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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 Lobbying2026-01-13

Lobbying return by Bookselling Ireland

Trade
Intended results

To exclude printed material from the scope of forthcoming EUDR legislation, safeguarding European citizens' access to literature, knowledge and cultural diversity. Books represent a low-risk, high-quality product supply chain which does not contribute to global deforestation,…

Register of Lobbying2025-09-19

Lobbying return by Uplift

Trade
Intended results

That the Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade would not waive crucial pre-legislative scrutiny on changes to the Arbitration act, making it harder for the Government to ratify the CETA trade deal. That cabinet approval would be withheld for amending the Arbitration Act.

Register of Lobbying2025-09-19

Lobbying return by Bookselling Ireland

Trade
Intended results

To include bookshops in the Culture Card and include booksellers in taskforce to progress its implementation. To increase funding for school libraries and ensure that some funding is ringfenced for spending in local bookshops. to increase funding for Foras na Gaeilge and ensure…

Register of Lobbying2025-09-02

Lobbying return by Unique Media Ltd

Trade
Intended results

Minister to attend the opening of the conference

Derived link · Matched by exact company name

Published name "Unique Media Ltd" equals CRO name "UNIQUE MEDIA LIMITED" (CRO 366841) 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 Lobbying2025-01-16

Lobbying return by Family Business Network Ireland Limited

Trade
Intended results

Ensure the concerns of Family Businesses are reflected in the Programme for Government, around business taxation, personal taxation for workers, commercial rates, government imposed costs to businesses, the surplus in the national training fund,

Register of Lobbying2025-01-16

Lobbying return by British Irish Chamber of Commerce

Trade
Intended results

Highlight issues for British Irish Trade to party negotiators for the formation of the Programme for Government, covering issues such as business and personal taxation, strengthening British Irish relations politically and economically, cross border workers and delivery of…

Register of Lobbying2018-01-20

Lobbying return by The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA

Trade
Intended results

To ensure that the increased EU offer on beef for the Mercosur trade negotiations is rejected by the Irish Government::That the Irish Government gets support for this among other EU Member States

Register of Lobbying2016-09-19

Lobbying return by The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA

Trade
Intended results

That Irish agriculture is not sacrificed in pursuit of trade deals::That the Government takes strong opposition to any concessions on sensitive products, in particular the reintroduction of an offer on beef with Mercosur countries::On TTIP - the Government must insist that the…