2022-01-18

Lobbying return by Epilepsy Ireland

Communications
Intended results

To receive further details about our proposals on this bill and to raise them further with the Minister::To have concerns outlined about the need to include targted attacks on people with PSE included under definition of online harm.