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Lobbying Tracker

Who lobbies whom about what. Search Ireland's lobbying register to see who is influencing your TDs, ministers, and public officials — and on whose behalf.

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Lobbying Returns
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Registered Lobbyists
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CPSMA
January–April
[Education and Training] School finances increase in capitation and other grants
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Helen McEntee', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Norma Foley', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Education)'} {'name': 'Jennifer Carroll MacNeill', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Health)'} {'name': 'Jack Chambers', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': "Darragh O'Brien", 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Mary Butler', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 7 more
📚 Education 🏦 Finance & Banking View on lobbying.ie →
CPSMA
May–August
[Budgetary matters] Increase in capitation and funding for primary mangagement bodies
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Helen McEntee', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Education)'} {'name': 'Jack Chambers', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Finance)'} {'name': 'Cliodhana ONeill', 'role': 'Acting Assistant Secretary (Department of Education)'} {'name': 'Bernie McNally', 'role': 'Secretary General (Department of Education)'} {'name': 'Cathal Crowe', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Aisling Dempsey', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 26 more
📚 Education 🏦 Finance & Banking View on lobbying.ie →
CPSMA
September–December
[Education and Training] Increase in capitation funding for primary Schools
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Email All Oireachtas Members', 'role': 'Requested parents to contact their local Oireachtas Members urging an increase in capitation for primary schools'} {'name': 'Helen McEntee', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Education)'} {'name': 'Bernie McNally', 'role': 'Secretary General (Department of Education)'} {'name': 'Cliodhna O’Neill', 'role': 'Acting Assistant Secretary (Department of Education)'}
📚 Education View on lobbying.ie →
CPSMA
September–December
[Education and Training] Sought a grant to cover the procurement and administration of the free meals scheme by schools
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Dara Calleary', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Social Protection)'}
📚 Education View on lobbying.ie →
CPSMA
January–April
[Education and Training] School Finance Ancillary Grant
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Aine Doyle', 'role': 'Special Adviser (Department of Education)'} {'name': 'Cliodhana ONeill', 'role': 'Acting Assistant Secretary (Department of Education)'}
📚 Education 🏦 Finance & Banking View on lobbying.ie →
CPSMA
January–April
[Education and Training] Funding for BOM Training
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Aine Doyle', 'role': 'Special Adviser (Department of Education)'} {'name': 'Cliodhana ONeill', 'role': 'Acting Assistant Secretary (Department of Education)'}
📚 Education View on lobbying.ie →
CPSMA
May–August
[Education and Training] Highlight the need to increase the capitation grant
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Aine Doyle', 'role': 'Special Adviser (Department of Education)'} {'name': 'Bernie McNally', 'role': 'Secretary General (Department of Education)'} {'name': 'Cliodhana ONeill', 'role': 'Acting Assistant Secretary (Department of Education)'} {'name': 'Martina Mannion', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Education)'} {'name': 'Norma Foley', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Education)'}
📚 Education 🏦 Finance & Banking View on lobbying.ie →
INTO - Irish National Teachers' Organisation
September–December
[Education and Training] INTO, the IPPN and the CPSMA has released the results of an extensive survey, which underscores the deepening teacher supply crisis in primary and special schools in Ireland.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Email All Senators', 'role': ''} {'name': 'Email All TDs', 'role': ''}
📚 Education View on lobbying.ie →
CPSMA
September–December
[Education and Training] Capitation
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Norma Foley', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Education)'} {'name': 'Jennifer Carroll MacNeill', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Health)'} {'name': 'Paschal Donohoe', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Finance)'} {'name': 'Martin Heydon', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'} {'name': 'John Cummins', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': "John Paul O'Shea", 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 6 more
📚 Education View on lobbying.ie →
CPSMA
September–December
[Budgetary matters] Increased resources for schools in the budget
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Aine Doyle', 'role': 'Special Adviser (Department of Education)'} {'name': 'Bernie McNally', 'role': 'Secretary General (Department of Education)'} {'name': 'Cliodhana ONeill', 'role': 'Acting Assistant Secretary (Department of Education)'}
📚 Education 🏦 Finance & Banking View on lobbying.ie →
CPSMA
January–April
[Education and Training] supports for individual schools
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Deirdre Shanley', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Education)'} {'name': 'Hubert Loftus', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Education)'} {'name': 'Martina Mannion', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Education)'} {'name': 'Tomás Ó Ruairc', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Education)'}
📚 Education View on lobbying.ie →
CPSMA
January–April
[Education and Training] Payment of the Minor Works Grant
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Deirdre Shanley', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Education)'} {'name': 'Hubert Loftus', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Education)'}
📚 Education View on lobbying.ie →
CPSMA
January–April
[Education and Training] Teacher Supply
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Dalton Tattan', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Education)'} {'name': 'Deirdre Shanley', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Education)'} {'name': 'Tomás Ó Ruairc', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Education)'}
📚 Education View on lobbying.ie →
CPSMA
May–August
[Education and Training] ICT Grant
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Aine Doyle', 'role': 'Special Adviser (Department of Education)'} {'name': 'Bernie McNally', 'role': 'Secretary General (Department of Education)'} {'name': 'Deirdre Shanley', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Education)'} {'name': 'Norma Foley', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Education)'}
