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Politician · TD · 34th Dáil

Patrick O'Donovan

Fine Gael

Constituency / panel
Limerick County
Membership
2024-11-29 → current
Office
Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (2025-01-23 → 2025-06-01)
Office
Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport (2025-06-02 → current)

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 Lobbying2023-09-20

Lobbying return by The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA

Agriculture
Intended results

To highlight the growing concern among farmers regarding the potential health and safety risk posed by infected ash trees to road users, but also for themselves as the felling of infected trees is very challenging and poses significant safety risks.::To emphasise that a support…

Register of Lobbying2023-09-18

Lobbying return by The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA

Agriculture
Intended results

To highlight how the New Ash Dieback Scheme must compensate for loss of timber asset.::To require a 100% reconstitution grant for all infected plantations, enabling forest owners to clearfell and replant with tree species that satisfy their management objectives.::To propose…

Register of Lobbying2023-09-16

Lobbying return by The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA

Agriculture
Intended results

To highlight how successive Government policies have restricted eligible land, eroded productive area, increased the regulatory burden and have made farmers wary of committing their land. The risks associated with planting have become too great.::To emphasise that the Government…

Register of Lobbying2023-09-13

Lobbying return by The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA

Agriculture
Intended results

That all efforts would be made to ensure that the current nitrates derogation would be maintained for Irish farmers.::To request a meeting with An Taoiseach to discuss the IFA concerns relating to the potential effects to the agricultural sector and wider rural community, due to…

Register of Lobbying2023-05-21

Lobbying return by The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA

Agriculture
Intended results

To brief Members of the Oireachtas on the Nitrates Derogation::Member States must apply to the European Commission every four years to be granted a nitrates derogation. Strict criteria must be met in order to get a derogation. Member states must demonstrate that the higher…

Register of Lobbying2023-05-20

Lobbying return by The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA

Agriculture
Intended results

To brief Oireachtas Members of the details of the current Nitrates Action Programme::The EU Nitrates Directive requires Member States to review water quality at least every four years and to create a Nitrates Action Programme (NAP). This programme outlines a suite of…

Register of Lobbying2023-01-20

Lobbying return by The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA

Agriculture
Intended results

To highlight the challenges facing Irish farmers::To engage with Members of the Oireachtas visiting the IFA stand to highlight the key points in the IFA Budget 2023 Submission.::To listen to farmers' concerns regarding rising costs, Brexit and sectoral emissions targets.

Register of Lobbying2023-01-20

Lobbying return by ABP Foods

Agriculture
Intended results

Understanding of the impact on reduction of the national herd

Derived link · Matched by name with added legal form

Published name "ABP Foods" has no legal form. "ABP FOODS UNLIMITED COMPANY" (CRO 214256) 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.