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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)
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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 Lobbying2022-05-20

Lobbying return by BioMarin International Limited

Health
Intended results

Awareness raising

Derived link · Matched by exact company name

Published name "BioMarin International Limited" equals CRO name "BIOMARIN INTERNATIONAL LIMITED" (CRO 500060) 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

Register of Lobbying2022-05-19

Lobbying return by Westmeath Community Development

Education and Training
Intended results

To achieve Dept exam rates of pay for LTI staff.

Derived link · Matched by exact company name

Published name "Westmeath Community Development" equals CRO name "WESTMEATH COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT" (CRO 215187) 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 Lobbying2022-05-19

Lobbying return by National Adult Literacy Agency

Education and Training
Intended results

An update on the implementation

Derived link · Matched by exact company name

Published name "National Adult Literacy Agency" equals CRO name "NATIONAL ADULT LITERACY AGENCY" (CRO 342807) 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 Lobbying2022-05-19

Lobbying return by National Adult Literacy Agency

Education and Training
Intended results

An update on the implementation::NALAs 1st tranche of 2022 funding

Derived link · Matched by exact company name

Published name "National Adult Literacy Agency" equals CRO name "NATIONAL ADULT LITERACY AGENCY" (CRO 342807) 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.