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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 Lobbying2018-09-20

Lobbying return by The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA

Finance
Intended results

Suckler cow scheme - In order to improve incomes and stabilise numbers, IFA proposes a targeted payment of €200 per suckler cow, structured under environmental and animal welfare measures in the CAP Rural Development Programme and financed predominately from national resources…

Register of Lobbying2018-09-20

Lobbying return by The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA

Finance
Intended results

Extension of Income Averaging to self-employed farmers with other income - IFA proposes that, where a farmer or their spouse has an additional self-employed source of income, income averaging should be allowed on farm profits.::Increasing Flexibility in Income Averaging…

Register of Lobbying2018-09-20

Lobbying return by The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA

Agriculture
Intended results

That this IFA commissioned report would highlight the need for support from Government for the suckler cow. The key finds in the report are as follows::The beef sector in Ireland is very significant, accounting for over one-third of all agricultural output and over 20% of total…

Register of Lobbying2018-09-20

Lobbying return by The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA

Agriculture
Intended results

To emphasis that Budget 2019 provides an opportunity for the Government to demonstrate its support for the farming sector::That cuts to Farm Schemes in the downturn, be fully restored.::That there would be measures to address the low income sectors in farming, including…

Register of Lobbying2018-09-20

Lobbying return by Wilson Hartnell

Economic Development and Industry
Intended results

To build an understanding among key political actors of the nature and function of the products produced by Edwards Lifesciences, and to inform local representatives about the investments Edwards is making in industrial development in the Midwest region and in lifesaving…

Register of Lobbying2018-09-20

Lobbying return by Cuan Mhuire CLG

Housing
Intended results

1. To help progress opening of a Transition House in Cork.::2. To help secure rent allowance for residents of a Transition House in Ballybay, Co. Monaghan.

Derived link · Matched by exact company name

Published name "Cuan Mhuire CLG" equals CRO name "CUAN MHUIRE COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE" (CRO 115030) 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 Lobbying2018-09-20

Lobbying return by Law Society of Ireland

Housing
Intended results

The Society's investment in a National eConveyancing ecosystem is long documented. The continuing development and promotion of an eConveyancing system will require Government support and the involvement of key state agencies, including the Property Registration Authority of…

Register of Lobbying2018-09-20

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 Brexit::To address the high…

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 Lobbying2018-09-17

Lobbying return by Vintners' Federation of Ireland

Budgetary matters
Intended results

To inform the various TDs that there is now considerably more VAT being returned from this sector than when the rate was 13.5%. There are 53k more people employed in the sector now than 2011 when the rate was adjusted, that equates to a saving to the Exchequer of approximately…

Derived link · Matched by name with added legal form

Published name "Vintners' Federation of Ireland" has no legal form. "VINTNERS' FEDERATION OF IRELAND COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE" (CRO 112132) 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 Lobbying2018-09-14

Lobbying return by Family Carers Ireland

Finance
Intended results

Support for Pre-Budget priorities for family carers and end current 'postcode lottery'

Derived link · Matched by exact company name

Published name "Family Carers Ireland" equals CRO name "FAMILY CARERS IRELAND" (CRO 572819) 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.