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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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Registered Lobbyists
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Devenish
January–April
[Agriculture] Richard Kennedy, CEO, was invited to join a Business Update meeting with Pascal Donohoe on WebEx on 24th February 2021.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Paschal Donohoe', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Finance)'}
🌾 Agriculture View on lobbying.ie →
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January–April
[Environment] Richard Kennedy, CEO, met with Michael Smyth to discuss the potential of a green economy for the west of Ireland
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Michael Smyth', 'role': 'Councillor (Mayo County Council)'}
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January–April
[Agriculture] Richard Kennedy was invited to take part in an online discussion with Tánaiste Leo Varadkar and Chief Economist Dermot O'Leary on April 21st.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Leo Varadkar', 'role': 'An Tánaiste (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
🌾 Agriculture View on lobbying.ie →
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January–April
[Environment] Richard Kennedy, CEO, met with Dara Calleary and Michael Smyth to discuss the potential of a green economy for the west of Ireland. Following on from the meeting Richard sent an article on Green Bonds from Europe and extended a formal invitation to Dara Calleary, Minister for Agriculture Charlie McConalogue and An Taoiseach Mícheál Martin to visit Devenish's Global Innovation Centre at Dowth
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Dara Calleary', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Michael Smyth', 'role': 'Councillor (Mayo County Council)'}
🌾 Agriculture View on lobbying.ie →
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January–April
[Health] Professor Alice Stanton took part in a virtual meeting with Sinead McPhillips on the UN Food Systems Summit National Dialogue entitled “Healthy Diets for All”
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Sinead McPhillips', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'}
🏥 Health View on lobbying.ie →
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January–April
[Agriculture] Owen Brennan, Chairperson, was invited by the NI Chamber on 22nd April to an online Business Briefing with an Taoiseach Michéal Martin
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Micheál Martin', 'role': 'An Taoiseach (Department of the Taoiseach)'}
🌾 Agriculture View on lobbying.ie →
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January–April
[Agriculture] Richard Kennedy, CEO, had a Teams meeting (virtual) with Des Carville on 28th April 2021 on the implications of the ESG agenda for Ireland and the potential solution for challenges to Ireland.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Des Carville', 'role': 'Head of Unit (Department of Finance)'}
🌾 Agriculture View on lobbying.ie →
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May–August
[Agriculture] Several phonecalls took place between our CEO Richard Kennedy and Bill Callanan, Chief Inspector, Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, to plan for a visit by Minister Eamon Ryan and Minister Pippa Hackett to our research farm in Co Meath which took place on 1st September
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Bill Callanan', 'role': 'Chief Inspector (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'}
🌾 Agriculture 🌍 Climate & Energy View on lobbying.ie →
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May–August
[Agriculture] Richard Kennedy, CEO, was invited to be part of a zoom panel discussion about "Untapped potential of the all-island economy" on 2nd June. The opening address at this zoom event was given by Tánaiste Leo Varadkar.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Leo Varadkar', 'role': 'An Tánaiste (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
🌾 Agriculture View on lobbying.ie →
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May–August
[Agriculture] Jackie Cahill TD and Senator Paul Daly visited our research farm in County Meath on 10th June 2021. Following on from this visit we issued an invitation to the Joint Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine to visit Dowth. This invitation has been accepted by the committee but no date has been set for this visit as yet.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Jackie Cahill', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Paul Daly', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'}
🌾 Agriculture View on lobbying.ie →
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May–August
[Agriculture] On 10th June Richard Kennedy, CEO, participated in a US-Ireland Economic Roundtable Virtual Meeting. One of the guest panelists was Paschal Donohoe TD, Minister for Finance
