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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 Lobbying2017-09-21

Lobbying return by Irish Hotels Federation

Tourism
Intended results

For the 9% tourism VAT rate to be retained::To mitigate the negative effects of Brexit on Irish Tourism::For additional funding for tourism marketing, product and infrastructural development::For additional regional support for tourism in response to BrexitFor additional…

Register of Lobbying2017-09-21

Lobbying return by Disability Federation of Ireland

Budgetary matters
Intended results

Funding and resourcing for people with disabilities through Budget '18 in the context of implementing the UN CRPD

Derived link · Matched by exact company name

Published name "Disability Federation of Ireland" equals CRO name "DISABILITY FEDERATION OF IRELAND" (CRO 140948) 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 Irish Tourist Industry Confederation

Tourism
Intended results

Increase capital expenditure to circa €350 million over next 6 years.::Assign multi-annual capital funds to the sector reflecting timelines & planning cycles.::Use of PPP to leverage & maximise exchequer funds.::Improve Ireland's comparison to other nations in terms of tourism…

Register of Lobbying2017-09-21

Lobbying return by CHILDREN'S RIGHTS ALLIANCE - REPUBLIC OF IRELAND LIMITED

Children and Youth Affairs
Intended results

Fuller implementation of Articles 26 and 27 UN Convention on the Rights of the Child relating to the right of children to social security and the right to an adequate standard of living in the budgetary process::Seeking an increase in the direct provision weekly payment for…

Register of Lobbying2017-09-21

Lobbying return by Renewable Gas Forum-Irish Green Gas Limited

Finance
Intended results

Promoting value for money to the Irish tax payer, the RGFI represents the biogas industry in Ireland and is an advocacy for the large gas (heat) consumers in manufacturing, processing, transport sectors, who are actively seeking alternative low carbon fuel of renewable gas in…

Register of Lobbying2017-09-21

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

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…