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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 Lobbying2021-01-21

Lobbying return by Ibec

Economic Development and Industry
Intended results

Awareness of Ibec's regional priorities for Budget 2021 and views on the new National Economic Plan

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 Lobbying2021-01-21

Lobbying return by Ibec

Economic Development and Industry
Intended results

Awareness of Ibec's support for investment in people and lifelong learning to support business development and innovation

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 Lobbying2021-01-21

Lobbying return by Ibec

Education and Training
Intended results

Promote and embed MTU within the business community and ensure that the necessary resources are in place to encourage enterprise engagement

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 Lobbying2021-01-21

Lobbying return by Ibec

Education and Training
Intended results

Ensure awareness of business support for high-level Government focus on investment and development in Higher Education, Further Education, innovation and research to support Irish society and economy to become more innovative

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 Lobbying2021-01-21

Lobbying return by National Centre for Youth Mental Health

Children and Youth Affairs
Intended results

Allocation of funding to provide youth mental health services in third level education by Jigsaw.

Derived link · Matched by name with added legal form

Published name "National Centre for Youth Mental Health" has no legal form. "NATIONAL CENTRE FOR YOUTH MENTAL HEALTH COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE" (CRO 421016) 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 Lobbying2021-01-21

Lobbying return by Hume Brophy

Environment
Intended results

Highlight the important role played by plastic packaging in food preservation::Update local TDs on the work being done by IFPA members toward circularity::Promote policies which would lead to an increase in recycling of plastics in Ireland

Register of Lobbying2021-01-21

Lobbying return by Dublin Chamber of Commerce

Economic Development and Industry
Intended results

To boost investment in Irish Enterprise and introduce a 20% Capital Gain Tax rate for investment in SMEs.::Reform and consider extension of the Employment Wage Subsidy Scheme.::To accelerate the transition to a Green Economy and prioritise sustainable infrastructure investment…

Register of Lobbying2021-01-21

Lobbying return by National Centre for Youth Mental Health

Children and Youth Affairs
Intended results

Funding for Jigsaw work in higher education

Derived link · Matched by name with added legal form

Published name "National Centre for Youth Mental Health" has no legal form. "NATIONAL CENTRE FOR YOUTH MENTAL HEALTH COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE" (CRO 421016) 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 Lobbying2021-01-21

Lobbying return by The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA

Finance
Intended results

Farm Schemes - that the total annual CAP payment plus the national co-financing must amount to €2bn per annum, from the current level of €1.8bn from when the new CAP starts.::Suckler Cow::- Suckler farmers need a targeted payment of €300 per cow, facilitated by a combination of…

Register of Lobbying2021-01-21

Lobbying return by Alcohol Action Ireland

Health
Intended results

Advancement and implementation of public health alcohol policy measures

Derived link · Matched by exact company name

Published name "Alcohol Action Ireland" equals CRO name "ALCOHOL ACTION IRELAND" (CRO 378738) 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 Lobbying2021-01-21

Lobbying return by Q4PR

Economic Development and Industry
Intended results

To highlight the difficulties facing the hospitality industry - and its suppliers- due to COVID lockdown restrictions and promote policies to assist continued trading.

Derived link · Matched by name with added legal form

Published name "Q4PR" has no legal form. "Q4 PR LIMITED" (CRO 371427) 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.