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Politician · TD · 34th Dáil

Simon Harris

Fine Gael

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Wicklow
Membership
2024-11-29 → current
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Taoiseach (2024-11-29 → 2025-01-22)
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Minister for Defence (2025-01-23 → 2025-03-25)
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Minister for Defence (2025-03-26 → 2025-11-18)
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Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade (2025-03-26 → 2025-11-18)
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Minister for Foreign Affairs (2025-01-23 → 2025-03-25)
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Minister for Finance (2025-11-18 → 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 Lobbying2022-05-21

Lobbying return by Irish Second-Level Students' Union (ISSU)

Education and Training
Intended results

To try and secure support from stakeholders for a hybrid leaving certificate for the class of 2022 i.e. through accredited grades & examination period

Register of Lobbying2022-05-20

Lobbying return by Irish Development Education Association

Education and Training
Intended results

Seeking stronger references to Education for Sustainable Development/Global Citizenship Education in the HEA Bill

Register of Lobbying2022-05-20

Lobbying return by Technological Universities Association

Education and Training
Intended results

Safe Re-opening of college campuses and return of campus communities to higher education institutions for semester 2 including antigen testing.

Register of Lobbying2022-05-20

Lobbying return by Social Innovation Growth Fund Ireland Limited trading as Rethink Ireland.

Education and Training
Intended results

Engagement with Minister and Department with proposed competency center for social innovation

Register of Lobbying2022-05-20

Lobbying return by Higher Education Colleges Association (HECA)

Education and Training
Intended results

HECA representation/membership of the National Skills Council and Regional Skills Fora::Response to Minister Harris’s answer to parliamentary questions (8th of March 2022) on HECA membership on the NSC and offer to engage with HECA on the NSC.::Highlighting HECA member HEIs role…

Register of Lobbying2022-05-20

Lobbying return by National Women's Council of Ireland

Education and Training
Intended results

Securing support and resources for the ESHTE National Advisory Committee + NWC recommendations

Derived link · Matched by exact company name

Published name "National Women's Council of Ireland" equals CRO name "NATIONAL WOMEN'S COUNCIL OF IRELAND" (CRO 241868) 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 Lobbying2022-05-20

Lobbying return by Higher Education Colleges Association (HECA)

Education and Training
Intended results

Inclusion of students studying in HECA member HEIs in national/EU supports for Ukrainian students in Ireland.::No discrimination for students from Ukraine and Russia studying in private HEIs.::Inclusion of HECA member HEIs in the national effort to support Ukraine…

Register of Lobbying2022-05-20

Lobbying return by National College of Ireland

Education and Training
Intended results

Updating on work of NCI and increased funding

Derived link · Matched by exact company name

Published name "National College of Ireland" equals CRO name "NATIONAL COLLEGE OF IRELAND" (CRO 134303) 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 Lobbying2022-05-20

Lobbying return by Irish Universities Association

Education and Training
Intended results

Support of proposed amendments to HEA Bill 2022

Derived link · Matched by exact company name

Published name "Irish Universities Association" equals CRO name "IRISH UNIVERSITIES ASSOCIATION" (CRO 264534) 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 Lobbying2022-05-20

Lobbying return by Marc Coleman

Education and Training
Intended results

Greater focus in third level spending priorities on efficient job focused Further Education priortities. Reducing wasteful spending.::Eliminate/reduce spending on politicised University courses and on politicised NGOs

Register of Lobbying2022-05-19

Lobbying return by Gibney Communications

Education and Training
Intended results

To encourage further Government supports for physics education and physics-based industries.

Derived link · Matched by name with added legal form

Published name "Gibney Communications" has no legal form. "GIBNEY COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED" (CRO 237960) 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 Lobbying2022-05-19

Lobbying return by Royal Dublin Society

Education and Training
Intended results

The intended result of the lobbying was the creation of a working group under the remit of the Department for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to review the learnings from the ESB Science Blast and make recommendations on how primary schools,…

Register of Lobbying2022-05-19

Lobbying return by John Gallagher

Education and Training
Intended results

To increase support for IFUT policies and promote inclusion of IFUT policies in work of new Department for Higher Education::to arrange Ministerlal participation in the 2021 Annual Delegate Conference of IFUT

Register of Lobbying2022-05-19

Lobbying return by The Union of Students in Ireland

Education and Training
Intended results

Provision of free English language courses for Ukranian students::A guarantee that Ukrainian refugees would not be subject to the direct provision system::Ukranian students to be able to avail of domestic student fee payments