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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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Lobbying Returns
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Registered Lobbyists
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Irish Congress of Trade Unions
January–April
[Foreign Affairs] nortern ireland
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Charles Flanagan', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Foreign Affairs)'}
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Irish Congress of Trade Unions
January–April
[Children and Youth Affairs] meeting on affordable childcare
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Katherine Zappone', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Children and Youth Affairs)'}
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Irish Congress of Trade Unions
January–April
[Employment] predominance of women in low paid and precarious work
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Carol Baxter', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Justice and Equality)'}
🏢 Enterprise & Employment View on lobbying.ie →
Irish Congress of Trade Unions
January–April
[Social Protection] crisis in defined benefit pension schemes
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Leo Varadkar', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Social Protection)'} {'name': 'Willie Penrose', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'David Cullinane', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Catherine Murphy', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Richard Boyd Barrett', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
🌍 Climate & Energy View on lobbying.ie →
Irish Congress of Trade Unions
January–April
[Environment] invitation to seminar on transition to a carbon free economy
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Denis Naughten', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Environment, Climate and Communications)'}
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Irish Congress of Trade Unions
January–April
[Trade] CETA / TTIP
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Ivana Bacik', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Thomas Byrne', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Sean D. Barrett', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Paul Coghlan', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Paul Bradford', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Martin Conway', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} + 58 more
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Irish Congress of Trade Unions
January–April
[Social Protection] pensions
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Catherine Ardagh', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Jerry Buttimer', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Kevin Humphreys', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Alice-Mary Higgins', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Maria Bailey', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'John Brady', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 4 more
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Irish Congress of Trade Unions
January–April
[Employment] use of intermediary employment structures
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Michael Noonan', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Finance)'} {'name': 'Leo Varadkar', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Social Protection)'}
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Irish Congress of Trade Unions
January–April
[Tourism] fine gael ,otion on 9% vat in th etourism industry
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Ivana Bacik', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Thomas Byrne', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Sean D. Barrett', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Paul Coghlan', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Paul Bradford', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Michael Comiskey', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} + 44 more
🏢 Enterprise & Employment 🏥 Health View on lobbying.ie →
Irish Congress of Trade Unions
January–April
[Economic Development and Industry] reconstitution of NESC
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Martin Fraser', 'role': 'Secretary General (Department of the Taoiseach)'}
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Irish Congress of Trade Unions
January–April
[Employment] appointment as ordinary member of the labour court
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Pat Breen', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation)'}
🏢 Enterprise & Employment ⚖️ Justice & Legal View on lobbying.ie →
Irish Congress of Trade Unions
January–April
[Employment] working time
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Martin Shanagher', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation)'}
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Irish Congress of Trade Unions
January–April
[Environment] climate change
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Denis Naughten', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Environment, Climate and Communications)'} {'name': 'Mark Griffin', 'role': 'Secretary General (Department of Environment, Climate and Communications)'}
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Irish Congress of Trade Unions
May–August
[Communications] national climate change mitigation strategy
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Brian Carroll', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Environment, Climate and Communications)'}
🌍 Climate & Energy 🏢 Enterprise & Employment View on lobbying.ie →
Irish Congress of Trade Unions
May–August
[Communications] future of littleton briquette plant
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Denis Naughten', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Environment, Climate and Communications)'}
🏢 Enterprise & Employment View on lobbying.ie →
Irish Congress of Trade Unions
May–August
[Employment] brexit and labour legislation
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Micheál Martin', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Niall Collins', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
🏢 Enterprise & Employment View on lobbying.ie →
Irish Congress of Trade Unions
May–August
[Employment] meeting to discuss seanad legislative programme
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Paul Gavan', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Gerald Nash', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'}
🏢 Enterprise & Employment View on lobbying.ie →
Irish Congress of Trade Unions
September–December
[Employment] action plan for jobs
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Frances Fitzgerald', 'role': 'Tánaiste and Minister (Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation)'}
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Irish Congress of Trade Unions
September–December
[Local Government] ongoing operation of Irish Water
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Eoghan Murphy', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government)'}
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Irish Congress of Trade Unions
September–December
[Transport] future of shannon airport
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Fintan Towey', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport)'}
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Irish Congress of Trade Unions
September–December
[Employment] to seek support for ETUC position on revision of posted workers directive
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Marian Harkin', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'}
🏢 Enterprise & Employment View on lobbying.ie →
Irish Congress of Trade Unions
September–December
[Employment] letter to minister regarding position taken by ireland at european council meeting
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Regina Doherty', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection)'}
🏢 Enterprise & Employment View on lobbying.ie →
Irish Congress of Trade Unions
September–December
[Employment] regulation of working time
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Gerald Nash', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Paul Gavan', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'John Brady', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': "Willie O'Dea", 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
🏢 Enterprise & Employment View on lobbying.ie →
Irish Congress of Trade Unions
September–December
[Transport] airport charges regulation
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Fintan Towey', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport)'}
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Irish Congress of Trade Unions
September–December
[Health] meetings with 3 TDs on dates specified
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': "Louise O'Reilly", 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Róisín Shortall', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Billy Kelleher', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
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Irish Congress of Trade Unions
September–December
[Employment] regulation of working time
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Gerald Nash', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Paul Gavan', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'John Brady', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': "Willie O'Dea", 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
🏢 Enterprise & Employment View on lobbying.ie →
Irish Congress of Trade Unions
September–December
[Environment] climate change
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Brian Carroll', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Environment, Climate and Communications)'}
🌍 Climate & Energy 🏢 Enterprise & Employment View on lobbying.ie →
Irish Congress of Trade Unions
September–December
[Public Expenditure and Reform] public procurement
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Paul Quinn', 'role': 'Government Chief Procurement Officer (Department of Public Expenditure and Reform)'}
🌍 Climate & Energy 🏢 Enterprise & Employment View on lobbying.ie →
Irish Congress of Trade Unions
September–December
[Energy and Natural Resources] copy of Congress publication (Right to be Heard) and ICTU Document relating to Bogus Self Employment.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Regina Doherty', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection)'}
🌍 Climate & Energy 🏢 Enterprise & Employment View on lobbying.ie →
Irish Congress of Trade Unions
September–December
[Tourism] vat subsidy to tourism sector
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Shane Ross', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport)'}
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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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