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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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Ennis Chamber of Commerce
January–April
[Economic Development and Industry] Delegation from Ennis Chamber met with Acting Director of Services Economic Development Clare County Council, senior members of Ennis Municipal District team and Interim COO of Ennis 2040 DAC.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Sean Lenihan', 'role': 'Acting Director of Service (Clare County Council)'}
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Ennis Chamber of Commerce
January–April
[Energy and Natural Resources] DMAP (Designated Maritime Area Plan) for offshore energy off County Clare coastline.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Timmy Dooley', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'}
🌍 Climate & Energy View on lobbying.ie →
Ennis Chamber of Commerce
May–August
[Transport] Ennis Local Transport Plan (Draft) was disseminated for public consultation. Ennis Chamber responded with a submissions highlighting some areas of concern.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Carmel Kirby', 'role': 'Director of Services or Equivalent (Clare County Council)'} {'name': 'Gordon Daly', 'role': 'Chief Executive Officer (Clare County Council)'}
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Ennis Chamber of Commerce
May–August
[Economic Development and Industry] Submission by Ennis Chamber to 'Review of the National Development Plan
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Jack Chambers', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform)'}
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Ennis Chamber of Commerce
May–August
[Community] Meeting with newly appointed Chief Executive of Clare County Council to discuss promotion, marketing and the future of Ennis town centre post public realm investment.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Gordon Daly', 'role': 'Chief Executive Officer (Clare County Council)'}
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Ennis Chamber of Commerce
January–April
[Energy and Natural Resources] We explored and delivered opportunities for Ennis Chamber members involved in renewable and offshore wind energy to speak to EU and Irish policy makers and delegates at an international conference on renewable energy sources.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Timmy Dooley', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'}
🌍 Climate & Energy View on lobbying.ie →
Ennis Chamber of Commerce
January–April
[Economic Development and Industry] Meeting between Ennis Chamber President, CEO and board members with senior officials representing Clare County Council, plus Ennis 2040 DAC COO to discuss a range of issues around development, infrastructure, access and parking in Ennis town centre.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Carmel Kirby', 'role': 'Director of Services or Equivalent (Clare County Council)'}
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Ennis Chamber of Commerce
January–April
[EU Affairs] Individual meetings arranged between Ennis Chamber members and candidates for EU Parliamentary Elections
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Billy Kelleher', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': "Grace O'Sullivan", 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'}
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Ennis Chamber of Commerce
May–August
[Economic Development and Industry] Delegation from Ennis Chamber met with Director of Services Economic Development Clare County Council, senior members of Ennis Municipal District team and COO of Ennis 2040 DAC, to discuss on going Public Realm works in Ennis town centre and proposed developments
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Carmel Kirby', 'role': 'Director of Services or Equivalent (Clare County Council)'}
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Ennis Chamber of Commerce
September–December
[Economic Development and Industry] Presentation and meeting organised by Ennis Chamber with CEO Irish Rail Jim Meade, plus several political and local authority representatives.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Cathal Crowe', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Timmy Dooley', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Róisín Garvey', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Violet Anne Wynne', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Donna McGettigan', 'role': 'Councillor (Clare County Council)'} {'name': 'Tommy Guilfoyle', 'role': 'Councillor (Clare County Council)'} + 1 more
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Ennis Chamber of Commerce
September–December
[Budgetary matters] Communication campaign to gain support for the priority areas identified in Chamber Budget 2025 Submission
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Cathal Crowe', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Joe Carey', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Violet Anne Wynne', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
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Ennis Chamber of Commerce
September–December
[Trade] Met with Emer Higgins TD, Minister of State for Enterprise Trade and Employment with responsibility for retail, to introduce the Minster to a number of Ennis Chamber member retailers for a discussion on costs of doing business and government supports for same.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Emer Higgins', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment)'}
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Ennis Chamber of Commerce
September–December
[Economic Development and Industry] Chambers Ireland CEO Forum
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Peter Burke', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment)'}
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Ennis Chamber of Commerce
January–April
[Energy and Natural Resources] Ennis Chamber made a submission re: Draft OREDP ll to Department of Environment, Climate and Communications, a copy of which was submitted in letter form to Minister Eamon Ryan TD and to Cathal Crowe TD and Joe Carey TD.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Eamon Ryan', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Environment, Climate and Communications)'} {'name': 'Cathal Crowe', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Joe Carey', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
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Ennis Chamber of Commerce
January–April
[Local Government] Submission to Draft Clare County Development Plan 2023 – 2029
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Liam Conneally', 'role': 'Director of Services or Equivalent (Clare County Council)'}
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Ennis Chamber of Commerce
January–April
[Energy and Natural Resources] Submission 'Offshore Wind - Phase 2 Consultation'
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Eamon Ryan', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Environment, Climate and Communications)'}
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Ennis Chamber of Commerce
May–August
[Energy and Natural Resources] Pre-Budget briefing between Chambers Ireland CEO Forum members and Minister for Finance Paschal Donohoe TD and Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform Michael McGrath TD around policy issues concerning Energy, Talent & Skills and Housing
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Paschal Donohoe', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Finance)'} {'name': 'Michael McGrath', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Public Expenditure and Reform)'}
