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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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Banking & Payments Federation Ireland
May–August
[Banking and Financial Institutions] Discussion of BPFI engagement on EBA consultation on Investment Firms Regulation (IFR) and the Investment Firms Directive (IFD)
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Michael J. McGrath', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Finance)'}
🏦 Finance & Banking View on lobbying.ie →
Irish Travel Agents Association
May–August
[Transport] Covid 19 Business Support for Travel Agents
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Paschal Donohoe', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Finance)'} {'name': 'Leo Varadkar', 'role': 'An Tánaiste (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Eamon Ryan', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Transport)'} {'name': 'Hildegarde Naughton', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Transport)'} {'name': 'Paul Melia', 'role': 'Special Adviser (Department of Transport)'} {'name': 'Michael McGrath', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Public Expenditure and Reform)'} + 17 more
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Irish Road Haulage Association
May–August
[Transport] Driver shortage in the Transport Industry, Budget submission 2022, 10 year strategy document
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Hildegarde Naughton', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Transport)'} {'name': 'Eamon Ryan', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Transport)'} {'name': 'Paschal Donohoe', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Finance)'}
🏦 Finance & Banking View on lobbying.ie →
Irish Travel Agents Association
May–August
[Transport] The cost of Merchant Service Providers for the Travel Industry.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Jerry Buttimer', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Regina Doherty', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Damien English', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Joe Carey', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Cathal Crowe', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Michael Lowry', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 10 more
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Irish Travel Agents Association
May–August
[Transport] The cost of Insurance
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Sean Fleming', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Finance)'}
🏦 Finance & Banking View on lobbying.ie →
Autism Spectrum Information, Advice and Meeting Point Ltd, Trading as AsIAm
May–August
[Education and Training] Advocated for expanded programme to support students with additional needs - engaged with Department, key officials and Minister to secure this programme
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Michael Ward', 'role': 'Special Adviser (Department of Education)'} {'name': 'Martina Mannion', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Education)'} {'name': 'Josepha Madigan', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Education)'}
🌍 Climate & Energy 📚 Education View on lobbying.ie →
Autism Spectrum Information, Advice and Meeting Point Ltd, Trading as AsIAm
May–August
[Education and Training] Provided advice and guidance to Minister Madigan's office on appropriate language to use in discussing or writing about autism
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Michael Ward', 'role': 'Special Adviser (Department of Education)'}
📚 Education View on lobbying.ie →
Autism Spectrum Information, Advice and Meeting Point Ltd, Trading as AsIAm
May–August
[Education and Training] Engaged with Senator Lynn Ruane on the need for reform of the Education Welfare Act in terms of how it supports students with additional needs experiencing crisis in their education placement
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Lynn Ruane', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'}
📚 Education View on lobbying.ie →
Irish Penal Reform Trust
May–August
[Justice and Equality] Oireachtas engagement with penal reform
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Ivana Bacik', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Seán Sherlock', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Brendan Howlin', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Richard Boyd Barrett', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
⚖️ Justice & Legal View on lobbying.ie →
Autism Spectrum Information, Advice and Meeting Point Ltd, Trading as AsIAm
May–August
[Health] Engaged with Senator Micheal Carrigy on his proposed National Autism Strategy legislation
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Micheál Carrigy', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'}
🏥 Health View on lobbying.ie →
Autism Spectrum Information, Advice and Meeting Point Ltd, Trading as AsIAm
May–August
[Health] Engaged with Minister Rabbitte's office on "Every Child Counts" Report
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Noel Byrne', 'role': 'Special Adviser (Department of Health)'}
🏥 Health View on lobbying.ie →
Autism Spectrum Information, Advice and Meeting Point Ltd, Trading as AsIAm
May–August
[Health] Highlighted a media piece we would be doing with Claire Byrne on the cost of disability and our pre-budget submission/shortage of services
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Noel Byrne', 'role': 'Special Adviser (Department of Health)'}
🏦 Finance & Banking 🏥 Health View on lobbying.ie →
Autism Spectrum Information, Advice and Meeting Point Ltd, Trading as AsIAm
May–August
[Health] Engaged with Ministers Office, through phone and text, to arrange a meeting to discuss the Autism Innovation Strategy
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Noel Byrne', 'role': 'Special Adviser (Department of Health)'}
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Vincent Jennings/Convenience Stores and Newsagents Association (CSNA)
May–August
[Finance] retailers of tobacco are prohibited by law from selling tobacco at a price higher than the one set by the tobacco company.CSNA does not consider this prohibition to be useful in meeting the Towards a Tobacco-Free Society Policy objective. Retailers need to be able to set the price of tobacco in the same manner as they calculate the required RSP of all other Fast Moving Consumer Goods. We cannot and will not seek to sell the products below RRP.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Aidan Davitt', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Ged Nash', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Michael McGrath', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Public Expenditure and Reform)'} {'name': 'Neasa Hourigan', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Paschal Donohoe', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Finance)'} {'name': 'Pearse Doherty', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 24 more
📚 Education 🏦 Finance & Banking 🏥 Health View on lobbying.ie →
Irish Pharmacy Union
May–August
[Health] Community Pharmacist Shortage/Critical Skills Occupations List
