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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 Lobbying2019-01-18

Lobbying return by Restaurants Association of Ireland

Tourism
Intended results

Highlight the issues of importance to the restaurant, hospitality and tourism industry, most notably the importance of retaining the VAT at 9%. To highlight the skills shortage facing the restaurant industry and to highlight delays and obstacles associated with work permits and…

Derived link · Matched by name with added legal form

Published name "Restaurants Association of Ireland" has no legal form. "RESTAURANTS ASSOCIATION OF IRELAND COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE" (CRO 56224) 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 Lobbying2019-01-18

Lobbying return by Foróige, National Youth Development Organisation

Children and Youth Affairs
Intended results

Restoration of funding levels for volunteer-led youth work through the Youth Service Grant Scheme to pre-recession levels

Register of Lobbying2019-01-17

Lobbying return by Society of the Irish Motor Industry

Taxation
Intended results

For Budget 2019, key issues included: Adjustment to the VRT and Road Tax Bands for 2019 for WLTP tested cars; no negative taxation changes for diesel vehicles; extension of current VRT reliefs; increased investment in the EV Charging Infrastructure; measures that ensure Ireland…

Register of Lobbying2019-01-11

Lobbying return by Galway Harbour Company

Development and Zoning
Intended results

Secure URDF funding for the Port of Galway

Derived link · Matched by exact company name

Published name "Galway Harbour Company" equals CRO name "GALWAY HARBOUR COMPANY" (CRO 262364) 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 Lobbying2018-09-21

Lobbying return by Ibec

Energy and Natural Resources
Intended results

To set out Ibec's concerns about this Private Member's Bill in advance of and during the Detailed Scrutiny stage

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 Lobbying2018-09-21

Lobbying return by Ibec

Employment
Intended results

To outline Ibec's concerns about inflexibilities in the proposed legislation

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 Lobbying2018-09-21

Lobbying return by Ibec

Communications
Intended results

Ensure understanding of need for appropriate policies to underpin capital investment in the telecoms network::Obtain increase in number of expert staff within ComReg::Secure effective measures to combat economic damage done by digital piracy::Ensure understanding of need for…

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.