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Politician · TD · 34th Dáil

Séamus McGrath

Fianna Fáil

Constituency / panel
Cork South-Central
Membership
2024-11-29 → current
Committees
5 current — Committee of Public Accounts; Joint Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage; …
1
Declared items
0
CRO-matched interests
0
Awards to declared companies
294
Lobbying returns
Reports for 2017–2025 (party) and 2020–2022 (members)
0
SIPO donation records
408 of 422 divisions
97%
Vote participation

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 Lobbying2025-09-16

Lobbying return by Cork Chamber

EU Affairs
Intended results

To ensure opportunities arising from Ireland's presidency of the Council of the EU in 2026 are realised fully, including opportunities for the inclusion of regions in the programme of events and priorities for the presidency.

Register of Lobbying2025-09-16

Lobbying return by Cork Chamber

Economic Development and Industry
Intended results

To advocate for the importance of supports for economic development in the Cork region, including securing additional sites for development to facilitate inward investment.

Register of Lobbying2025-09-16

Lobbying return by Cork Chamber

Tourism
Intended results

To emphasise the importance of progress on critical infrastructure to support tourism in Cork, including advancing the development of events and festivals.

Register of Lobbying2025-09-16

Lobbying return by Cork Chamber

Budgetary matters
Intended results

To advocate for budgetary supports for sectors such as hospitality, including potential VAT changes, in order to support the competitiveness of such sectors.

Register of Lobbying2025-09-16

Lobbying return by Cork Chamber

Children and Youth Affairs
Intended results

To highlight current challenges associated with childcare provision and put forward potential changes to childcare policy to support parents in the workforce.

Register of Lobbying2025-09-15

Lobbying return by The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA

Agriculture
Intended results

That the Minister for Agriculture, Food, and the Marine should immediately pay all ACRES participants who have not received payment from national funds.::To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food, and the Marine; regarding the current number of farmers still awaiting ACRES…

Register of Lobbying2025-09-15

Lobbying return by The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA

Agriculture
Intended results

To oppose the introduction of any mandatory restrictions on peat soils. The Ministers must defer any implementation of Good Agricultural and Environmental Condition (GAEC -2) in 2025 and ensure that the upcoming EU Simplification Package no longer makes GAEC-2 a condition of…

Register of Lobbying2025-09-15

Lobbying return by The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA

Agriculture
Intended results

That the Government must redouble its efforts to lobby for the retention of the Derogation, honour its commitments on nutrient storage, and continue to focus on improving water quality from all sources.::To seek clarification on several critical matters. During a meeting with…

Register of Lobbying2025-09-15

Lobbying return by The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA

Agriculture
Intended results

That the Minister must meet with IFA to agree on and implement a consistent and adequately resourced TB scheme, including dealing with infected wildlife, in all counties.::To highlight that this is an issue that requires urgent and meaningful actions to be brought back under…

Register of Lobbying2025-09-15

Lobbying return by Cork Chamber

Economic Development and Industry
Intended results

Support for a range of local initiatives to support economic development and industry growth in the Cork region as part of the National Development Plan review.

Register of Lobbying2025-09-12

Lobbying return by Barnardos

Children and Youth Affairs
Intended results

Improve funding for voluntary sector organisations supporting families experiencing disadvantage, making sure that more vulnerable children and their parents aren't left without supports. ::Increase targeted income supports for low incomes families and those most at risk of…

Register of Lobbying2025-09-12

Lobbying return by Creative Retail Distribution Limited

Taxation
Intended results

A review of the proposal to apply an E-liquids tax using self-declaration mechanism rather than a tax stamp.

Derived link · Matched by exact company name

Published name "Creative Retail Distribution Limited" equals CRO name "CREATIVE RETAIL DISTRIBUTION LIMITED" (CRO 539887) 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 Lobbying2025-09-12

Lobbying return by Creative Retail Distribution Limited

Taxation
Intended results

Offer full support from Hale Vaping, Ireland’s largest indigenous vaping company for the proposed Classification of HHC as a Schedule 1 Controlled Drug by the Government. Hale Vaping is not affiliated with the tobacco industry and has always upheld high standards of compliance…

Derived link · Matched by exact company name

Published name "Creative Retail Distribution Limited" equals CRO name "CREATIVE RETAIL DISTRIBUTION LIMITED" (CRO 539887) 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 Lobbying2025-09-11

Lobbying return by Simon Communities of Ireland

Housing
Intended results

Simon Communities of Ireland's proposed solutions considered, use of person centred language.

Derived link · Matched by exact company name

Published name "Simon Communities of Ireland" equals CRO name "SIMON COMMUNITIES OF IRELAND" (CRO 74038) 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.