RSS
Overwatch.Report

Independent Analysis & Commentary
← Accountability Hub

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.

85362
Lobbying Returns
2605
Registered Lobbyists
Clear
St Raphael's Garda Credit Union
May–August
[Banking and Financial Institutions] Articulated vision for the Credit Union sector with a clear policy that outlines the future ambition at a political level and what needs to happen at policy level to enable this. There is a need to access expertise and/or funding to realise the sectors full potential and independent government backed structure will bring necessary discipline/rigour to facilitate this. Enabling relationship with CBI regulatory structure to support the strategic direction with
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Jennifer Carroll MacNeill', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Jennifer Carroll MacNeill', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Finance)'} {'name': 'Mary Seery Kearney', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'}
🏦 Finance & Banking View on lobbying.ie →
Bank of America Europe DAC
May–August
[Banking and Financial Institutions] Net zero transition and sustainable finance
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Geraldine Byrne Nason', 'role': 'Second Secretary General (Department of Foreign Affairs)'}
🏦 Finance & Banking View on lobbying.ie →
Bank of America Europe DAC
May–August
[Banking and Financial Institutions] ESG, economic outlook, financial services policy and taxation (including bank levy consultation)
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Simon Coveney', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment)'} {'name': 'Pauline Mulligan', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment)'}
🏦 Finance & Banking View on lobbying.ie →
Pender & Associates Ltd
on behalf of Yes (client not named)
May–August
[Banking and Financial Institutions] Meeting at AccessAbility event on disability in sport, inclusion of Minister's quote in event press release and sharing of post-event recommendations
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Anne Rabbitte', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth)'}
🏦 Finance & Banking 🏥 Health View on lobbying.ie →
Financial Services Union
May–August
[Finance] banking matters
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Oliver Gilvarry', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Finance)'}
🏦 Finance & Banking View on lobbying.ie →
Klarna Bank AB
May–August
[Banking and Financial Institutions] Introductory meeting with Minister Richmond
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Neale Richmond', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment)'}
🏦 Finance & Banking View on lobbying.ie →
Insurance Ireland
May–August
[Banking and Financial Institutions] On behalf of members, to raise awareness of issues pertinent to the Irish motor insurance industry
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Keith Walsh', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Transport)'}
🏦 Finance & Banking View on lobbying.ie →
Insurance Ireland
May–August
[Banking and Financial Institutions] On behalf of members, providing input into pensions policy
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Claire Kerrane', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Éamon Ó Cuív', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Róisín Shorthall', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Jackie Cahill', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Joe Carey', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Joan Collins', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 14 more
🏦 Finance & Banking View on lobbying.ie →
Insurance Ireland
May–August
[Banking and Financial Institutions] On behalf of members, providing input into debate on access to financial services
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Jennifer Carroll MacNeill', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Finance)'} {'name': 'Stephen Foley', 'role': 'Special Adviser (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment)'}
🏦 Finance & Banking View on lobbying.ie →
Insurance Ireland
May–August
[Banking and Financial Institutions] On behalf of members, making proposals in relation to the review of changes in European regulation
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Chris MacManus', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': 'Frances Fitzgerald', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': 'Billy Kelleher', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': 'Deirdre Clune', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': 'Barry Andrews', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': 'Jennifer Carroll MacNeill', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Finance)'} + 4 more
🏦 Finance & Banking View on lobbying.ie →
Insurance Ireland
May–August
[Banking and Financial Institutions] On behalf of members, to raise awareness of issues pertinent to the Irish insurance industry
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Michael McGrath', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Finance)'} {'name': 'Grant Sweetnam', 'role': 'Special Adviser (Department of Public Expenditure and Reform)'} {'name': 'Stephen Foley', 'role': 'Special Adviser (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment)'} {'name': "Fiona O'Connor", 'role': 'Special Adviser (Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform)'} {'name': 'Jennifer Carroll MacNeill', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Finance)'} {'name': 'Colm Markey', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} + 4 more
🏦 Finance & Banking View on lobbying.ie →
Insurance Ireland
May–August
[Banking and Financial Institutions] On behalf of members to lend support to diversity and inclusion in the financial services sector
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Jennifer Carroll MacNeill', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Finance)'} {'name': 'Stephen Foley', 'role': 'Special Adviser (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment)'} {'name': 'Michael McGrath', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Finance)'}
🏦 Finance & Banking View on lobbying.ie →
Pender & Associates Ltd
on behalf of Yes (client not named)
May–August
[Banking and Financial Institutions] Invitation to attend and officially open Liberty/Irish Wheelchair Association Race event
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Anne Rabbitte', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth)'} {'name': 'Thomas Byrne', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media)'}
🏦 Finance & Banking View on lobbying.ie →
Barclays Bank Ireland PLC
May–August
[Banking and Financial Institutions] Barclays operations in Ireland
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Simon Coveney', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment)'} {'name': 'Michael McGrath', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Finance)'} {'name': 'Paschal Donohoe', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform)'}