📚 Education View on lobbying.ie →
CPSMA
September–December
[Education and Training] School finances
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Aine Doyle', 'role': 'Special Adviser (Department of Education)'} {'name': 'Bernie McNally', 'role': 'Secretary General (Department of Education)'} {'name': 'Deirdre Shanley', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Education)'} {'name': 'Martina Mannion', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Education)'} {'name': 'Norma Foley', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Education)'} {'name': 'Tomás Ó Ruairc', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Education)'}
📚 Education 🏦 Finance & Banking View on lobbying.ie →
CPSMA
January–April
[Education and Training] Ukraine and resources for schools
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Deirdre Shanley', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Education and Skills)'} {'name': 'Hubert Loftus', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Education)'} {'name': 'Martina Mannion', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Education)'}
📚 Education View on lobbying.ie →
CPSMA
January–April
[Education and Training] Increased Resources for schools capitation and Human Resources
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Martina Mannion', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Education)'} {'name': 'Deirdre Shanley', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Education)'} {'name': 'Hubert Loftus', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Education)'} {'name': 'Aine Doyle', 'role': 'Special Adviser (Department of Education)'}
📚 Education View on lobbying.ie →
CPSMA
May–August
[Education and Training] capitation
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Deirdre Shanley', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Education)'} {'name': 'Aine Doyle', 'role': 'Special Adviser (Department of Education)'}
📚 Education View on lobbying.ie →
CPSMA
September–December
[Education and Training] Ukraine/ resources for schools
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Deirdre Shanley', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Education and Skills)'} {'name': 'Hubert Loftus', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Education)'} {'name': 'Martina Mannion', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Education)'} {'name': 'Aine Doyle', 'role': 'Special Adviser (Department of Education)'}
📚 Education View on lobbying.ie →
CPSMA
September–December
[Education and Training] Introduction Meeting with Sec Gen
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Bernie McNally', 'role': 'Secretary General (Department of Education)'}
📚 Education View on lobbying.ie →
CPSMA
September–December
[Education and Training] Teacher Supply
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Deirdre Shanley', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Education)'} {'name': 'Dalton Tattan', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Education)'} {'name': 'Aoife Conduit', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Education)'}
📚 Education View on lobbying.ie →
CPSMA
September–December
[Education and Training] Briefing Advisor on stakeholder attitudes to elements of curricular reform
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Aine Doyle', 'role': 'Special Adviser (Department of Education)'}
📚 Education View on lobbying.ie →
CPSMA
January–April
[Education and Training] Return to School
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Deirdre Shanley', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Education)'}
🌍 Climate & Energy 📚 Education View on lobbying.ie →
CPSMA
May–August
[Education and Training] School Reopening and resources for schools
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Deirdre Shanley', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Education and Skills)'}
📚 Education View on lobbying.ie →
CPSMA
September–December
[Education and Training] School Reopening and resources for schools
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Deirdre Shanley', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Education and Skills)'}
📚 Education View on lobbying.ie →
CPSMA
January–April
[Education and Training] Special Needs Education New Model of Allocation
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': "Mark O'Doherty", 'role': 'Special Adviser (Department of Education and Skills)'} {'name': 'Dalton Tattan', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Education and Skills)'}
📚 Education View on lobbying.ie →
CPSMA
January–April
[Education and Training] Special Needs Education
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': "Mark O'Doherty", 'role': 'Special Adviser (Department of Education and Skills)'} {'name': 'Dalton Tattan', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Education and Skills)'}
📚 Education View on lobbying.ie →
CPSMA
May–August
[Education and Training] COVID-19 / School Reopening
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Norma Foley', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Education)'} {'name': 'Deirdre Shanley', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Education and Skills)'} {'name': 'Aoife Conduit', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Education and Skills)'} {'name': 'Aine Doyle', 'role': 'Special Adviser (Department of Education)'}
📚 Education View on lobbying.ie →
CPSMA
May–August
[Health] COVID-19 Query line for schools
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Stephen Donnelly', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Health)'} {'name': 'Colette Sexton', 'role': 'Special Adviser (Department of Health)'} {'name': 'Norma Foley', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Education and Skills)'}
📚 Education 🏥 Health View on lobbying.ie →
CPSMA
September–December
[Education and Training] COVID-19 / School Reopening
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Norma Foley', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Education)'} {'name': 'Deirdre Shanley', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Education and Skills)'} {'name': 'Martina Mannion', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Education)'} {'name': 'Aine Doyle', 'role': 'Special Adviser (Department of Education)'}
🌍 Climate & Energy 📚 Education View on lobbying.ie →
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Data Source
All lobbying data comes from the Regulation of Lobbying Register, maintained by the Standards in Public Office Commission under the Regulation of Lobbying Act 2015.

Lobbyists must file returns every 4 months. This tracker makes that data searchable by TD, policy domain, and subject — so you can see who is trying to influence the decisions that affect your life.
Why This Matters
Lobbying is legal and often legitimate. But when property developers lobby TDs who vote on housing policy, or when insurance companies lobby ministers setting regulation — you have a right to know. Transparency is accountability.
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