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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

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 Lobbying2023-09-16

Lobbying return by The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA

Finance
Intended results

• The allocation to the Irish farming sector from the Brexit Adjustment Reserve (BAR) needs to reflect the importance of the UK market to Irish primary producers and to protect them against the disproportionate impact of Brexit on Irish agrifood exports. Farmers, as price…

Register of Lobbying2023-01-20

Lobbying return by The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA

Finance
Intended results

FARM SCHEMES::- To incentivise re-planting of additional area secured in 2022, and to further increase cereal production in 2023, a half/discounted rate of €200/ha should be paid on land that remained in tillage production for year 2, with €400/ ha again being paid out on any…

Register of Lobbying2023-01-20

Lobbying return by The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA

Finance
Intended results

FARM SCHEMES::Suckler Cow & Beef::Suckler Carbon Efficiency Programme - Government support committed to suckler farmers in 2023 is €28m less than current levels. This is unacceptable. The new Suckler Carbon Efficiency Programme must be built on to provide farmers a minimum of…

Register of Lobbying2023-01-20

Lobbying return by The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA

Finance
Intended results

- The allocation to the Irish farming sector from the BAR needs to reflect the importance of the UK market to Irish primary producers and to protect them against the disproportionate impact of Brexit on Irish agri-food exports. Farmers, as price takers, cannot be left carrying…

Register of Lobbying2023-01-20

Lobbying return by The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA

Finance
Intended results

Taxation measures to Support climate action::- If any percentage of the farm is dedicated to farm forestry, it should be defined as agricultural land and the CAT Agricultural Relief applied to the whole farm.::- Farm forestry is treated in a similar manner in relation to the…

Register of Lobbying2023-01-20

Lobbying return by The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA

Finance
Intended results

Exemption of Agricultural Land from Proposed Residential Zoned Land Tax::• The proposed Residential Zoned Land Tax will not apply to currently used agricultural land in a manner similar to the exemption provided under the Vacant Site Levy exemption.::• Intent of purpose…

Register of Lobbying2022-12-22

Lobbying return by Retailers Against Smuggling

Finance
Intended results

To highlight how placing an excise increase on tobacco products during a cost of living crisis will fuel further demand for and growth of black market activity in Ireland having a knock on impact on registered and legitimate retailers. The submission also highlighted the need…

Register of Lobbying2022-09-21

Lobbying return by Ibec

Finance
Intended results

Ensure awareness of the new skills required in Ireland’s financial services sector and make recommendations

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.

Register of Lobbying2022-05-17

Lobbying return by Irish Heart Foundation

Finance
Intended results

To reduce VAT on AEDS to 0% following publication of Council Directive (EU) 2022/542 of 5 April 2022::To seek support from Oireachtas members to remove VAT on AEDs

Register of Lobbying2022-01-21

Lobbying return by Retailers Against Smuggling

Finance
Intended results

To highlight how persistent excise increases on tobacco products are driving Irish smokers towards a growing black market and fuelling significant growth in smuggling activity.

Register of Lobbying2021-09-21

Lobbying return by Retailers Against Smuggling

Finance
Intended results

To highlight how excise increases will fuel the return of ‘ant smuggling’ as post pandemic international travel resumes and call for no further increases in excise duty on tobacco products. To call for an introduction of attachment orders to support the Fines Act 2010 and…