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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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The Psychological Society of Ireland
May–August
[Health] Meeting with Deputies Liam Quaide and Rory Hearne on the Mental Health Bill 2024, Proposed Amendments, and Assessment of Need Policy
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Liam Quaide', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Rory Hearne', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
The Psychological Society of Ireland
May–August
[Health] Introductory Engagement with Minister Carroll McNeill’s Office Highlighting PSI’s Role, Professional Concerns, and Opportunities for Collaboration
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Jennifer Carroll MacNeill', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Health)'}
The Psychological Society of Ireland
May–August
[Justice and Equality] Open Letter from PSI’s Special Interest Group in Trauma and Adversity (SIGTA) to Ministers Calling for Legislative Reform to Protect Therapy Notes in Sexual Assault Trials
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Norma Foley', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth)'} {'name': 'Hildegarde Naughton', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth)'} {'name': 'Jennifer Carroll MacNeill', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Health)'} {'name': "Jim O'Callaghan", 'role': 'Minister (Department of Justice)'} {'name': 'Mary Butler', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Health)'}
The Psychological Society of Ireland
May–August
[Justice and Equality] Circulation of PSI Press Release to Oireachtas Members (opposition TDs) Calling for an End to the Use of Therapy Notes in Rape and Sexual Assault Cases
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'David Cullinane', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Sorca Clarke', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Marie Sherlock', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Pádraig Rice', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Liam Quaide', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Gary Gannon', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 3 more
The Psychological Society of Ireland
May–August
[Health] Letter to Minister Foley, co-signed by six professional bodies (Occupational Therapy, Psychiatry, Psychology, Speech and Language Therapy, Social Work, Dietetics), requesting an urgent meeting on concerns about the HSE’s draft Autism Assessment & Intervention Pathway Protocol.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Norma Foley', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth)'}
The Psychological Society of Ireland
May–August
[Justice and Equality] Circulation of PSI Press Release to Government Ministers Calling for an End to the Use of Therapy Notes in Rape and Sexual Assault Cases
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Jennifer Carroll MacNeill', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Health)'} {'name': 'Mary Butler', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Health)'} {'name': "Jim O'Callaghan", 'role': 'Minister (Department of Justice)'}
The Psychological Society of Ireland
May–August
[Health] Engagement with Ireland’s Permanent Mission to the United Nations on the UN Political Declaration on NCDs and Mental Health, Advocating for Psychology’s Role in Global Policy
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Fergal Mythen', 'role': 'Permanent Representative of Ireland to the United Nations (Department of Foreign Affairs)'}
Diabetes Ireland
May–August
[Health] To seek sustained investment in supporting people living with diabetes and promote a more strategic approach to addressing long term improvements making huge government cost savings, increase Oireachtas members awareness about the scale and severity of diabetes and its impact on society and to work together to seek ongoing government commitment to a long-term innovative strategic framework for managing diabetes with committed annual funding.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Email All Oireachtas Members', 'role': "Circulated Diabetes Ireland's Pre-budget Submission 2026 to all members asking them to support the submission and make representation to the Minister for Health on behalf of the diabetes community."} {'name': 'Pádraig Rice', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Cormac Devlin', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Marie Sherlock', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Jennifer Carroll MacNeill', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Health)'} {'name': 'Jennifer Carroll MacNeill', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 11 more
Gilead Sciences Ireland UC
May–August
[Health] Meetings to discuss HIV and Hep-C health-policy
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Noel Rock (Former DPO)', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Maria Byrne', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': "Pádraig O'Sullivan", 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
INTO - Irish National Teachers' Organisation
May–August
[Public Expenditure and Reform] Coalition 2030, a group of civil society groups and trade unions, held an event in Buswells Hotel to urge Government to enact a bill that would lead to the creation of a Commissioner for Future Generations.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Ciarán Ahern', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': "Roderic O'Gorman", 'role': 'Minister (Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth)'}
INTO - Irish National Teachers' Organisation
May–August