🌍 Climate & Energy 🏦 Finance & Banking 🏠 Housing View on lobbying.ie →
Ennis Chamber of Commerce
May–August
[Housing] Pre-Budget briefing between Chambers Ireland CEO Forum members and Minister for Finance Paschal Donohoe TD and Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform Michael McGrath TD around policy issues concerning Energy, Talent & Skills and Housing
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Paschal Donohoe', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Finance)'} {'name': 'Michael McGrath', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Public Expenditure and Reform)'}
🌍 Climate & Energy 🏦 Finance & Banking 🏠 Housing View on lobbying.ie →
Ennis Chamber of Commerce
May–August
[Employment] Pre-Budget briefing between Chambers Ireland CEO Forum members and Minister for Finance Paschal Donohoe TD and Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform Michael McGrath TD around policy issues concerning Energy, Talent & Skills and Housing
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Paschal Donohoe', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Finance)'} {'name': 'Michael McGrath', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Public Expenditure and Reform)'}
🌍 Climate & Energy 🏢 Enterprise & Employment 🏦 Finance & Banking View on lobbying.ie →
Ennis Chamber of Commerce
on behalf of Yes (client not named)
September–December
[Environment] Submission 'Latte Levy Consultation' - to highlight the need to review and address the role of compostable cups separate to the role on non-compostable single-use cups
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Ossian Smyth', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Environment, Climate and Communications)'}
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Ennis Chamber of Commerce
January–April
[Local Government] The public realm works underway in Ennis were deemed non essential by Clare County Council, when Covid-19 level 5 restrictions were introduced in January 2021. On behalf of our members operating in the affected streets we lobbied to have the works re-categorised as essential in order to minimise disruption to businesses.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': "Darragh O'Brien", 'role': 'Minister (Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)'} {'name': 'Joe Carey', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Cathal Crowe', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
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Ennis Chamber of Commerce
May–August
[Transport] Meeting with Minister Hildegarde Naughton TD, held with Ennis, Limerick and Galway Chamber representatives on May 6, 2021, to put forward the business case for a multi-annual funded action plan for regional air access recovery and growth
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Hildegarde Naughton', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Transport)'}
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Ennis Chamber of Commerce
May–August
[Transport] Meeting with Minister Eamon Ryan TD, held with Ennis, Limerick and Galway Chamber representatives on July 16, 2021, to put forward the business case for a multi-annual funded action plan for regional air access recovery and growth
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Eamon Ryan', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Transport)'}
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Ennis Chamber of Commerce
on behalf of Yes (client not named)
May–August
[Tourism] Emailed Joe Carey TD to ask for his support /to lobby for safe re-opening of Queens Nightclub on a 'pilot' basis. This was done on behalf of two Ennis Chamber Clients, namely Queens Nightclub and the other Westland Health, a health company providing antigen and PCR testing
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Joe Carey', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
🏢 Enterprise & Employment 🏥 Health View on lobbying.ie →
Ennis Chamber of Commerce
September–December
[Budgetary matters] Clare County Council Budget 2022
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Email All Councillors', 'role': 'Ennis Chamber contacted locally elected councillors representing Ennis Municipal District via phone and email and requested its members countywide to contact their locally elected representatives asking them to object to proposed commercial rates increase as outlined in Clare County Council Draft Budget 2022'} {'name': 'Clare Colleran Molloy', 'role': 'Councillor (Clare County Council)'} {'name': 'Pat Daly', 'role': 'Councillor (Clare County Council)'} {'name': 'Johnny Flynn', 'role': 'Councillor (Clare County Council)'} {'name': 'Mary Howard', 'role': 'Councillor (Clare County Council)'} {'name': 'Paul Murphy', 'role': 'Councillor (Clare County Council)'} + 10 more
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Ennis Chamber of Commerce
May–August
[Economic Development and Industry] Lobbied Michael McNamara TC, Chair of the Special Committee on the response to COVID-19, to seek an opportunity for Chambers Ireland to make a presentation to the committee.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Michael McNamara', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
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Ennis Chamber of Commerce
September–December
[Transport] Contacted Senator Roisin Garvey to ask for her support in organising a meeting between representatives from Ennis, Shannon, Limerick and Galway Chambers with Minister For Transport, Eamon Ryan TD
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Róisín Garvey', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'}
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Ennis Chamber of Commerce
September–December
[Transport] A virtual meeting between the CEOs and presidents of Ennis, Limerick, Shannon and Galway Chambers, with Minister for Transport Eamon Ryan TD and Minister of State Hildegarde Naughton to discuss the importance of regional connectivity through Shannon Airport.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Eamon Ryan', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Climate Action, Communication Networks and Transport)'} {'name': 'Hildegarde Naughton', 'role': 'Super Junior Minister (Department of Climate Action, Communication Networks and Transport)'}
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Ennis Chamber of Commerce
September–December
[Economic Development and Industry] Ennis Chamber Submission to Stage 1 – Pre-Draft Clare County Development Plan 2022-2028. See Ennis Chamber submission: https://www.ennischamber.ie/ennis-chamber-submission-to-pre-draft-clare-county-development-plan-2022-2028/
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Liam Conneally', 'role': 'Director of Services or Equivalent (Clare County Council)'}
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Ennis Chamber of Commerce
January–April
[Economic Development and Industry] Ennis Chamber represented by Diarmuid McMahon on Steering Committee for the development of an Economic & Spatial Strategy for Ennis 2040
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Liam Conneally', 'role': 'Director of Services or Equivalent (Clare County Council)'} {'name': 'Carmel Kirby', 'role': 'Director of Services or Equivalent (Clare County Council)'} {'name': 'Pat Dowling', 'role': 'CEO (Clare County Council)'} {'name': 'Clare Colleran Molloy', 'role': 'Councillor (Clare County Council)'} {'name': 'Noeleen Fitzgerald', 'role': 'Head of Finance (Clare County Council)'}
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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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