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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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Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers Association
May–August
[Agriculture] TB Eradication Programme
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Martin Heydon', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'} {'name': 'Michael Healy-Rae', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'} {'name': 'Noel Grealish', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'}
🌾 Agriculture View on lobbying.ie →
Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers Association
May–August
[Agriculture] TB Eradication Programme compensation caps:
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Email All Oireachtas Members', 'role': ''} {'name': 'Martin Heydon', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'}
🌾 Agriculture View on lobbying.ie →
Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers Association
May–August
[Agriculture] Beef Welfare Scheme
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Martin Heydon', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'}
🌾 Agriculture View on lobbying.ie →
Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers Association
May–August
[Agriculture] Budget 2026
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Email All Oireachtas Members', 'role': ''} {'name': 'Martin Heydon', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'}
🌾 Agriculture 🏦 Finance & Banking View on lobbying.ie →
Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers Association
May–August
[Agriculture] Ireland risks meeting climate targets at the expense of farmers, rural communities, and food security. Policies ignore farm carbon sequestration, overfocus on agricultural emissions, and create competing pressures from energy and land-use demands.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Email All Oireachtas Members', 'role': ''} {'name': 'Martin Heydon', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'} {'name': 'Noel Grealish', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'}
🌾 Agriculture 🌍 Climate & Energy View on lobbying.ie →
Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers Association
May–August
[Agriculture] Key farm tax reliefs, including Young Trained Farmer, Agricultural Relief (CAT), Farm Consolidation, CGT, and Accelerated Capital Allowances, are under review. These reliefs support generational renewal, farm succession, investment, and environmental compliance. Many face expiry in 2025, and they align with national goals on climate, biodiversity, and sustainable farming.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Email All Oireachtas Members', 'role': ''} {'name': 'Paschal Donohoe', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Finance)'}
🌾 Agriculture 🌍 Climate & Energy 🏦 Finance & Banking View on lobbying.ie →
Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers Association
May–August
[Agriculture] Storm Éowyn damage: Over 26,000 ha of forestry flattened, with ~50% privately owned, impacting farmers who planted trees as diversification.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Email All Oireachtas Members', 'role': ''} {'name': 'Michael Healy-Rae', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'}
🌾 Agriculture View on lobbying.ie →
Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers Association
May–August
[Agriculture] Forestry recovery challenges: Landowners face financial/logistical issues, lack of timber sales experience, and complex regulations. State support needs: Urgent call for reconstitution grants and protections against market exploitation. Farmer-friendly forestry schemes: Promotion of Native Tree Area (NTA) and Agroforestry schemes, with enhanced grant aid and extended payment structures to ensure economic viability.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Email All Oireachtas Members', 'role': ''} {'name': 'Michael Healy-Rae', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'}
🌾 Agriculture 🌍 Climate & Energy View on lobbying.ie →
Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers Association
May–August
[Agriculture] arm safety: Need for broader TAMS funding access to support safety upgrades, especially for older or low-income farmers.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Email All Oireachtas Members', 'role': ''} {'name': 'Michael Healy-Rae', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'}
🌾 Agriculture View on lobbying.ie →
Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers Association
May–August
[Agriculture] GAEC 2 Uncertainty and Farmer Protections
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Email All Oireachtas Members', 'role': ''} {'name': 'Martin Heydon', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'}
🌾 Agriculture 🌍 Climate & Energy View on lobbying.ie →
Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers Association
May–August
[Agriculture] Opposition to mandatory rewetting
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Michael Fitzmaurice', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Ciaran Mullooly', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': 'Paraic Brady', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Victor Boyhan', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'}
🌾 Agriculture View on lobbying.ie →
Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers Association
May–August
[Agriculture] Women in Agriculture
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Catherine Connolly', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Noel Grealish', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'} {'name': 'Martin Heydon', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'} {'name': 'Michael Fitzmaurice', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
🌾 Agriculture View on lobbying.ie →
Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers Association
May–August
[Agriculture] Farmer well-being and mental health advocacy
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Martin Heydon', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'} {'name': 'Michael Healy-Rae', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'} {'name': 'Noel Grealish', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'} {'name': 'Catherine Connolly', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Michael Fitzmaurice', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Ciaran Mullooly', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} + 1 more
🌾 Agriculture 🏥 Health View on lobbying.ie →
Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers Association
May–August
[EU Affairs] ICSA on the future of the Common Agricultural Policy beyond 2027.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Email All MEPs', 'role': ''} {'name': 'Billy Kelleher', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': 'Maria Walsh', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': 'Luke Ming Flanagan', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': 'Barry Cowen', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': 'Kathleen Funchion', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} + 6 more
🌾 Agriculture 🏦 Finance & Banking View on lobbying.ie →
Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers Association
May–August
[Agriculture] Agricultural Markets and Trade: Protection of Irish sheep farmers from market disruption caused by increased New Zealand lamb imports
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Email All MEPs', 'role': ''} {'name': 'Email All Oireachtas Members', 'role': ''} {'name': 'Martin Heydon', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'} {'name': 'Billy Kelleher', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': 'Maria Walsh', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': 'Luke Ming Flanagan', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} + 1 more
🌾 Agriculture View on lobbying.ie →
Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers Association
May–August
[Agriculture] Dog Control
