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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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Agricultural Consultants Association - ACA
January–April
[Agriculture] AGM letter seeking an address by the Minister on advisor training, Nitrates Derogation policy, the new agri environment scheme and the role of advisors in the sector
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Charlie McConalogue', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'}
🌾 Agriculture View on lobbying.ie →
Agricultural Consultants Association - ACA
January–April
[Agriculture] Organic Farming Scheme and Organics in the next CAP
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Colm Hayes', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'}
🌾 Agriculture View on lobbying.ie →
Agricultural Consultants Association - ACA
January–April
[Agriculture] Organic Farming
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Pippa Hackett', 'role': 'Super Junior Minister (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'}
🌾 Agriculture View on lobbying.ie →
Agricultural Consultants Association - ACA
May–August
[Agriculture] O'Hara Forestry Report
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Pippa Hackett', 'role': 'Super Junior Minister (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'}
🌾 Agriculture View on lobbying.ie →
Agricultural Consultants Association - ACA
January–April
[Agriculture] Seeking information on REAP scheme
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Colm Hayes', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'}
🌾 Agriculture View on lobbying.ie →
Agricultural Consultants Association - ACA
May–August
[Agriculture] Signpost Programme and AKIS
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Paul Dillon', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'} {'name': 'Brendan Gleeson', 'role': 'Secretary General (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'} {'name': 'Paul Savage', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'} {'name': 'Colm Hayes', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'} {'name': "Eilis O'Connell", 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'} {'name': 'Bill Callanan', 'role': 'Chief Inspector (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'} + 6 more
🌾 Agriculture View on lobbying.ie →
Agricultural Consultants Association - ACA
May–August
[Agriculture] Nitrates Training for ACA members
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Colm Hayes', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'} {'name': 'Bill Callanan', 'role': 'Chief Inspector (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'}
🌾 Agriculture View on lobbying.ie →
Agricultural Consultants Association - ACA
September–December
[Agriculture] ACA's position on the new agri environment scheme in 2023
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Charlie McConalogue', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'} {'name': 'Martin Heydon', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'} {'name': 'Pippa Hackett', 'role': 'Super Junior Minister (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'} {'name': 'Colm Hayes', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'} {'name': 'Barry Cassidy', 'role': 'Special Adviser (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'}
🌾 Agriculture View on lobbying.ie →
Agricultural Consultants Association - ACA
September–December
[Agriculture] Seeking a meeting with the Ministers to discuss public policy and programmes.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Martin Heydon', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'} {'name': 'Charlie McConalogue', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'} {'name': 'Pippa Hackett', 'role': 'Super Junior Minister (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'}
🌾 Agriculture View on lobbying.ie →
Agricultural Consultants Association - ACA
September–December
[Agriculture] Email to the Minsiters regarding the ACA response to the Envir Assessment of the CAP Strategic Paln.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Charlie McConalogue', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'} {'name': 'Pippa Hackett', 'role': 'Super Junior Minister (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'} {'name': 'Caroline Murphy', 'role': 'Special Adviser (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'} {'name': 'Barry Cassidy', 'role': 'Special Adviser (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'} {'name': 'Patrick Donohoe', 'role': 'Special Adviser (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'} {'name': 'Martin Heydon', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'}
🌾 Agriculture 🏢 Enterprise & Employment View on lobbying.ie →
Agricultural Consultants Association - ACA
September–December
[Agriculture] ACA meeting with DAFM Ministers and officials to discuss broad range of issues involving the sector and advisors.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Charlie McConalogue', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'} {'name': 'Martin Heydon', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'} {'name': 'Pippa Hackett', 'role': 'Super Junior Minister (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'} {'name': 'Patrick Donohoe', 'role': 'Special Adviser (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'} {'name': 'Barry Cassidy', 'role': 'Special Adviser (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'}
🌾 Agriculture 🏥 Health View on lobbying.ie →
Agricultural Consultants Association - ACA
September–December
[Agriculture] ACA submission on the Envir Assessment of the CAP 2023 to 2027
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Brendan Gleeson', 'role': 'Secretary General (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'}
🌾 Agriculture 🏢 Enterprise & Employment View on lobbying.ie →
Agricultural Consultants Association - ACA
January–April
[Agriculture] Seeking support for CPD training programme for ACA members and a continuation of the Knowledge Transfer Programme.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Jackie Cahill', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
🌾 Agriculture View on lobbying.ie →
Agricultural Consultants Association - ACA
January–April
[Agriculture] Submission of ACA CPD programme for 2020 seeking DAFM support
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Michael Creed', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'} {'name': 'Jonathan Hoare', 'role': 'Special Adviser (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'} {'name': 'Bill Callanan', 'role': 'Chief Inspector (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'} {'name': 'Colm Hayes', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'} {'name': 'Paul Dillon', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'} {'name': 'Paul Savage', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'} + 1 more
🌾 Agriculture 🏥 Health View on lobbying.ie →
Agricultural Consultants Association - ACA
January–April
