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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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Focus Ireland
January–April
[Housing] 11th annual Housing Ireland Conference
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'James Browne', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)'}
🏠 Housing View on lobbying.ie →
Focus Ireland
January–April
[Housing] Launch of '10 key asks on homelessness' as part of Irish Homeless Policy Group.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Rory Hearne', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Eoin Ó Broin', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Ivana Bacik', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
🏠 Housing View on lobbying.ie →
Focus Ireland
January–April
[Housing] Irish Homeless Policy Group meeting with Eoin Ó Brion
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Eoin Ó Broin', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
🏠 Housing View on lobbying.ie →
Focus Ireland
January–April
[Housing] EU policy on housing and homelessness
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Aodhán Ó Ríordáin', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': 'Brian McDonagh', 'role': 'Councillor (Fingal County Council)'}
🏠 Housing View on lobbying.ie →
Focus Ireland
January–April
[Housing] Homeless Policies -
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Conor Sheehan', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
🏠 Housing View on lobbying.ie →
Focus Ireland
January–April
[Housing] Alliance to achieve solutions to housing and homeless crisis
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Rory Hearne', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
🏠 Housing View on lobbying.ie →
Focus Ireland
January–April
[Housing] Tenant in situ scheme
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Eoin Ó Broin', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'James Browne', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)'}
🏠 Housing View on lobbying.ie →
Focus Ireland
January–April
[Housing] Homeless Policy - EU Count project
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Conor Sheehan', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Rory Hearne', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Eoin Ó Broin', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
🏠 Housing View on lobbying.ie →
Focus Ireland
January–April
[Housing] Briefing with Housing Opposition Spokespeople on the EU Count
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Eoin Ó Broin', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Rory Hearne', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Conor Sheehan', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
🏠 Housing View on lobbying.ie →
Focus Ireland
January–April
[Housing] Ending long-term homelessness
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'James Browne', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)'} {'name': 'John McDonald', 'role': 'Special Adviser (Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)'}
🏠 Housing View on lobbying.ie →
Focus Ireland
January–April
[Housing] Independent Appeals system for Local Authority decisions
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'James Browne', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)'} {'name': 'David Kelly', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)'}
🏠 Housing View on lobbying.ie →
Focus Ireland
January–April
[Housing] New Appointment - Housing Minister
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'David Kelly', 'role': 'Advisory Counsel (The Office of the Attorney General)'} {'name': 'James Browne', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)'}
🏠 Housing View on lobbying.ie →
Focus Ireland
January–April
[Housing] Taoiseach Micheál Martin, TD officially opens 13 homes?and an administrative hub in Mallow, Co. Cork. - 21st February
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Micheál Martin', 'role': 'Taoiseach (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
🏠 Housing View on lobbying.ie →
Focus Ireland
January–April
[Children and Youth Affairs] Seeking observations - Draft Revised Protocol for Young People Leaving State Care
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'David Kelly', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)'}
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Focus Ireland
May–August
[Housing] National Housing and Homeless plan being prepared by government
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Niamh Allen (Former DPO)', 'role': 'Special Advisor (Department of the Taoiseach)'} {'name': 'James Browne', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)'} {'name': 'David Kelly', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)'} {'name': 'John McDonald', 'role': 'Special Adviser (Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)'}
🌍 Climate & Energy 🏠 Housing View on lobbying.ie →
Focus Ireland
May–August
[Housing] Presentation in Leinster House about homeless trends and what role legislators can play in working with us towards ending homelessness
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Eamon Scanlon', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Malcolm Byrne', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Victor Boyhan', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Rose Conway-Walsh', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Seamus Healy', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Conor Sheehan', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 2 more
