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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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Family Carers Ireland
May–August
[Budgetary matters] FCI Pre Budget proposal/asks
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Email All Oireachtas Members', 'role': 'FCI Budget proposal sent to all Oireachtas Members'} {'name': 'Norma Foley', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Education)'} {'name': 'Brendan Griffin', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Pa Daly', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Danny Healy-Rae', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Michael Healy-Rae', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 67 more
🏦 Finance & Banking View on lobbying.ie →
Family Carers Ireland
May–August
[Community] Highlighting Local Carer Issues Louth/Meath
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Helen McEntee', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Justice)'} {'name': 'Thomas Byrne', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media)'} {'name': "Darren O'Rourke", 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Damien English', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Johnny Guirke', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Peadar Tóibín', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
🏥 Health View on lobbying.ie →
Family Carers Ireland
May–August
[Local Government] Awareness of Carer issues in Local Elections
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Email All Local Authority Members', 'role': ''} {'name': 'Email All Councillors', 'role': ''} {'name': 'Francis Timmons', 'role': 'Councillor (South Dublin County Council)'} {'name': 'Ollie Turner', 'role': 'Councillor (Galway County Council)'} {'name': 'Caroline Winstanley', 'role': 'Councillor (Wicklow County Council)'}
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Family Carers Ireland
May–August
[EU Affairs] Awareness of Carer issues in EU Elections
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Email All MEPs', 'role': ''}
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Family Carers Ireland
May–August
[Community] EU champions for family carers group
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Barry Andrews', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': 'Barry Cowen', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': 'Lynn Boylan', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': 'Nina Carberry', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': 'Regina Doherty', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': 'Luke Ming Flanagan', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} + 8 more
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Family Carers Ireland
May–August
[Community] carer issues reflected in the Party’s respective
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Micheál Martin', 'role': 'Tánaiste and Minister (Department of the Taoiseach)'} {'name': 'Mary Lou McDonald', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Eamon Ryan', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Environment, Climate and Communications)'} {'name': 'Holly Cairns', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Ivana Bacik', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Bríd Smith', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 1 more
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Family Carers Ireland
May–August
[Budgetary matters] FCI Budget submission launch
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Robert Troy', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Claire Kerrane', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Marian Harkin', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Ruairí Ó Murchú', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Róisín Shorthall', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Maria Byrne', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} + 6 more
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Family Carers Ireland
May–August
[Education and Training] Education for children with additional needs
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Hildegarde Naughton', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Education)'} {'name': 'Paul Gibbons', 'role': 'Councillor (Monaghan County Council)'} {'name': "Darren O'Rourke", 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Peadar Tóibín', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
🌍 Climate & Energy 📚 Education View on lobbying.ie →
Family Carers Ireland
May–August
[Housing] Pay by weight bin charges
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Ossian Smyth', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Environment, Climate and Communications)'}
🏠 Housing View on lobbying.ie →
Family Carers Ireland
May–August
[Housing] Housing issue for local carer
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Vinny McCormack', 'role': 'Councillor (Westmeath County Council)'} {'name': 'Paul Ross', 'role': 'Councillor (Longford County Council)'} {'name': "Darragh O'Brien", 'role': 'Minister (Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)'} {'name': 'Emer Higgins', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment)'}
🏠 Housing View on lobbying.ie →
Family Carers Ireland
May–August
[Community] Social Protection and Family carers
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Mary Lou McDonald', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Pauline Tully', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Paul McAuliffe', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
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Family Carers Ireland
May–August
[Community] FCI State of Caring Survey
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Simon Harris', 'role': 'An Taoiseach (Department of the Taoiseach)'} {'name': 'Heather Humphreys', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Social Protection)'} {'name': 'Anne Rabbitte', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth)'} {'name': 'Peter Burke', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment)'}
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Family Carers Ireland
May–August
[Housing] Housing and Education issues for Carer
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Michael Fitzmaurice', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
📚 Education 🏢 Enterprise & Employment 🏠 Housing View on lobbying.ie →
Family Carers Ireland
September–December
[Community] Encourage DPO's to attend Hustings event re Carer issues held by FCI in advance of the General Election
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Stephen Donnelly', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Health)'} {'name': 'Simon Harris', 'role': 'An Taoiseach (Department of the Taoiseach)'} {'name': 'Edward Timmins', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Steven Matthews', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Joe Behan', 'role': 'Councillor (Wicklow County Council)'} {'name': "Paul O'Brien", 'role': 'Councillor (Wicklow County Council)'} + 59 more