[Agriculture] Further discussion on a proposed ACA CPD programme for 2020 seeking DAFM support
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Bill Callanan', 'role': 'Chief Inspector (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'} {'name': 'Colm Hayes', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'} {'name': 'Paul Dillon', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'} {'name': 'Brendan Gleeson', 'role': 'Secretary General (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'}
🌾 Agriculture 🏥 Health View on lobbying.ie →
Agricultural Consultants Association - ACA
January–April
[Agriculture] Invitation to speak at the ACA AGM in March 2020
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Brendan Gleeson', 'role': 'Secretary General (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'}
🌾 Agriculture View on lobbying.ie →
Agricultural Consultants Association - ACA
May–August
[Agriculture] Forestry: procedures for forest road licencing
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Colm Hayes', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'}
🌾 Agriculture View on lobbying.ie →
Agricultural Consultants Association - ACA
May–August
[Agriculture] Government Talks: seeking inclusion of training programme for ACA members, farmer training in advance of next CAP and access to state funded research at no cost to our members
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Eamon Ryan', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Catherine Martin', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Michael Creed', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'}
🌾 Agriculture View on lobbying.ie →
Agricultural Consultants Association - ACA
May–August
[Agriculture] Government Talks: seeking inclusion of training programme for ACA members, farmer training in advance of next CAP and access to state funded research at no cost to our members
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Heather Humphreys', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation)'} {'name': 'Jonathan Hoare', 'role': 'Special Adviser (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'} {'name': 'Áine Kilroy', 'role': 'Special Advisor (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'}
🌾 Agriculture View on lobbying.ie →
Agricultural Consultants Association - ACA
May–August
[Agriculture] Letter of awareness on ACA member concerns and matters
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Barry Cowen', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Agriculture and the Marine)'}
🌾 Agriculture View on lobbying.ie →
Agricultural Consultants Association - ACA
May–August
[Agriculture] Letter of awareness on ACA member concerns and matters
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Dara Calleary', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Agriculture and the Marine)'}
🌾 Agriculture View on lobbying.ie →
Agricultural Consultants Association - ACA
September–December
[Agriculture] Letter of awareness on ACA member concerns and matters
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Charlie McConalogue', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'}
🌾 Agriculture View on lobbying.ie →
Agricultural Consultants Association - ACA
May–August
[Agriculture] Seeking an ACA Training Programme as already in place for the public sector
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Colm Hayes', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'} {'name': 'Brendan Gleeson', 'role': 'Secretary General (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'} {'name': 'Paul Dillon', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'} {'name': 'Bill Callanan', 'role': 'Chief Inspector (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'}
🌾 Agriculture View on lobbying.ie →
Agricultural Consultants Association - ACA
May–August
[Agriculture] Amendments to the Targeted Agriculture Modernisation Scheme (TAMS)
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Colm Hayes', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'}
🌾 Agriculture 🏠 Housing View on lobbying.ie →
Agricultural Consultants Association - ACA
May–August
[Agriculture] Letter of awareness on ACA member concerns and matters
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Pippa Hackett', 'role': 'Super Junior Minister (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'} {'name': 'Martin Heydon', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'}
🌾 Agriculture 🏠 Housing View on lobbying.ie →
Agricultural Consultants Association - ACA
May–August
[Agriculture] Amendments to the Targeted Agriculture Modernisation Scheme (TAMS)
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Dara Calleary', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Agriculture and the Marine)'}
🌾 Agriculture 🏠 Housing View on lobbying.ie →
Agricultural Consultants Association - ACA
May–August
[Agriculture] Online meeting
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Paul Dillon', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'} {'name': 'Dara Calleary', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Agriculture and the Marine)'}
🌾 Agriculture View on lobbying.ie →
Agricultural Consultants Association - ACA
May–August
[Agriculture] Submission of ACA paper 'Key Targets for 2021, 2022 and towards the next CAP'
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Brendan Gleeson', 'role': 'Secretary General (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'} {'name': 'Paul Dillon', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'} {'name': 'Bill Callanan', 'role': 'Chief Inspector (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'} {'name': 'Colm Hayes', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'} {'name': 'Paul Savage', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'} {'name': 'Pippa Hackett', 'role': 'Super Junior Minister (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'} + 2 more
🌾 Agriculture 🏦 Finance & Banking View on lobbying.ie →
Agricultural Consultants Association - ACA
September–December
[Agriculture] Pre Budget Submission
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Brendan Gleeson', 'role': 'Secretary General (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'}
🌾 Agriculture 🏦 Finance & Banking View on lobbying.ie →
Agricultural Consultants Association - ACA
September–December
[Agriculture] Pre Budget Submission
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Paul Dillon', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'} {'name': 'Colm Hayes', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'} {'name': 'Bill Callanan', 'role': 'Chief Inspector (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'} {'name': 'Seán Kyne', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht)'} {'name': 'Pat Deering', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Andrew Doyle', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'} + 20 more
🌾 Agriculture 🏦 Finance & Banking View on lobbying.ie →
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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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