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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 Lobbying2017-09-20

Lobbying return by The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA

Finance
Intended results

Income Volatility::Income Volatility - Extending Income Averaging to Farmer/Spouse with Additional Self-Employment - that qualification for income averaging on farming profits should be extended where the spouse and/or farmer has a fully separable source of self-employed…

Register of Lobbying2017-09-20

Lobbying return by Irish Heart Foundation

Health
Intended results

• Regulation of junk food marketing to children on digital media and tighter regulations on broadcast media.::• Meeting with TDs, Senators & Ministers::• Inclusion of information in Oireachtas debates (following provision of briefing notes)::• Parliamentary Questions to the…

Register of Lobbying2017-09-20

Lobbying return by The Irish Hospice Foundation

Budgetary matters
Intended results

A more focused approach to budgetary policy relating to End of Life issues across government departments.

Derived link · Matched by exact company name

Published name "The Irish Hospice Foundation" equals CRO name "THE IRISH HOSPICE FOUNDATION" (CRO 114617) 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 Lobbying2017-09-20

Lobbying return by JTI Ireland Limited

Budgetary matters
Intended results

To share JTI's 2018 Budget Submissions with relevant stakeholders; to have contents considered in advance of the Tax Strategy Group Report and Budget 2018

Derived link · Matched by exact company name

Published name "JTI Ireland Limited" equals CRO name "JTI IRELAND LIMITED" (CRO 378922) 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 Lobbying2017-09-19

Lobbying return by Pfizer

Economic Development and Industry
Intended results

Maintain abilty of Minister to grant exemptions by not repealing section 1237(5) of the Companies Act 2014 under which Pfizer had secured exemptions for five out of seventeen Irish entities; or introduce an additional amendment to address the disproportionate burden of this…

Derived link · Matched by name with added legal form

Published name "Pfizer" has no legal form. "PFIZER LIMITED" (CRO 900988) 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 Lobbying2017-09-19

Lobbying return by Pfizer

Health
Intended results

Improve access to innovative medicines for Irish patients by highlighting the current delays at every stage in the process

Derived link · Matched by name with added legal form

Published name "Pfizer" has no legal form. "PFIZER LIMITED" (CRO 900988) 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 Lobbying2017-09-18

Lobbying return by Gaelic Players Association

Sports and Recreation
Intended results

To deliver the Strategy document to the Minister

Derived link · Matched by name with added legal form

Published name "Gaelic Players Association" has no legal form. "GAELIC PLAYERS ASSOCIATION DESIGNATED ACTIVITY COMPANY" (CRO 535228) 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 Lobbying2017-09-18

Lobbying return by The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA

Environment
Intended results

To ensure the continuation of the nitrates derogation for dairy and livestock farmers::To ensure the continuation of the transitional phosphorous arrangements for the pig and poultry sectors::To ensure greater slurry spreading flexibility for farmers, based on best agronomic…