Rory Hearne

Rory Hearne

Total lobbying returns involving this official: 184

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TD
Most Recent Public Body
Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas
First Seen
8 January 2025
Last Seen
21 May 2026

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Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas

Current Oireachtas Committee Memberships

Updated 31 May 2026

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Beefplan Movement

184 officials
2026-05-21

Intent: Support for policies and programmes beneficial for Irish beef farmers

Details: Matters of significance to Irish Cattle & Beef farmers

Methods
In relation to programme and policy issues relevant to beef farmers - Informal communicationIn relation to programme and policy issues relevant to beef farmers - Phone callThe emails were in relation to programme and policy issues relevant to beef farmers - Email

daa plc

66 officials
2026-05-21

Intent: Increase political stakeholders’ understanding of Dublin Airport’s development needs and garner support for infrastructure or policy decisions (by experiencing projects first-hand).

Details: Email invitation sent for political Stakeholder briefing and tour at Dublin Airport. (Subsequently event did not take place)

Methods
Dublin and Meath TDs, Senators, MEPs, and County Councillors - Email

Intent: Implementation of housing and VAW conference report recommendations

Details: Meeting with TDs to discuss housing and VAW conference report recommendations

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Methods
Email sent to Rory Hearne TD - EmailMet with Rory Hearne TD on 04/02/2026 - Meeting

Intent: to attend ISSUEvents. To discuss young people's issues related to sustainability or women's rights with stakeholders

Details: attend the event and to influence decisions as set out by young people on the day.

Methods
Email invite to attend / confirm attendance at the event and/or to learn more about the event. - EmailTake part in the event (the event is scheduled for February 2026) - Event / Reception

Intent: The correspondence warned the Bill could push adult smokers back to cigarettes and fuel an illegal market. Over 350,000 adults vape in Ireland, with more than half having quit smoking entirely, yet the Bill would effectively ban the flavours used by 97% of adult vapers. International experience shows bans drive black markets, increase smoking relapse, and undermine compliant Irish businesses without reducing youth access.

Details: The Reduced Risk Products Association briefed Deputies ahead of the Second Stage debate on the Public Health (Tobacco Products and Nicotine Inhaling Products) (Amendment) Bill 2026. The RRPA supports measures to reduce youth uptake, strengthen age-of-sale enforcement and restrict marketing to minors, ...

Methods
The communication also highlighted concerns that the Bill protects the Tobacco industry’s. Nicotine pouches, sold predominantly by tobacco companies, would face no equivalent flavour restrictions. The RRPA argued this creates a major inconsistency: flavours would be banned in independently-owned vape products while remaining available in tobacco-company nicotine pouches, potentially pushing adult consumers away from vaping and toward products controlled by the tobacco industry. - Email

Intent: The correspondence referenced European analysis suggesting a substantial proportion of vaping products circulating within the EU may be entering through irregular or illegal channels. It warned that weak enforcement, cross-border purchasing and online sales create risks for youth access, tax compliance and consumer safety. The RRPA argued that further restrictions without stronger enforcement could expand black market activity and undermine legitimate retail trade.

Details: The Reduced Risk Products Association issued correspondence to all TDs and Senators highlighting concerns about enforcement capacity within Ireland’s vaping sector. The communication stressed that the effectiveness of any regulatory framework will depend not on legislative intent alone, but on robus, ...

Methods
The RRPA called for a strengthened enforcement package including increased inspection resources, annual enforcement reporting, tax-stamp or digital traceability systems, stronger controls on online and cross-border sales, and targeted sanctions against repeat offenders. The communication argued that youth protection and public health depend on controlling illegal supply chains and ensuring compliant retailers are supported rather than undermined. - Email

Irish Heart Foundation

178 officials
2026-05-20

Intent: To raise awareness of the high level of unregulated digital unhealthy food marketing that children are exposed to online, to the detriment of their health.::To secure support for greater regulation of digital food marketing. ::To secure attendance to a meeting of the Oireachtas Heart and Stroke group.

Details: Oireachtas Heart and Stroke Group- Unregulated Junk Food Marketing

Methods
EmailEvent / ReceptionPhone call