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Aindrias Moynihan', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'William Aird', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': "Peter 'Chap' Cleere", 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Joe Cooney', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Michael Fitzmaurice', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Danny Healy-Rae', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 8 more
🌾 Agriculture View on lobbying.ie →
Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers Association
September–December
[Agriculture] Livestock slaughtering statistics, indicate a significant reduction in cattle and sheep throughput
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Email All Oireachtas Members', 'role': ''} {'name': 'Martin Heydon', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'}
🌾 Agriculture 🏠 Housing View on lobbying.ie →
Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers Association
September–December
[Agriculture] Destruction of farmer livelihoods, democratic accountability, and environmental integrity, the Mercosur Trade deal undermines EU climate commitments and food safety standards by allowing imports produced under lower environmental and animal welfare rules.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Email All Oireachtas Members', 'role': ''} {'name': 'Martin Heydon', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'} {'name': 'Simon Harris', 'role': 'Tánaiste and Minister (Department of Foreign Affairs)'}
🌾 Agriculture 🌍 Climate & Energy View on lobbying.ie →
Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers Association
September–December
[Agriculture] TB Compensation
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Email All Oireachtas Members', 'role': ''} {'name': 'Martin Heydon', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'}
🌾 Agriculture View on lobbying.ie →
Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers Association
September–December
[Agriculture] EU Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) Funding Cut
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Email All Oireachtas Members', 'role': ''} {'name': 'Martin Heydon', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'}
🌾 Agriculture 🏦 Finance & Banking View on lobbying.ie →
Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers Association
September–December
[Agriculture] Failure to reopen the Organics Scheme for beef & sheep farmers.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Email All Oireachtas Members', 'role': ''} {'name': 'Martin Heydon', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'}
🌾 Agriculture View on lobbying.ie →
Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers Association
September–December
[Agriculture] Retention of existing payments under the National Beef and Sheep Welfare Schemes, with calls for higher rates.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Email All Oireachtas Members', 'role': ''} {'name': 'Martin Heydon', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'}
🌾 Agriculture View on lobbying.ie →
Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers Association
September–December
[Agriculture] Support for agri-taxation reliefs and measures to promote farm succession and generational renewal.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Email All Oireachtas Members', 'role': ''} {'name': 'Martin Heydon', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'}
🌾 Agriculture 🏢 Enterprise & Employment 🏦 Finance & Banking View on lobbying.ie →
Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers Association
September–December
[Agriculture] Impact of Dawn Meats’ acquisition of a controlling stake in New Zealand’s Alliance Group on Irish sheep farmers.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Email All Oireachtas Members', 'role': ''} {'name': 'Martin Heydon', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'}
🌾 Agriculture 🏢 Enterprise & Employment View on lobbying.ie →
Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers Association
September–December
[Agriculture] Opposition to Mercosur trade deal and ineffective EU safeguards for farmers.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Email All Oireachtas Members', 'role': ''} {'name': 'Martin Heydon', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'} {'name': 'Jack Chambers', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Helen McEntee', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Paul Lawless', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Simon Harris', 'role': 'Tánaiste and Minister (Department of Foreign Affairs)'} + 12 more
🌾 Agriculture View on lobbying.ie →
Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers Association
September–December
[Agriculture] Support for women in Irish farming and farm succession.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Martin Heydon', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'} {'name': 'Jack Chambers', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Paul Lawless', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Simon Harris', 'role': 'Tánaiste and Minister (Department of Foreign Affairs)'} {'name': 'Aindrias Moynihan', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Matt Carthy', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 3 more
🌾 Agriculture View on lobbying.ie →
Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers Association
September–December
[Agriculture] ICSA Life Focus initiative to support farmer wellbeing and mental health
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Martin Heydon', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'} {'name': 'Jack Chambers', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Helen McEntee', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Paul Lawless', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Simon Harris', 'role': 'Tánaiste and Minister (Department of Foreign Affairs)'} {'name': 'Aindrias Moynihan', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 10 more
🌾 Agriculture 🏥 Health View on lobbying.ie →
Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers Association
September–December
[Agriculture] Genetically modified (GM) grain policy: ICSA highlighted concerns regarding potential impacts of GM grain cultivation on coexistence, traceability, and cross-pollination risks. The organisation also noted the value of Ireland’s GM-free status in supporting farm incomes and meeting consumer and market preferences, and called for a precautionary, science-based approach to any future policy changes.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Martin Heydon', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'} {'name': 'Jack Chambers', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Helen McEntee', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Paul Lawless', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Aindrias Moynihan', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Matt Carthy', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 2 more
🌾 Agriculture View on lobbying.ie →
Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers Association
September–December
[Agriculture] Nitrates Directive, Nitrates Derogation, and related environmental compliance requirements.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Martin Heydon', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'} {'name': 'Aindrias Moynihan', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Michael Fitzmaurice', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Carol Nolan', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': "Patrick O'Donovan", 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Matt Carthy', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 1 more
🌾 Agriculture 🌍 Climate & Energy View on lobbying.ie →
Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers Association
September–December
[Agriculture] Animal health regulations; prescription-only status of antiparasitic veterinary medicines; National Veterinary Prescription System (NVPS).
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Martin Heydon', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'}
🌾 Agriculture 🏥 Health 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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