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Paschal Donohoe', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Finance)'}
🌾 Agriculture 🏦 Finance & Banking View on lobbying.ie →
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May–August
[Agriculture] On 2nd July, Owen Brennan, Executive Chair, and Richard Kennedy, CEO, hosted a visit to our research farm in County Meath of RoI and NI Ministers for Agriculture Charlie McConalogue and Edwin Poots in the company of IFA President Tom Cullinan and UFU President Victor Chestnutt
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Charlie McConalogue', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'} {'name': 'Bill Callanan', 'role': 'Chief Inspector (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'} {'name': 'Patrick Donohoe', 'role': 'Special Adviser (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 →
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May–August
[Agriculture] On 6th May Owen Brennan and Professor Alice Stanton had an ms teams call with Brendan Gleeson, Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, and Julie Sinnamon, Enterprise Ireland about meat as part of a healthy diet
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Brendan Gleeson', 'role': 'Secretary General (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'}
🌾 Agriculture 🌍 Climate & Energy 🏢 Enterprise & Employment View on lobbying.ie →
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September–December
[Agriculture] On Wed 1st September, Owen Brennan, Executive Chair, hosted a visit to our research farm in County Meath of Minister Eamonn Ryan and Minister of State Pippa Hackett and their advisors
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Eamon Ryan', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Environment, Climate and Communications)'} {'name': 'Pippa Hackett', 'role': 'Super Junior Minister (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'} {'name': 'Margaret Ward', 'role': 'Special Adviser (Department of Environment, Climate and Communications)'} {'name': 'Paul Kenny', 'role': 'Special Adviser (Department of Environment, Climate and Communications)'} {'name': 'Stiofán Nutty', 'role': 'Special Adviser (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'}
🌾 Agriculture 🏥 Health View on lobbying.ie →
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September–December
[Agriculture] On 26th November, Owen Brennan, Executive Chair, hosted a visit to our research farm in County Meath of Tánaiste and Minster Leo Varadkar, Minister Helen McEntee, Minister Damian English and Colm Markey MEP and their advisors
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Leo Varadkar', 'role': 'An Tánaiste (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Helen McEntee', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Justice)'} {'name': 'Damien English', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment)'} {'name': 'Philip O’Callaghan', 'role': 'Special Adviser (Department of the Taoiseach)'} {'name': 'Colm Markey', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'}
🌾 Agriculture 🏥 Health View on lobbying.ie →
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September–December
[Economic Development and Industry] Meeting and phonecalls took place between Owen Brennan and Minister Damian English regarding Owen Brennan taking on the Chairperson role of the Mid-East Regional Enterprise Development Programme
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Damien English', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment)'} {'name': 'Declan Hughes', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment)'}
🏢 Enterprise & Employment View on lobbying.ie →
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September–December
[Agriculture] Following the visit of Jackie Cahill TD and Senator Paul Daly to our research farm in County Meath on 10th June 2021, we issued an invitation to the Joint Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine to visit Dowth. This visit took place on 18th October 2021.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Jackie Cahill', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Martin Browne', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Matt Carthy', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Michael Fitzmaurice', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
🌾 Agriculture 🏥 Health View on lobbying.ie →
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September–December
[Agriculture] On 13th October Richard Kennedy attended an Ernst and Young Retreat in Co Killarney where Pascal O'Donoghue was a guest speaker
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Paschal Donohoe', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Finance)'}
🌾 Agriculture View on lobbying.ie →
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September–December
[Agriculture] Richard Kennedy attended an online meeting on "A Roundtable Discussion on "Public Investment Priorities on a Shared Island".
