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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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Chime
January–April
[Health] National Hearing Care Plan
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Jennifer Carroll MacNeill', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Health)'}
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Chime
January–April
[Education and Training] To advocate for the development of Irish Sign Language as a Leaving Cert Exam & publication of educational outcomes of Deaf & Hard of Hearing Students
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Helen McEntee', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Education)'} {'name': 'Michael Moynihan', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Education)'} {'name': 'Sorca Clarke', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': "Darren O'Rourke", 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
🌍 Climate & Energy 📚 Education View on lobbying.ie →
Chime
May–August
[Justice and Equality] Inclusion and equality for Deaf and hard of hearing people
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Hildegarde Naughton', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth)'}
⚖️ Justice & Legal View on lobbying.ie →
Chime
May–August
[Education and Training] To advocate for the development of Irish Sign Language as a Leaving Cert Exam & publication of educational outcomes of Deaf & Hard of Hearing Students
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Michael Moynihan', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Education)'} {'name': 'Linda Nelson Murray', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Gareth Scahill', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Cathal Crowe', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Ruth Coppinger', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Jen Cummins', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 9 more
🌍 Climate & Energy 📚 Education View on lobbying.ie →
Chime
May–August
[Health] To advocate for a National Hearing Care Plan
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Jennifer Carroll MacNeill', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Health)'} {'name': 'Pádraig Rice', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Colm Burke', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'David Cullinane', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Michael Cahill', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Sorca Clarke', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 4 more
🏥 Health View on lobbying.ie →
Chime
May–August
[Health] To seek information on the issue of audiology waiting lists
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Sorca Clarke', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
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Chime
May–August
[Health] Mental health service for Deaf people
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Sorca Clarke', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
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Chime
May–August
[Budgetary matters] To discuss National Disability Services Association (NDSA) pre-budget submission
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Paul McAuliffe', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
🏦 Finance & Banking 🏥 Health View on lobbying.ie →
Chime
May–August
[Budgetary matters] To share Chime's Budget 2026 prioirities
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Email All TDs', 'role': "Newsletter to all sitting TDs highlighting Chime's Budget priorities"}
🏦 Finance & Banking View on lobbying.ie →
Chime
September–December
[Health] To advocate for a National Hearing Care Plan
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Sorca Clarke (Currently employed as a DPO)', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Email All Oireachtas Members', 'role': 'Email sent to all Oireachtas Members with a reminder for event in Leinster House on 15th October 2025.'} {'name': 'Eamon Scanlon', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Maria Byrne', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Marie Sherlock', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Aengus Ó Snodaigh', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 35 more
🏥 Health View on lobbying.ie →
Kathleen O'Meara Public Affairs Consultant
on behalf of Yes (client not named)
September–December
[Health] Lobbying by Chime, Ireland's national charity for deaf and hard of hearing people, for a national hearing care plan
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': "Kathleen O'Meara (Former DPO)", 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Sorca Clarke', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Paul McAuliffe', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Pat the Cope Gallagher', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Victor Boyhan', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Aengus Ó Snodaigh', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 22 more
🌍 Climate & Energy 🏥 Health View on lobbying.ie →
Chime
September–December
[Health] To seek an update on the provision of FM systems for pre-school children with a hearing loss diagnosis as per HSE Service Plan 2025
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Paula Butterly', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
📚 Education 🏥 Health View on lobbying.ie →
Chime
September–December
[Education and Training] To advocate for the development of Irish Sign Language as a Leaving Cert Exam & publication of educational outcomes of Deaf & Hard of Hearing Students
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Noel Byrne', 'role': 'Adviser to Minister of State (Department of Education)'}
📚 Education View on lobbying.ie →
Chime
January–April
[Health] Development of public health programme to manage the high level of unaddressed hearing loss in Ireland and to consider the recommendations of a WHO report on ear and hearing care published in March 2021.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Susan Mitchell', 'role': 'Special Adviser (Department of Health)'} {'name': 'Seán Crowe', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Bernard Durkan', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Colm Brophy', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Cathal Crowe', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'David Cullinane', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 9 more
🏥 Health View on lobbying.ie →
Chime
January–April
[Education and Training] Seeking the inclusion of Irish Sign Language as an examination subject in Ordinary and Higher Junior and Leaving Certificate examinations.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Aodhán Ó Ríordáin', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Hildegarde Naughton', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Education)'}
📚 Education View on lobbying.ie →
Chime
January–April
