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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 Lobbying2021-12-17

Lobbying return by Children's Grief Centre, CLG

Children and Youth Affairs
Intended results

To securesome funding from government for the new centre

Derived link · Matched by exact company name

Published name "Children's Grief Centre, CLG" equals CRO name "CHILDREN'S GRIEF CENTRE COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE" (CRO 664602) 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 Lobbying2021-09-24

Lobbying return by Association of Visitor Experiences and Attractions CLG

Tourism
Intended results

AVEA wishes to have the following key points included in Budget decisions for 2022: (1) extension of EWSS to June 2022 (2) doubling of budgets for Tourism Ireland and Fáilte Ireland (3) strategic investment in tourism careers (4) continuation of 9% VAT to 2025 (5) restoration…

Derived link · Matched by exact company name

Published name "Association of Visitor Experiences and Attractions CLG" equals CRO name "ASSOCIATION OF VISITOR EXPERIENCES AND ATTRACTIONS COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE" (CRO 598606) 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 Lobbying2021-09-22

Lobbying return by Shannon Chamber

Transport
Intended results

To request elected representatives to work with Government to secure multi-annual funding for Shannon and regional airports to enable them to recover post COVID-19 and restore traffic to 2019 levels.::1. Multi-year CAPEX funding in the order of €32m annually, based on current…

Register of Lobbying2021-09-21

Lobbying return by The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA

Agriculture
Intended results

That the Minister immediately outlines details of his proposed Eco-schemes for Irish farmers and let them know what is going to be asked of them in the next CAP.::To seek that the impact of Eco-Schemes on farmers' basis payment is minimised.::To seek that Member States with a…

Register of Lobbying2021-09-21

Lobbying return by The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA

Agriculture
Intended results

That the Minister for Agriculture robustly defends the EU Council position on 75% internal convergence.::• In the context of the potential additional flattening effect of eco-schemes, it is vital that the Minister for Agriculture ensures that the European Council position of…

Register of Lobbying2021-09-21

Lobbying return by Irish Hotels Federation

Tourism
Intended results

Seeking an extension of the Employment Wage Subsidy Scheme (EWSS)::Seeking an extension to the waiver on Local Authority rates::Seeking a commitment by Government to retain the 9% rate of tourism VAT::Seeking additional banking and liquidity measures to assist with working…

Register of Lobbying2021-09-21

Lobbying return by NBI Infrastructure DAC

Communications
Intended results

Providing details re the challenges associated with the delivery of broadband

Derived link · Matched by exact company name

Published name "NBI Infrastructure DAC" equals CRO name "NBI INFRASTRUCTURE DESIGNATED ACTIVITY COMPANY" (CRO 631656) 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 Lobbying2021-09-21

Lobbying return by Environmental Pillar

Environment
Intended results

A more thorough public consultation on NRRP and publication of associated environmental assessments of measures::Understanding of concerns relating to the lack of public participation in Irish process, concerns on Aarhus Compliance concerns and wider EU Directive implications

Register of Lobbying2021-09-21

Lobbying return by Sandyford BID CLG

Economic Development and Industry
Intended results

Increased investment in the District and increased Residential development to enable the '15 Minute City'

Derived link · Matched by exact company name

Published name "Sandyford BID CLG" equals CRO name "SANDYFORD BID COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE" (CRO 593200) 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 Lobbying2021-09-21

Lobbying return by Irish Tourist Industry Confederation

Tourism
Intended results

To allow coach guided tours at OPW visitor attractions and sites. This was not included in easing of restrictions and is a safe way of controlling people.

Register of Lobbying2021-09-21

Lobbying return by ESB

Energy and Natural Resources
Intended results

Seek support for proposals that would facilitate inclusion of hybrid connections for offshore generation projects as ‘relevant projects’ (under the Transition Protocol) in order to accelerate delivery of offshore wind targets, with greater potential to hit the ambitious 5GW by…

Register of Lobbying2021-09-20

Lobbying return by Ibec

Transport
Intended results

Ensure NIFTI is an effective policy tool for the delivery of growth across the Mid-West and Kerry region and supports balanced growth across the country::Ensure awareness of Ibec's NIFTI priorities for the Mid-West and Kerry

Derived link · Matched by name with added legal form

Published name "Ibec" has no legal form. "IBEC COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE" (CRO 8706) 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 Lobbying2021-09-20

Lobbying return by The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA

Agriculture
Intended results

That the Government must confirm its commitment to maximise national co-financing of CAP Pillar 2 schemes::• In 2020, the national exchequer contributed over €280m in funding to co-finance Pillar 2 CAP schemes. These included Areas of Natural Constraints (ANC), Green Low-Carbon…