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Politician · Senator · 27th Seanad

Seán Kyne

Fine Gael

Constituency / panel
Cultural and Educational Panel
Membership
2025-01-29 → 2026-05-24
Committees
4 current, 15 ended — Comhchoiste na Gaeilge, na Gaeltachta agus Phobal Labhartha na Gaeilge; Joint Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs; …
7
Declared items
0
CRO-matched interests
0
Awards to declared companies
1471
Lobbying returns
Reports for 2017–2025 (party) and 2020–2022 (members)
0
SIPO donation records
234 of 257 divisions
91%
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 Lobbying2024-05-07

Lobbying return by Gaeloideachas

Education and Training
Intended results

Thacaigh mé leis an rún seo, luaigh mé feachtas Gaeloideachas agus cuid de na cúiseanna go raibh muid á lorg (éagothromaíocht idir mhúinteoirí, obair bhreise gur chóir luach a chur air, an teanga a chur chun cinn lasmuigh den seomra ranga, acmhainní 7rl).

Derived link · Matched by exact company name

Published name "Gaeloideachas" equals CRO name "GAELOIDEACHAS" (CRO 317146) 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 Lobbying2024-05-07

Lobbying return by Gaeloideachas

Education and Training
Intended results

Thacaigh mé leis an rún agus luaigh mé tábhacht na naíonraí mar bhunchloch foghlama, go háirithe lasmuigh den Ghaeltacht, agus go bhfuil an-chuid acu ag dúnadh faoi láthair de bharr ghéarchéim earcaíochta agus brú eile a bheith orthu. Dúirt mé gur chóir go mbeadh an deis ag gach…

Derived link · Matched by exact company name

Published name "Gaeloideachas" equals CRO name "GAELOIDEACHAS" (CRO 317146) 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 Lobbying2024-05-02

Lobbying return by Conradh na Gaeilge

Gaeltacht
Intended results

Níos mó maoiniú don earnáil Ghaeilge agus Gaeltachta; Reachtaíocht níos láidre don Ghaeilge agus don Ghaeltacht; An Ghaeilge níos láidre sa chóras oideachais

Register of Lobbying2024-04-30

Lobbying return by Galway Regional Youth Federation Company Limited by Guarantee

Children and Youth Affairs
Intended results

3 keys asks: equity of conditions for youth workers, resources for rural and volunteer led youth work and accessible youth spaces for young people and youth work

Derived link · Matched by exact company name

Published name "Galway Regional Youth Federation Company Limited by Guarantee" equals CRO name "GALWAY REGIONAL YOUTH FEDERATION COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE" (CRO 310202) 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 Lobbying2024-04-17

Lobbying return by Comharchumann Fuinnimh Oileain Arann Teoranta

Energy and Natural Resources
Intended results

To encourage the state to develop floating offshore wind projects off the West coast of Ireland at a faster pace

Register of Lobbying2024-03-07

Lobbying return by Irish Dental Association

Health
Intended results

That the government takes action to introduce legislation to either reform the Dentists Act 1985 or introduces amendments to existing legislation to bring the dental profession into line with other health professions.

Register of Lobbying2024-01-22

Lobbying return by Galway Regional Youth Federation Company Limited by Guarantee

Children and Youth Affairs
Intended results

Increased resources for UBU funded projects and designated accessible youth spaces

Derived link · Matched by exact company name

Published name "Galway Regional Youth Federation Company Limited by Guarantee" equals CRO name "GALWAY REGIONAL YOUTH FEDERATION COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE" (CRO 310202) 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 Lobbying2024-01-22

Lobbying return by Alcohol Forum Ireland

Justice and Equality
Intended results

Increased awareness and profile of concerns relating to children's rights in regard to the provisions of the Sale of Alcohol Bill (2022) Advocating with elected representatives with regard to community concerns relating to the Bill

Derived link · Matched by name with added legal form

Published name "Alcohol Forum Ireland" has no legal form. "ALCOHOL FORUM IRELAND COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE" (CRO 435920) 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 Lobbying2024-01-21

Lobbying return by The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA

Taxation
Intended results

To propose that this tax cannot apply to genuinely farmed land, a means of exempting all genuinely farmed land, such as identifying land upon which payment claims have been made to the Department of Agriculture, Food, and the Marine must be put in place and this land then…

Register of Lobbying2024-01-21

Lobbying return by The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA

Taxation
Intended results

To propose that payment for the loss of this income i.e., forestry premium, should not be subject to Income Tax or Capital Gains Tax (CGT).

Register of Lobbying2024-01-21

Lobbying return by The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA

Taxation
Intended results

To propose that, to better advance or promote increased utilisation of on-farm sustainability measure, farm operations that are utilised for Research Trials/Demonstration purposed (for example Signpost Farms) by Companies/Agricultural Institutions should be afforded an…

Register of Lobbying2024-01-21

Lobbying return by Creative Retail Distribution Limited

Health
Intended results

To inform public representatives of a range of considerations concerning public policy relating to e-cigarettes and vaping.

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 Lobbying2024-01-21

Lobbying return by Irish Council for Psychotherapy

Health
Intended results

In summary, our recommendations in the submission to CORU are for: the development of clarity around the nature of the work of psychotherapists; the re-setting of the threshold level of training at Level 9; the inclusion within the framing of training programmes of personal…