[Children and Youth Affairs] To provide personal FM systems to young Deaf and Hard of Hearing children from age 6 months to 3 years, where appropriate.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Noel Byrne', 'role': 'Special Adviser (Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth)'}
📚 Education View on lobbying.ie →
Chime
May–August
[Health] Development of public health programme to manage the high level of unaddressed hearing loss in Ireland and to consider the recommendations of a WHO report on ear and hearing care published in March 2021.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Susan Mitchell', 'role': 'Special Adviser (Department of Health)'} {'name': 'Stephen Donnelly', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Health)'}
🏥 Health View on lobbying.ie →
Chime
May–August
[Education and Training] Educational outcomes for Deaf and Hard of Hearing children
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Sorca Clarke', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Paul Kehoe', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Hildegarde Naughton', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Education)'}
🌍 Climate & Energy 📚 Education View on lobbying.ie →
Chime
May–August
[Education and Training] Seeking the right for Deaf students whose first language is Irish Sign Language (ISL) to be able to complete an ISL exam in their Leaving Certificate
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Hildegarde Naughton', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Education)'}
📚 Education View on lobbying.ie →
Chime
September–December
[Education and Training] Educational outcomes for Deaf and Hard of Hearing children
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Hildegarde Naughton', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Education)'}
📚 Education View on lobbying.ie →
Chime
September–December
[Education and Training] Seeking the inclusion of Irish Sign Language as an examination subject in the Leaving Certificate examinations.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Simon Harris', 'role': 'An Taoiseach (Department of the Taoiseach)'} {'name': 'Micheál Martin', 'role': 'Tánaiste and Minister (Department of Foreign Affairs)'} {'name': "Darragh O'Brien", 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Jack Chambers', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Norma Foley', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Education)'} {'name': 'James Browne', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 10 more
📚 Education View on lobbying.ie →
Chime
January–April
[Health] Development of public health programme to manage the high level of unaddressed hearing loss in Ireland and to consider the recommendations of a WHO report on ear and hearing care published in March 2021.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': "Kathleen O'Meara (Former DPO)", 'role': 'Senator (Department of Health)'} {'name': 'Stephen Donnelly', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Health)'} {'name': 'Mary Lou McDonald', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Róisín Shorthall', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
🏥 Health View on lobbying.ie →
Chime
January–April
[Justice and Equality] Full implementation of the provisions of the ISL Act within the Justice system, and more specifically in relation to the Criminal Legal Aid service and the Department of Justice.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Ivana Bacik', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
🌍 Climate & Energy ⚖️ Justice & Legal View on lobbying.ie →
Chime
May–August
[Health] Development of public health programme to manage the high level of unaddressed hearing loss in Ireland and to consider the recommendations of a WHO report on ear and hearing care published in March 2021.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Stephen Donnelly', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Health)'} {'name': 'David Cullinane', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Duncan Smith', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Róisín Shorthall', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
🏥 Health View on lobbying.ie →
Chime
May–August
[Education and Training] Educational outcomes for Deaf and Hard of Hearing children
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Sorca Clarke', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Aodhán Ó Ríordáin', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Paul Kehoe', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
📚 Education View on lobbying.ie →
Chime
September–December
[Health] Development of public health programme to manage the high level of unaddressed hearing loss in Ireland and to consider the recommendations of a WHO report on ear and hearing care published in March 2021.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Email All Oireachtas Members', 'role': 'Email outlined the reasons for the campaign and invited all TDs and senators to undertake a hearing screening in Leinster House on Nov 8th if they had any concerns re their own hearing.'} {'name': 'Victor Boyhan', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Tom Clonan', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Danny Healy-Rae', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Neasa Hourigan', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Martin Browne', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 29 more
🌍 Climate & Energy 🏥 Health View on lobbying.ie →
Chime
September–December
[Education and Training] Publication of Educational outcomes for Deaf and Hard of Hearing children
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Paul Kehoe', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
🌍 Climate & Energy 📚 Education View on lobbying.ie →
Chime
September–December
[Education and Training] Seeking the inclusion of Irish Sign Language as an examination subject in Ordinary and Higher Junior and Leaving Certificate examinations.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Aodhán Ó Ríordáin', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
📚 Education 🏠 Housing View on lobbying.ie →
Chime
January–April
[Health] Provision of specialist services for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Children within Progressing Disability Services (PDS) for children and young people.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Anne Rabbitte', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth)'}
🏥 Health View on lobbying.ie →
Chime
January–April
[Justice and Equality] To raise a case where a Deaf defendant had no access to an Irish Sign Language Interpreter following arrest with a solicitor appointed by the courts under the Free Legal Aid scheme.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Helen McEntee', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Justice)'}
⚖️ Justice & Legal 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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