[Public Expenditure and Reform] Coalition 2030, a group of civil society groups and trade unions met with Minister Darragh O'Brien at Ireland's Permanent Mission to the UN, New York.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': "Darragh O'Brien", 'role': 'Minister (Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)'}
PayPal
May–August
[Banking and Financial Institutions] Meeting with Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment Peter Burke at PayPal's Dublin offices to discuss creation of 100 new AI and data science jobs.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Peter Burke', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment)'}
COPE Galway CLG
May–August
[Finance] Budget 2026, calling for targeted, adequately resourced, and structurally transformative policies to address pressing social challenges including in the areas of housing, homelessness including youth homelessness, women and children subjected to domestic abuse, older people, poverty eradication, and supports to the Community and Voluntary Sector.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Jack Chambers', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform)'} {'name': 'Paschal Donohoe', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Finance)'} {'name': 'Mairéad Farrell', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Catherine Connolly', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Noel Grealish', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Hildegarde Naughton', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 19 more
Chambers Ireland
May–August
[EU Affairs] To highlight the EU-level priorities of the affiliated Chambers of Commerce, including guaranteeing a business-friendly consumer agenda by ensuring fair competition, a stable regulatory environment, and effective policies that enhance consumer purchasing power and protect companies against opportunistic litigation.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Email All MEPs', 'role': 'https://chambers.ie/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/EU-Priorities-2025-1.pdf'} {'name': 'Thomas Byrne', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of the Taoiseach)'} {'name': 'Michael McGrath', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Barry Ward', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
Ibec
May–August
[Economic Development and Industry] Update on efforts to inform the National Life Sciences Strategy
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'John Newham', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment)'}
The Alzheimer Society of Ireland
May–August
[Health] Meeting to discuss Pre-Budget Submission 2026 - Building on the Potential of the Programme for Government
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': "Kieran O'Donnell", 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': "Kieran O'Donnell", 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Health)'}
The Alzheimer Society of Ireland
May–August
[Health] Pre-Budget Submission from the Alzheimer Society of Ireland
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Email All Oireachtas Members', 'role': "Email was issued on Tuesday, 24th June inviting all members of the Oireachtas to the Pre-Budget Submission launch event taking place on Wednesday, 25th June. The email included details about the PBS 'Building on the Potential of the Programme for Government: A stepping stone to a more dementia-inclusive Ireland in Budget 2026' including a breakdown of the asks across dementia-specific services, information and emotional support services, home support and research."}
The Alzheimer Society of Ireland
May–August
[Health] Meeting to discuss community engagement initiatives, All Party Oireachtas Group and Pre-Budget Submission launch event
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': "Jennifer Murnane O'Connor", 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
The Alzheimer Society of Ireland
September–December
[Health] Invitation to Minister McEntee to attend the Dementia Inclusive Generation Programme
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Helen McEntee', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Education)'} {'name': 'Helen McEntee', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
The Medical Protection Society Limited
May–August
[Justice and Equality] Joint letter on behalf of health, dental and legal organisations, to the Health and Justice Ministers, with the Public Expenditure Minister copied, on the urgent implementation of pre-action protocols.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Jennifer Carroll MacNeill', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Health)'} {'name': "Jim O'Callaghan", 'role': 'Minister (Department of Justice)'} {'name': 'Jack Chambers', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform)'}
The Medical Protection Society Limited
May–August
[Justice and Equality] Updating interested TDs on the joint letter sent t the Health and Justice Ministers, on the urgent implementation of pre-action protocols
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Barry Ward', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Matt Carthy', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Brian Brennan', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Erin McGreehan', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Pa Daly', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Ciarán Ahern', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 13 more
The Medical Protection Society Limited
May–August
[Health] Letter to the Health Minister, sharing statistics and findings from research regarding clinicians wellbeing, and calling for collaboration with the HSE to reduce stigma of doctors taking time off work for health reasons
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Jennifer Carroll MacNeill', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Health)'}