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Michael McGrath', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Public Expenditure and Reform)'}
🌾 Agriculture 🏦 Finance & Banking View on lobbying.ie →
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September–December
[Agriculture] Richard Kennedy had several phonecalls with Bill Callanan arranging ministerial visits to our research farm at Dowth, Co. Meath
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Bill Callanan', 'role': 'Chief Inspector (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'}
🌾 Agriculture View on lobbying.ie →
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January–April
[Agriculture] Brendan Gleeson and Bill Callanan visited the Devenish Lands at Dowth, our research farm in County Meath on 7th February
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Brendan Gleeson', 'role': 'Secretary General (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'} {'name': 'Bill Callanan', 'role': 'Chief Inspector (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'}
🌾 Agriculture 🏥 Health View on lobbying.ie →
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January–April
[Agriculture] Senator Ian Marshall and Councillor Mark Hackett visited the Devenish Lands at Dowth, our research farm in County Meath on 18th February 2020.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Ian Marshall', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Mark Hackett', 'role': 'Councillor (Offaly County Council)'}
🌾 Agriculture 🏥 Health View on lobbying.ie →
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January–April
[Agriculture] On 3rd April 2020, Owen Brennan wrote to An Taoiseach, Deputy Micheál Martin and Deputy Mary-Lou McDonald regarding the possibility of Senator Ian Marshall being re-elected to Seanad Eireann
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Leo Varadkar', 'role': 'Taoiseach (Department of the Taoiseach)'} {'name': 'Micheál Martin', 'role': 'Taoiseach (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Mary Lou McDonald', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
🌾 Agriculture View on lobbying.ie →
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January–April
[Agriculture] On 11th February 2020, Dr John Gilliland, Devenish Director of Sustainable Agriculture, participated in a public reception, hosted by Derry and Strabane District Council, at the Guildhall in Derry with the Eden Project Board and Senator Ian Marshall. The reception was about keeping the momentum on the emerging project Eden Project Foyle and its cross border benefits to the North West and to a possible developing relationship with the Devenish Lands at Dowth.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Ian Marshall', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'}
🌾 Agriculture View on lobbying.ie →
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January–April
[Agriculture] In April 2020, Devenish CEO Richard Kennedy emailed Marc MacSharry with some articles/reports about the challenges facing the food production sector globally, the European Green Deal and references to the work that Devenish are doing at their research farm, the Devenish Lands at Dowth, Co. Meath. Richard highlighted the opportunities and implications for both Ireland and Irish farmers. Richard also spoke to Marc McSharry on the phone.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Marc MacSharry', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
🌾 Agriculture 🏥 Health View on lobbying.ie →
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May–August
[Agriculture] On 7th May 2020, Devenish CEO Richard Kennedy emailed Micheál Martin (They had met on the night that Richard had won EY Entrepreneur of the Year 2019) with some articles/reports about the challenges facing the food production sector globally and the European Green Deal. Richard highlighted the opportunities and implications for both Ireland and Irish farmers. They subsequently spoke on the phone and Richard invited Micheál Martin to visit the Devenish Lands at Dowth, our research
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Micheál Martin', 'role': 'Taoiseach (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
🌾 Agriculture View on lobbying.ie →
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May–August
[Agriculture] On 15th May Richard Kennedy attended an EY Webcast: "A virtual audience with Paschal Donohoe TD, Minister for Finance and Public Expenditure and Reform
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Paschal Donohoe', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Finance)'}
🌾 Agriculture 🏦 Finance & Banking 🏥 Health View on lobbying.ie →
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May–August
[Agriculture] On 18th May, Richard Kennedy had email correspondance and a phonecall with Senator Ian Marshall about carbon neutral farming.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Ian Marshall', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'}
🌾 Agriculture 🌍 Climate & Energy 🏥 Health View on lobbying.ie →
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January–April
[Agriculture] Owen Brennan phoned Helen McEntee TD and Minister for European Affairs, one of our local TDs in Meath East, to update her on developments in our business and on our research farm.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Helen McEntee', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Foreign Affairs)'}
🌾 Agriculture View on lobbying.ie →
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May–August
[Agriculture] On the 11th August, Devenish CEO, Richard Kennedy, wrote to Micheál Martin congratulating him on his election to Taoiseach and issuing an invitation to visit Devenish's Global Innovation Centre at Dowth, Co. Meath
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Micheál Martin', 'role': 'An Taoiseach (Department of the Taoiseach)'}
🌾 Agriculture 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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