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Family Carers Ireland
September–December
[Community] FCI Pre- Budget Submissions
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Email All Oireachtas Members', 'role': 'Clare Duffy email'} {'name': 'Gary Gannon', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Patrick Costello', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'James Browne', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'George Lawlor', 'role': 'Councillor (Wexford County Council)'} {'name': 'Verona Murphy', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 21 more
🏦 Finance & Banking View on lobbying.ie →
Family Carers Ireland
September–December
[Community] General Election
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Email All Councillors', 'role': 'Andrew Rooney mass email'} {'name': 'Verona Murphy', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Joe Cooney', 'role': 'Councillor (Clare County Council)'} {'name': 'Cathal Crowe', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Timmy Dooley', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Róisín Garvey', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} + 86 more
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Family Carers Ireland
September–December
[Community] Disabled Drivers and passenger scheme
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Robert Troy', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
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Family Carers Ireland
September–December
[Community] Housing adaptation Grant
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Vinny McCormack', 'role': 'Councillor (Westmeath County Council)'}
🏠 Housing View on lobbying.ie →
Family Carers Ireland
September–December
[Community] Seanad Elections 2025
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Cathal Crowe', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Joe Cooney', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Donna McGettigan', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': "William O'Leary", 'role': 'Councillor (Cork County Council)'} {'name': 'Úna McCarthy', 'role': 'Councillor (Cork County Council)'} {'name': 'Trish Murphy', 'role': 'Councillor (Cork County Council)'} + 126 more
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Family Carers Ireland
September–December
[Community] Individual Carer issues
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Michael Fitzmaurice', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Denis Naughten', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Martin Daly', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
📚 Education View on lobbying.ie →
Family Carers Ireland
September–December
[Children and Youth Affairs] Awareness of young carers needs in the community
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Caroline Winstanley', 'role': 'Councillor (Wicklow County Council)'} {'name': 'Aoife Flynn', 'role': 'Councillor (Wicklow County Council)'} {'name': 'Melanie Corrigan', 'role': 'Councillor (Wicklow County Council)'} {'name': 'Pat Kennedy', 'role': 'Councillor (Wicklow County Council)'} {'name': "Warren O'Toole", 'role': 'Councillor (Wicklow County Council)'} {'name': 'Michael Nicholson', 'role': 'Director of Services or Equivalent (Wicklow County Council)'}
🏥 Health 🏠 Housing View on lobbying.ie →
Family Carers Ireland
September–December
[Community] Funding for Changing Places toilet facility
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Caroline Winstanley', 'role': 'Councillor (Wicklow County Council)'}
🌍 Climate & Energy View on lobbying.ie →
Family Carers Ireland
September–December
[Housing] Differential Rent Scheme
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Donna McGettigan', 'role': 'Councillor (Clare County Council)'} {'name': 'Caroline Winstanley', 'role': 'Councillor (Wicklow County Council)'} {'name': 'Jennifer Whitmore', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': "Robert O'Donoghue", 'role': 'Councillor (Fingal County Council)'} {'name': 'Helen Uchechukwu Ogbu', 'role': 'Councillor (Galway City Council)'} {'name': 'John Dwyer', 'role': 'Councillor (Wexford County Council)'} + 32 more
🏠 Housing View on lobbying.ie →
Family Carers Ireland
September–December
[Social Protection] Social protection/ Social Welfare Bill
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Brendan Howlin', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Bríd Smith', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Catherine Ardagh', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Claire Kerrane', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Colm Burke', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Dara Calleary', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 22 more
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Family Carers Ireland
January–April
[Community] Issues pertinent to the Community and Voluntary organisation represented on the CV Pillar of Social Partnership
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Siobhán McArdle', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Health)'} {'name': 'Teresa Leonard', 'role': 'Deputy Secretary (Department of Social Protection)'}
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Family Carers Ireland
January–April
[Community] Pension improvement for long term family carers in relation to access to the State Pension Contributory
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Teresa Leonard', 'role': 'Deputy Secretary (Department of Social Protection)'}
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Family Carers Ireland
January–April
[Social Protection] Reform carers allowance
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Marian Harkin', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
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Family Carers Ireland
January–April
[Children and Youth Affairs] Issues affected young carers and young adult carers
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Event / Reception All Oireachtas Members', 'role': 'All members invited to attend an event'}
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Family Carers Ireland
January–April
[Community] Invitation to launch for Heart of Gold
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Marian Harkin', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Frank Feighan', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Martin Kenny', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Marc MacSharry', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Tom Fox', 'role': 'Councillor (Sligo County Council)'} {'name': 'Donal Gilroy', 'role': 'Councillor (Sligo County Council)'} + 2 more
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Family Carers Ireland
January–April
[Community] GDPR interaction with Assisted Decision-Making legislation
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Mary Seery Kearney', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'}
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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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