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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 Lobbying2018-09-18

Lobbying return by Construction Industry Federation (CIF)

Public Expenditure and Reform
Intended results

Changes to public works contract and/or procurmeent proces to allow for a more balanced risk profile in public works contracts.

Register of Lobbying2018-09-06

Lobbying return by Transparency International Ireland

Public Expenditure and Reform
Intended results

To prevent the Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation from significantly weakening whistleblowing safeguards in Ireland.

Derived link · Matched by name with added legal form

Published name "Transparency International Ireland" has no legal form. "TRANSPARENCY INTERNATIONAL (IRELAND) COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE" (CRO 390950) 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 Lobbying2018-08-31

Lobbying return by Small Firms Association (SFA)

Public Expenditure and Reform
Intended results

Review cancelled tenders and introduce sanctions for contracting authorities that cancel tenders::Improve access to public procurement for small firms

Register of Lobbying2018-05-18

Lobbying return by Small Firms Association (SFA)

Public Expenditure and Reform
Intended results

Reduce the number of cancelled/non-progressed tenders::Increase the threshold for advertising on e-Tenders::Reform the Tender Advisory Service to make the experience seamless for users

Register of Lobbying2018-01-19

Lobbying return by Benefacts

Public Expenditure and Reform
Intended results

To secure public funding for the support of the Benefacts project 2018 - 2020

Derived link · Matched by exact company name

Published name "Benefacts" equals CRO name "BENEFACTS" (CRO 553387) 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 Lobbying2018-01-19

Lobbying return by Small Firms Association (SFA)

Public Expenditure and Reform
Intended results

Increase access for small businesses to public procurement opportunities::Secure commitment to analysing the rate of cancelled or non-progressed competitions::Reduce the cost and administrative burden of tendering for public contracts

Register of Lobbying2018-01-19

Lobbying return by Rehab Group

Public Expenditure and Reform
Intended results

The introduction of structures and guidelines to promote the use of Article 20 to encourage public contracting authorities to reserve contracts for organisations employing 30% or more people with disabilities or people who are disadvantaged