Local Ireland (representing the Regional Newspapers and Printers Association of Ireland)
May–August
[Public Expenditure and Reform] Funding for Coimisiún na Meán Schemes and sufficient Departmental Funding for Government, semi-State and Local Authority advertising to ensure equitable allocation to trusted public service content providers so that all readers and audiences are reached
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Micheál Martin', 'role': 'An Taoiseach (Department of the Taoiseach)'} {'name': 'Simon Harris', 'role': 'Tánaiste and Minister (Department of Foreign Affairs)'} {'name': 'Patrick O’Donovan', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media)'} {'name': 'Jack Chambers', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform)'} {'name': 'Paschal Donohoe', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Finance)'} {'name': 'Dara Calleary', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Social Protection)'} + 11 more
The Irish Society for Autism
May–August
[Social Protection] Advocated for social inclusion of autistic people and the fulfilment of the Department’s obligations under the Autism Innovation Strategy including utilising data gathered within the department for service planning and provision.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Dara Calleary', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Social Protection)'} {'name': 'Craig Dwyer', 'role': 'Special Advisor (Department of Social Protection)'} {'name': 'Rónán Hession', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Social Protection)'}
The Irish Society for Autism
May–August
[Health] Advocated for Autism Specific Legislation.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Dara Calleary', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Social Protection)'} {'name': 'Craig Dwyer', 'role': 'Special Advisor (Department of Social Protection)'} {'name': 'Rónán Hession', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Social Protection)'}
Chambers Ireland
May–August
[EU Affairs] To highlight the EU-level priorities of the affiliated Chambers of Commerce, including ensuring that EU policies percolate in regional and local territories with the support of the chamber network via initiatives like the Enterprise Europe Network.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Email All MEPs', 'role': 'https://chambers.ie/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/EU-Priorities-2025-1.pdf'} {'name': 'Barry Ward', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Thomas Byrne', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of the Taoiseach)'}
Chambers Ireland
May–August
[EU Affairs] To highlight the EU-level priorities of the affiliated Chambers of Commerce, including simplifying regulations, speeding up permitting processes for renewable energy projects, reducing administrative burdens, and basing policies on solid data to encourage investment in clean technolog ies to support the Green Transition.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Email All MEPs', 'role': 'https://chambers.ie/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/EU-Priorities-2025-1.pdf'} {'name': 'Thomas Byrne', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of the Taoiseach)'} {'name': 'Michael McGrath', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Barry Ward', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
Chambers Ireland
May–August
[Energy and Natural Resources] To highlight the EU-level priorities of the affiliated Chambers of Commerce, including simplifying regulations, speeding up permitting processes for renewable energy projects, reducing administrative burdens, and basing policies on solid data to encourage investment in clean technolog ies to support the Green Transition.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Email All MEPs', 'role': 'https://chambers.ie/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/EU-Priorities-2025-1.pdf'} {'name': 'Thomas Byrne', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of the Taoiseach)'} {'name': 'Barry Ward', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Michael McGrath', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
Fórsa trade union
May–August
[Local Government] Letter from Fórsa General Secretary to Cynthia Ní Mhurchú MEP. Concerning proposed amendments to the draft report on public procurement before the IMCO Committee, particularly the introduction of a new Article 13c. The letter raises concern that the amendment would undermine local authority autonomy by forcing competitive tendering, even where in-house delivery of services is more democratic, efficient & in the public interest, & argues that it contradicts Article 345 TFEU and
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Cynthia Ní Mhurchú', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'}
Chambers Ireland
May–August
[Finance] To highlight the recommendations of the Chambers Ireland pre-Budget submission 2026, including the need for increased investment in water and wastewater infrastructure with the commitment of a multi-annual funding structure and for various consenting regimes to be streamlined to create efficiencies for the delivery of large-scale national water and wastewater projects.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Email All Oireachtas Members', 'role': '6-10 emails'} {'name': 'Ken Spratt', 'role': 'Secretary General (Department of Transport)'} {'name': 'David Moloney', 'role': 'Secretary General (Department of Public Expenditure and Reform)'} {'name': 'John Hogan', 'role': 'Secretary General (Department of Finance)'} {'name': 'Declan Hughes', 'role': 'Secretary General (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment)'} {'name': 'Graham Doyle', 'role': 'Secretary General (Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)'}
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