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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 Lobbying2022-05-19

Lobbying return by Irish Congress of Trade Unions

Employment
Intended results

ICTU request for Minister to contact all relevant authorities and the Rehab Group and request that the plan to make workers redundant be suspended until an agreed solution for the workers concerned can be developed

Register of Lobbying2021-05-20

Lobbying return by Irish Congress of Trade Unions

Employment
Intended results

Congress seek urgent intervention and assistance in resolving a serious issue involving a small group of vulnerable workers most of whom are employed by Rehab Enterprises in Limerick.

Register of Lobbying2021-05-18

Lobbying return by Irish Congress of Trade Unions

Employment
Intended results

Letter asking Minister urgently him to intervene in resolving a serious issue involving a small group of vulnerable workers employed in Rehab Enterprises in Limerick

Register of Lobbying2021-05-17

Lobbying return by Society of the Irish Motor Industry

Employment
Intended results

Re-opening of Car Showrooms which comply with all relevant HSE/HSA Guidelines, initially on an appointment only and 'click and collect' basis with a view to fully re-opening once conditions allow.

Register of Lobbying2019-01-21

Lobbying return by Montague Communications Ltd

Employment
Intended results

Changes to legislation to prevent pilots and other workers who should be designated as employees being designated as self-employed contractors

Derived link · Matched by exact company name

Published name "Montague Communications Ltd" equals CRO name "MONTAGUE COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED" (CRO 297660) 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 Lobbying2019-01-08

Lobbying return by Ballyhoura Development CLG

Employment
Intended results

If the State values a strong local development sector, on which it relies to rapidly scale up and down supports depending on need, then it needs to adequately take on board the needs of the company when it comes to implementing a fair and consistent process for its employees…

Derived link · Matched by exact company name

Published name "Ballyhoura Development CLG" equals CRO name "BALLYHOURA DEVELOPMENT COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE" (CRO 190417) 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 Lobbying2017-09-21

Lobbying return by Ibec

Employment
Intended results

To ensure understanding of business position with regard to proposed changes to public procurement law, particularly relating to conditions precedent for access to public contracts.

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.