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Clare Dunne', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment)'}
🌍 Climate & Energy 🏥 Health View on lobbying.ie →
Age & Opportunity
May–August
[Budgetary matters] Pre-Budget Submission to several Government Departments
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Stephen Donnelly', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Health)'} {'name': 'Catherine Martin', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media)'} {'name': 'Paschal Donohoe', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Finance)'} {'name': 'Heather Humphreys', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Rural and Community Development)'} {'name': 'Colm Burke', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Mary Butler', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Health)'}
🌍 Climate & Energy 🏦 Finance & Banking View on lobbying.ie →
Pender & Associates Ltd
on behalf of Yes (client not named)
May–August
[Agriculture] Engagement to discuss the production of Irish whiskey at Midleton, Co. Cork and share views on sustainability and the tillage sector.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Patrick Donohoe', 'role': 'Special Adviser (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'}
🌾 Agriculture View on lobbying.ie →
Sage Advocacy
May–August
[Health] To highlight issues in relation to the Commission on Care and the Fair Deal
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Ivana Bacik', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'}
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Sage Advocacy
May–August
[Health] To highlight issues in relation to the continued closure of adult day centres
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Michael Moynihan', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
🏥 Health View on lobbying.ie →
Early Childhood Ireland
May–August
[Children and Youth Affairs] The impact of Covid-19 on early years and school-age care settings
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': "Roderic O'Gorman", 'role': 'Minister (Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth)'} {'name': 'Anne Marie Brooks', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth)'}
📚 Education 🏢 Enterprise & Employment View on lobbying.ie →
Sage Advocacy
May–August
[Health] To raise awareness of Sage Advocacy's work and to share a discussion document by Sage Advocacy which examined a number of key issues in relation to Covid-19 including the support and care of older people and mental health issues arising from Covid-19.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Annie Hoey', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Aisling Dolan', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Martin Conway', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'John Lahart', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Gino Kenny', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Neasa Hourigan', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 1 more
🏥 Health View on lobbying.ie →
Early Childhood Ireland
May–August
[Children and Youth Affairs] Establishment of a single agency (Childcare Ireland)
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Joe Flaherty', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
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Sage Advocacy
May–August
[Health] To highlight issues in relation to Fair Deal, the Commission on Care and long term care issues in Ireland and to share Sage Advocacy's discussion document "Choice Matters".
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Timmy Dooley', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Denis Naughten', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
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Early Childhood Ireland
May–August
[Children and Youth Affairs] Matters of concern to our sector, including: the National Childcare Scheme; Garda Vetting; the Employment Wage Subsidy Scheme; Budget 2022; Childminding Action Plan; Approach to Future Funding; Support for Cyber Security Measures and AIM assessments
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Anne Marie Brooks', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth)'}
🏢 Enterprise & Employment 🏦 Finance & Banking ⚖️ Justice & Legal View on lobbying.ie →
Sage Advocacy
May–August
[Health] Nursing Home Support Scheme (Fair Deal): To ask the Minister for Health will he extend reforms to the NHSS (Fair Deal) to address the inequalities in the scheme which leads to Fair Deal “poverty” for some nursing home residents.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': "Fergus O'Dowd (Former DPO)", 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Stephen Donnelly', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Health)'}
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Sage Advocacy
May–August
[Health] To ascertain when the regulations, provided for under the provisions of the Data Protection Act 2018, to enable the appropriate and necessary inter-agency sharing of information for the purposes of safeguarding adults who need protection - will be available.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Frances Black', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'}
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Sage Advocacy
May–August
[Health] To raise awareness of Sage Advocacy's work and to share a number of discussion documents by Sage Advocacy which highlight key issues in relation to the support and care of older people including submissions to the Oireachtas.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Peadar Tóibín', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
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Sage Advocacy
May–August
[Health] To highlight the position of some nursing home residents who must pay additional charges to nursing homes, that are not covered by the Fair Deal and to stress the need for the Commission on Care.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Ivana Bacik', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
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Sage Advocacy
May–August
[Housing] To highlight the position of an older person who was without a water connection to their home and to ensure that the water connection was established.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Norma Foley', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
🏠 Housing View on lobbying.ie →
Sage Advocacy
May–August
[Health] To highlight the publication of Sage Advocacy's annual report 2020.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Alan Kelly', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Mary Lou McDonald', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Róisín Shorthall', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': "Fergus O'Dowd", 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Mary Butler', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Health)'} {'name': "Joe O'Brien", 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Rural and Community Development)'} + 1 more
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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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