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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 Lobbying2024-09-20

Lobbying return by The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA

Education and Training
Intended results

To highlight that the Teagasc Green Cert Course is a crucial qualification for young farmers in Ireland. Approving these courses for SUSI Grants would encourage more students to pursue agricultural education.

Register of Lobbying2024-09-20

Lobbying return by The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA

Social Protection
Intended results

To propose that with regards to General Employment Permits – there should be no increase in the current €30k annual salary requirement until a full review of salary targets is complete.::To highlight the need for a Seasonal work permit Scheme for all non-EU workers, similar to…

Register of Lobbying2024-09-20

Lobbying return by The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA

Social Protection
Intended results

To propose that, similar to recipients of the Jobseekers Benefit and Jobseekers Allowance, recipients of Farm Assist should receive credited social insurance contributions for pension purposes.::To propose that the Total Contribution Approach (TCA) for calculating Contributory…

Register of Lobbying2024-09-20

Lobbying return by Hanover Media Strategy Limited

Health
Intended results

Provide an introduction to Takeda Ireland and discuss how to ensure rare disease patients have fair, equal access to treatments.

Derived link · Matched by exact company name

Published name "Hanover Media Strategy Limited" equals CRO name "HANOVER MEDIA STRATEGY LIMITED" (CRO 596029) 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 Lobbying2024-09-20

Lobbying return by National Infertility Support and Information Group

Health
Intended results

NISIG submitted pre budget submission for 2025, highlighting the need to expand the eligibility criteria for the publicly funded IVF scheme to be more inclusive to include Donor. Also to increase the resourcing for the fertility hubs to mitigate against delays in treating…

Derived link · Matched by name with added legal form

Published name "National Infertility Support and Information Group" has no legal form. "NATIONAL INFERTILITY SUPPORT AND INFORMATION GROUP COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE" (CRO 765906) 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 Lobbying2024-09-20

Lobbying return by Mental Health Reform

Health
Intended results

To brief Minister on MHR's PBS priorities and supported by the FG party in their election manifesto

Derived link · Matched by exact company name

Published name "Mental Health Reform" equals CRO name "MENTAL HEALTH REFORM" (CRO 506850) 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 Lobbying2024-09-20

Lobbying return by GSK

Health
Intended results

To inform deputies and senators about the benefits of adult vaccination including details of a piece of research commissioned by GSK which demonstrates that implementing adult vaccination programmes in Ireland delivers a return

Register of Lobbying2024-09-20

Lobbying return by Janssen Sciences Ireland UC

Budgetary matters
Intended results

To ensure adequate new development funding in the health budget to cover reimbursement of newly approved treatments for Irish patients in 2025.

Register of Lobbying2024-09-20

Lobbying return by AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals (Ireland) DAC

Health
Intended results

Discussion regarding access to orphan medicines for Irish patients, including data from latest EFPIA WAIT Indicator Survey, and development of national rare disease plan

Derived link · Matched by exact company name

Published name "AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals (Ireland) DAC" equals CRO name "ASTRAZENECA PHARMACEUTICALS (IRELAND) DESIGNATED ACTIVITY COMPANY" (CRO 55502) 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 Lobbying2024-09-20

Lobbying return by Muscular Dystrophy Society of Ireland GLC

Health
Intended results

Expansion of the programme to increase the number of conditions screened for, to be in line with the European average of 18 conditions. In 2022, the condition, ADIA-SCID was added to the NBS programme, however this hasn’t been fully implemented yet. In November 2023, Spinal…