🏦 Finance & Banking View on lobbying.ie →
The Institute of Directors Ireland
May–August
[Banking and Financial Institutions] IoD Ireland Response: Central Bank (Individual Accountability Framework) Act 2023 (IAF Act)
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'John Hogan', 'role': 'Secretary General (Department of Finance)'} {'name': 'Ronnie Downes', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment)'} {'name': 'Oliver Gilvarry', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Finance)'} {'name': 'Michael McGrath', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Finance)'} {'name': 'Jennifer Carroll MacNeill', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Finance)'}
🏦 Finance & Banking View on lobbying.ie →
Insurance Ireland
May–August
[Banking and Financial Institutions] On behalf of members, to make a pre-budget submission.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Paschal Donohoe', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Finance)'} {'name': "Fiona O'Connor", 'role': 'Special Adviser (Department of Finance)'} {'name': 'Michael McGrath', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Public Expenditure and Reform)'} {'name': 'Grant Sweetnam', 'role': 'Special Adviser (Department of Public Expenditure and Reform)'} {'name': 'Robert Troy', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Helen McEntee', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Justice)'} + 26 more
🏦 Finance & Banking View on lobbying.ie →
Insurance Ireland
May–August
[Banking and Financial Institutions] On behalf of members, providing input into policy surrounding MICA/Defective Concrete Block Redress
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'John McGuinness', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Bernard Durkan', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Richard Boyd Barrett', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Rose Conway-Walsh', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Pearse Doherty', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Damien English', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 8 more
🏦 Finance & Banking View on lobbying.ie →
Banking & Payments Federation Ireland
May–August
[Banking and Financial Institutions] Energy Performance Building Directive (EPBD)
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Sean Kelly', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'}
🌍 Climate & Energy 🏢 Enterprise & Employment 🏦 Finance & Banking View on lobbying.ie →
Banking & Payments Federation Ireland
May–August
[Banking and Financial Institutions] Launch of Tailte Eireann
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Liz Pope', 'role': 'CEO (The Property Registration Authority)'}
🏦 Finance & Banking View on lobbying.ie →
Banking & Payments Federation Ireland
May–August
[Banking and Financial Institutions] Defective Concrete Blocks
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Michael McGrath', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Finance)'} {'name': 'Oliver Gilvarry', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Finance)'}
🏦 Finance & Banking View on lobbying.ie →
Banking & Payments Federation Ireland
May–August
[Banking and Financial Institutions] Bank regulatory framework - NPV
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Grant Sweetnam', 'role': 'Special Adviser (Department of Public Expenditure and Reform)'}
🏦 Finance & Banking View on lobbying.ie →
Banking & Payments Federation Ireland
May–August
[Banking and Financial Institutions] Bank Regulatory Framework- UK initiative on mortgages
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Grant Sweetnam', 'role': 'Special Adviser (Department of Public Expenditure and Reform)'}
🏦 Finance & Banking View on lobbying.ie →
Banking & Payments Federation Ireland
May–August
[Banking and Financial Institutions] Roundtable discussion with Assistant Sec Gen Michael McGrath
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Michael J. McGrath', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Finance)'}
🏦 Finance & Banking 🏠 Housing View on lobbying.ie →
Banking & Payments Federation Ireland
May–August
[Banking and Financial Institutions] Defective Concrete Blocks Grant Sheme
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': "Darragh O'Brien", 'role': 'Minister (Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)'}
🏦 Finance & Banking 🏠 Housing View on lobbying.ie →
Banking & Payments Federation Ireland
May–August
[Banking and Financial Institutions] APP Fraud, Engagement with Nuisance Task Force
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Ossian Smyth', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform)'}
🏦 Finance & Banking View on lobbying.ie →
Irish League of Credit Unions
May–August
[Banking and Financial Institutions] Credit Union (Amendment) Bill, pre budget submission and bank levy submission
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Jennifer Carroll MacNeill', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Finance)'} {'name': 'Des Carville', 'role': 'Head of Unit (Department of Finance)'} {'name': 'Oliver Gilvarry', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Finance)'} {'name': 'Michael McGrath', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Finance)'} {'name': 'Emma Cunningham', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Finance)'}
🏦 Finance & Banking View on lobbying.ie →
Irish League of Credit Unions
May–August
[Banking and Financial Institutions] Women in Finance
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Jennifer Carroll MacNeill', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Finance)'}
🏦 Finance & Banking View on lobbying.ie →
Irish League of Credit Unions
May–August
[Banking and Financial Institutions] Credit Union issues - personal microcredit scheme
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Heather Humphreys', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Social Protection)'}
🏦 Finance & Banking View on lobbying.ie →
Irish League of Credit Unions
May–August
[Banking and Financial Institutions] Response to Philanthropy policy consultation
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': "Joe O'Brien", 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Rural and Community Development)'} {'name': 'Heather Humphreys', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Rural and Community Development)'}
🏦 Finance & Banking View on lobbying.ie →
Irish League of Credit Unions
May–August
[Banking and Financial Institutions] Response to Department of Finance consultations on Credit Union levies
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Jennifer Carroll MacNeill', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Finance)'} {'name': 'Des Carville', 'role': 'Head of Unit (Department of Finance)'}
🌍 Climate & Energy 🏦 Finance & Banking View on lobbying.ie →
« Prev 14 15 16 17 18 Next »

Most Lobbied TDs

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.
Support me