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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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Registered Lobbyists
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CPSMA
January–April
[Education and Training] Relationship and Sexuality Education
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': "Mark O'Doherty", 'role': 'Special Advisor (Department of the Taoiseach)'}
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CPSMA
January–April
[Education and Training] School finance and resources for CPSMA and Management bodies
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Joe McHugh', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Education and Skills)'} {'name': 'Martin Hanevy', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Education and Skills)'}
📚 Education 🏦 Finance & Banking View on lobbying.ie →
CPSMA
January–April
[Education and Training] Lobbied on changes to legislation to improving vetting for schools
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Maria Byrne', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'}
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CPSMA
January–April
[Education and Training] Resources for CPSMA
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Ned Costello', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Education and Skills)'}
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CPSMA
January–April
[Education and Training] Initiative overload and general matters on Primary Education
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Joe McHugh', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Education and Skills)'} {'name': 'Alan Wall', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Education and Skills)'}
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CPSMA
May–August
[Education and Training] Lobbying for an increase in capitation
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': "Mark O'Doherty", 'role': 'Special Adviser (Department of Education and Skills)'} {'name': 'Ed Carty', 'role': 'Special Adviser (Department of Education and Skills)'} {'name': "Fiona O'Loughlin", 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Thomas Byrne', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
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CPSMA
May–August
[Education and Training] Use of Schools Building as polling stations insurance
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'John Paul Phelan', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government)'}
📚 Education 🏦 Finance & Banking View on lobbying.ie →
CPSMA
September–December
[Education and Training] Parent and Student charter
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Joe McHugh', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Education and Skills)'} {'name': 'Thomas Byrne', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Ed Carty', 'role': 'Special Adviser (Department of Education and Skills)'}
📚 Education 🏠 Housing View on lobbying.ie →
CPSMA
September–December
[Education and Training] School funding and capitation
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Ed Carty', 'role': 'Special Adviser (Department of Education and Skills)'} {'name': "Mark O'Doherty", 'role': 'Special Adviser (Department of Education and Skills)'}
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CPSMA
September–December
[Education and Training] Special Needs Education/ Principal Workload/RSE
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Joe McHugh', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Education and Skills)'}
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CPSMA
September–December
[Education and Training] Express concerns re Tulsa advice on planning permission and change of use for schools
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': "Mark O'Doherty", 'role': 'Special Adviser (Department of Education and Skills)'}
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CPSMA
September–December
[Education and Training] legal Fees reimbursement
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Joe McHugh', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Education and Skills)'}
🌍 Climate & Energy 📚 Education View on lobbying.ie →
CPSMA
January–April
[Education and Training] Restoration of the Capitation Grant and School Finances
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Thomas Byrne', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Mary Mitchell O’Connor', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Education and Skills)'} {'name': 'Peter Fitzpatrick', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Maria Byrne', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Denis Naughten', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Environment, Climate and Communications)'} {'name': 'Micheál Martin', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 7 more
📚 Education 🏦 Finance & Banking View on lobbying.ie →
CPSMA
January–April
[Education and Training] Measures to address the lack of substitute teachers
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Thomas Byrne', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': "Fiona O'Loughlin", 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
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CPSMA
May–August
[Education and Training] Restoration of the Capitation grant to 200euro, fixing of the Minor Works Grant in annual grant calendar, phased increase in capitation to cover actual core cost of running school
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Social Media All Oireachtas Members', 'role': 'Created a video cartoon calling for restoration of capitation grant'} {'name': 'Richard Bruton', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Education and Skills)'} {'name': 'Seán Ó Foghlú', 'role': 'Secretary General (Department of Education and Skills)'} {'name': 'Patrick Cluskey', 'role': 'Special Advisor (Department of Education and Skills)'} {'name': 'Peter Fitzpatrick', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Charlie Flanagan', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 19 more
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CPSMA
May–August
[Education and Training] Initiative Overload Teaching Principals
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Patrick Cluskey', 'role': 'Special Advisor (Department of Education and Skills)'}
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CPSMA
September–December
[Education and Training] Increases in Capitation
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Richard Bruton', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Education and Skills)'} {'name': 'Patrick Cluskey', 'role': 'Special Advisor (Department of Education and Skills)'} {'name': 'Thomas Byrne', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': "Fiona O'Loughlin", 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Maria Byrne', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'}
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CPSMA
September–December
[Education and Training] Initiative overload
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Joe McHugh', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Education and Skills)'} {'name': 'Alan Wall', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Education and Skills)'} {'name': 'Ed Carty', 'role': 'Special Adviser (Department of the Taoiseach)'} {'name': 'Mark O’Doherty', 'role': 'Special Adviser (Department of the Taoiseach)'}
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CPSMA
January–April
[Education and Training] Consultation on the role of religion in Admissions
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Thomas Byrne', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Conor Quinn', 'role': 'Special Advisor (Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation)'} {'name': 'Heather Humphreys', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht)'} {'name': 'Ciaran Cannon', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Damien English', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government)'} {'name': "John O'Mahony", 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'}
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CPSMA
May–August
[Education and Training] Role of Religion in Admissions
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Conor Quinn', 'role': 'Special Advisor (Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation)'} {'name': 'Thomas Byrne', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': "Fiona O'Loughlin", 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': "John O'Mahony", 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Noel Grealish', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
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CPSMA
May–August
[Education and Training] Lobbied to secure and extra secondment to handle increased calls to CPSMA and service performance improvements
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Martin Hanevy', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Education and Skills)'}
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CPSMA
September–December
[Education and Training] Increase in the Capitation Grant
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Paschal Donohoe', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport)'} {'name': 'Richard Bruton', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Education and Skills)'} {'name': 'Mary Mitchell O’Connor', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Education and Skills)'} {'name': 'Thomas Byrne', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Seán Haughey', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
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CPSMA
September–December
[Education and Training] Minor Works Grant
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Patrick Cluskey', 'role': 'Special Advisor (Department of Education and Skills)'} {'name': 'Thomas Byrne', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Declan Breathnach', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Brendan Smith', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'John McGuinness', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Richard Bruton', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Education and Skills)'}
📚 Education View on lobbying.ie →
CPSMA
September–December
[Education and Training] Lack of Substitute Teachers
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Thomas Byrne', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Noel Rock', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Jack Chambers', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'John McGuinness', 'role': 'Director of Services or Equivalent (Leitrim County Council)'} {'name': 'Kathleen Funchion', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Conor Quinn', 'role': 'Press Adviser (Department of Education and Skills)'} + 1 more
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CPSMA
September–December
[Education and Training] General Briefings to Minister and TD's and operational issues to Minister's Advisor
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Richard Bruton', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Education and Skills)'} {'name': 'Thomas Byrne', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': "Fiona O'Loughlin", 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Conor Quinn', 'role': 'Special Advisor (Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation)'} {'name': 'James Lawless', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
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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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