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Politician · TD · 34th Dáil

Simon Harris

Fine Gael

Constituency / panel
Wicklow
Membership
2024-11-29 → current
Office
Taoiseach (2024-11-29 → 2025-01-22)
Office
Minister for Defence (2025-01-23 → 2025-03-25)
Office
Minister for Defence (2025-03-26 → 2025-11-18)
Office
Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade (2025-03-26 → 2025-11-18)
Office
Minister for Foreign Affairs (2025-01-23 → 2025-03-25)
Office
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 Lobbying2020-01-15

Lobbying return by Parkinson's Ireland

Health
Intended results

access to treatment for Parkinson's Patients

Derived link · Matched by exact company name

Published name "Parkinson's Ireland" equals CRO name "PARKINSON'S IRELAND" (CRO 123532) 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 Lobbying2020-01-14

Lobbying return by Irish Vape Vendors Association

Health
Intended results

Our association was very concerned that given the recent 'scare stories' about vaping, that people who currently vape were returning to smoking in the incorrect belief that vaping was as dangerous or even more dangerous than smoking. We requested that the minister clarify the…

Derived link · Matched by name with added legal form

Published name "Irish Vape Vendors Association" has no legal form. "IRISH VAPE VENDORS ASSOCIATION COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE" (CRO 544462) 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 Lobbying2020-01-14

Lobbying return by Irish Vape Vendors Association

Health
Intended results

To outline to the minister how a ban on eliquid flavours would have unintended consequences and actually result in people who vape return to smoking and additionally would have the effect of making vaping as an alternative to smoking less attractive to current smokers.

Derived link · Matched by name with added legal form

Published name "Irish Vape Vendors Association" has no legal form. "IRISH VAPE VENDORS ASSOCIATION COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE" (CRO 544462) 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 Lobbying2020-01-13

Lobbying return by Federation of Optometrists and Dispensing Opticians

Health
Intended results

That more eye care services be provided outside of hospitals in community based optical practices, that the public's awareness of eye health issues improves, that more optical professionals be trained in Ireland.

Register of Lobbying2020-01-10

Lobbying return by Transgender Equality Network Ireland

Health
Intended results

Clarity on model of care used by National Gender Service

Derived link · Matched by name with added legal form

Published name "Transgender Equality Network Ireland" has no legal form. "TRANSGENDER EQUALITY NETWORK IRELAND COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE" (CRO 481106) 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 Lobbying2020-01-09

Lobbying return by St. Francis Hospice Dublin

Health
Intended results

To secure additional core funding for St. Francis Hospice Dublin for the provision of specialist palliative care to patients and families

Derived link · Matched by exact company name

Published name "St. Francis Hospice Dublin" equals CRO name "ST. FRANCIS HOSPICE DUBLIN" (CRO 153874) 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 Lobbying2020-01-08

Lobbying return by Fighting Blindness

Health
Intended results

For public representatives to attend the briefing session and become more informed and perhaps take into account findings in future assessing of the criteria for orphan drugs to be reframed to take into account the wellbeing and welfare costs of those living with IRDs.

Derived link · Matched by exact company name

Published name "Fighting Blindness" equals CRO name "FIGHTING BLINDNESS" (CRO 109625) 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 Lobbying2020-01-08

Lobbying return by Marie Keating Foundation

Health
Intended results

To highlight issues with current medical card criteria and to highlight the financial issues experienced by many cancer patients

Derived link · Matched by exact company name

Published name "Marie Keating Foundation" equals CRO name "MARIE KEATING FOUNDATION" (CRO 342695) 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 Lobbying2020-01-06

Lobbying return by The Alzheimer Society of Ireland

Health
Intended results

Investment for dementia care

Derived link · Matched by exact company name

Published name "The Alzheimer Society of Ireland" equals CRO name "THE ALZHEIMER SOCIETY OF IRELAND" (CRO 102700) 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.