Edward Timmins

Edward Timmins

Total lobbying returns involving this official: 102

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Most Recent Title
TD
Most Recent Public Body
Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas
First Seen
19 January 2016
Last Seen
20 September 2025

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CouncillorTD

Observed Public Bodies

Dáil Éireann, the Lower House of the OireachtasDáil Éireann, the OireachtasWicklow County Council
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Lobbying Records (Page 1 of 11)

Current/Former DPOFAQ

Intent: Raise awareness about Explorium's successful visitor numbers in one year since reopening, new programmes and initiatives planned in the coming months, and to highlight Explorium's potential as a national resource.

Details: Letter requesting a meeting to highlight Explorium’s positive role in science education for children and young people and its potential as a national resource.

Methods
EmailInformal communicationMeeting

Intent: Fair Deal Reform::To propose reducing the 5-year land/business transfer clause to 3 years to allow more farmers to benefit from the Fair Deal Scheme.::To propose that land leased under Fair Deal should be classed as “actively farmed” to meet succession criteria.::To propose increasing the ancillary state support loan payback to a minimum of 5 years to allow sufficient time to repay the costs.::To propose increasing cash asset disregard for a single person from €36,000 to €44,000 and for a couple from €72,000 to €88,000::To propose reducing the assessment period for the family home under Fair Deal from 3 years to 2 years, with a maximum contribution of 15% of the home's value (7.5% per year), instead of the current cap of 22.5%.::To propose that income from leased farmland should be excluded or at least partially disregarded in the Fair Deal financial assessment.::Home Support Scheme::To propose immediately introducing a statutory, universal Home Support Scheme, with specific rural adap

Details: Fair Deal & Older People in Rural Areas

Methods
EmailMeetingSocial Media

Intent: Pre-budget submission received by all relevant policymakers

Details: Advocacy on Budget 2026

Methods
Email to Deputy Pa Daly's parliamentary assistant sharing information on specific recommendations for Budget 2026. - EmailEmailed cross-party TDs sharing Friends of the Earth Pre-Budget Submission - EmailEmailed members of Budgetary oversight committee pre-budget submission requesting to present submission - Email

Ibec

2025-09-19

Intent: Ensure support for the recommendations in Financial Services Ireland's Pre-Budget Submission including the need for a National Fintech Hub, the Ireland's Women in Finance Charter, and implementation of the Funds Review recommendations, among others.

Details: Financial Services Ireland Pre-Budget Submission 2026

Methods
Meeting

Ibec

2025-09-19

Intent: Include PII Recommendations in Budget 2026 including 1) introduction of 0% VAT rate for new build apartments, 2) increased funding for enabling infrastructure, 3) ensure property taxation policy stability to attract investment and 4) to amend the RZLT to exclude schemes in the planning process

Details: PII Pre-Budget 2026 Submission

Methods
EmailSubmission

Intent: To raise awareness about the newly identified Important Bird Areas for seabirds in Ireland

Details: Important Bird Areas for Seabirds in Ireland

Methods
An invitation to attend the launch of the Important Bird Areas for seabirds in Ireland on World Seabird Day 2025 in Dublin and to raise awareness of the need to designate these areas as Special Protection Areas for birds. - EmailInviting An Taoiseach Micheál Martin to launch the Important Bird Areas for Seabirds. Inviting Minister for Nature, Christopher O'Sullivan to launch the Important Bird Areas for Seabirds. - Letter