🏠 Housing View on lobbying.ie →
Focus Ireland
May–August
[Housing] The Housing Assistance Payment (HAP), the new rental legislation around changes to Rent Pressure Zones (RPZs)
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Mary Hayes', 'role': 'Director of Services or Equivalent (Dublin City Council)'} {'name': 'Rose Conway-Walsh', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
🏠 Housing View on lobbying.ie →
Focus Ireland
May–August
[Housing] Government's Budget 2026 - Dept housing
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'David Kelly', 'role': 'Advisory Counsel (The Office of the Attorney General)'}
🏦 Finance & Banking 🏠 Housing View on lobbying.ie →
Focus Ireland
May–August
[Children and Youth Affairs] Government's Budget 2026 - Dept of Children Equality Disability Integration and Youth
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Niamh Allen (Former DPO)', 'role': 'Special Advisor (Department of the Taoiseach)'} {'name': 'Lara Hynes', 'role': 'Acting Assistant Secretary (Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth)'} {'name': 'Laura McGarrigle', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth)'}
🏦 Finance & Banking 🏥 Health 🏠 Housing View on lobbying.ie →
Focus Ireland
May–August
[Children and Youth Affairs] National One Parent Family Association Pre-budget submission Briefing
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Joe Cooney', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Sinéad Gibney', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': "Robert O'Donoghue", 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Shane Curley', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Nessa Cosgrove', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Alan Harney', 'role': 'Councillor (Galway County Council)'} + 1 more
🏦 Finance & Banking 🏠 Housing View on lobbying.ie →
Focus Ireland
May–August
[Housing] Review of HAP Scheme
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'James Browne', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)'}
🏠 Housing View on lobbying.ie →
Focus Ireland
May–August
[Housing] To improve policy, prevention, and data collection re: youth housing
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Adrienne Wallace', 'role': 'Councillor (Carlow County Council)'} {'name': 'Peter Horgan', 'role': 'Councillor (Cork City Council)'} {'name': 'Joe Lynch', 'role': 'Councillor (Cork City Council)'} {'name': 'Conor Reddy', 'role': 'Councillor (Dublin City Council)'} {'name': 'Dermot Lacey', 'role': 'Councillor (Dublin City Council)'} {'name': "Oisín O'Connor", 'role': 'Councillor (Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council)'} + 8 more
🏠 Housing View on lobbying.ie →
Focus Ireland
May–August
[Children and Youth Affairs] Childcare Act 1991
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Norma Foley', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth)'}
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Focus Ireland
May–August
[Housing] Meeting with John Connolly
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'John Connolly', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
🏠 Housing View on lobbying.ie →
Focus Ireland
May–August
[Budgetary matters] Provision of section 10 funding Deficits
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Sean MCKeown', 'role': 'Director of Services or Equivalent (Kilkenny County Council)'} {'name': 'Seán McKeown', 'role': 'Chief Executive Officer (Waterford City and County Council)'} {'name': 'Lar Power', 'role': 'Chief Executive Officer (Kilkenny County Council)'}
🏦 Finance & Banking View on lobbying.ie →
Focus Ireland
May–August
[Budgetary matters] Access Homeless Capital Funding
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Mary Hayes', 'role': 'Director of Services or Equivalent (Dublin City Council)'}
🏦 Finance & Banking 🏠 Housing View on lobbying.ie →
Focus Ireland
May–August
[Budgetary matters] To secure additional staff to meet service request
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Mary Hayes', 'role': 'Director of Services or Equivalent (Dublin City Council)'}
🏦 Finance & Banking 🏠 Housing View on lobbying.ie →
Focus Ireland
May–August
[Housing] Ireland's Presidency of the EU
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Niamh Allen (Former DPO)', 'role': 'Special Advisor (Department of the Taoiseach)'} {'name': 'Síona Cahill', 'role': 'Special Adviser (Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)'}
🏠 Housing View on lobbying.ie →
Focus Ireland
September–December
[Children and Youth Affairs] Discussion of supports for children in emergency accommadation and childcare issues for parents in emergency accommadation
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Niamh Allen (Former DPO)', 'role': 'Special Adviser (Department of the Taoiseach)'} {'name': 'Aisling Dunne', 'role': 'Special Adviser (Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth)'}
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Focus Ireland
September–December
[Housing] Discussion of upcoming Housing and Homelessness Strategy
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Niamh Allen (Former DPO)', 'role': 'Special Adviser (Department of the Taoiseach)'} {'name': 'John McDonald', 'role': 'Special Adviser (Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)'}
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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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