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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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Ibec
January–April
[Economic Development and Industry] Cost of doing business impact assessment
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Gary Tobin', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment)'}
🏢 Enterprise & Employment View on lobbying.ie →
Ibec
January–April
[Energy and Natural Resources] All island energy and climate policy
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Gary Tobin', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment)'} {'name': 'Émer Deane', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of the Taoiseach)'}
🌍 Climate & Energy View on lobbying.ie →
Ibec
January–April
[Education and Training] Meeting to discuss future of National Training Fund
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'William Beausang', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Further and Higher Education, Innovation and Science)'}
📚 Education View on lobbying.ie →
Ibec
January–April
[Employment] Adequate Minimum Wage Directive
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Dermot Mulligan', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment)'}
🏢 Enterprise & Employment View on lobbying.ie →
Ibec
January–April
[Economic Development and Industry] Labour market concerns
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Leo Varadkar', 'role': 'Taoiseach (Department of the Taoiseach)'} {'name': 'Micheál Martin', 'role': 'Tánaiste and Minister (Department of Foreign Affairs)'} {'name': 'Eamon Ryan', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Transport)'} {'name': 'Paschal Donohoe', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform)'} {'name': 'Michael McGrath', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Finance)'} {'name': 'Simon Coveney', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment)'} + 5 more
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Ibec
January–April
[Economic Development and Industry] Labour Court enquiry
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Declan Hughes', 'role': 'Secretary General (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment)'}
⚖️ Justice & Legal View on lobbying.ie →
Ibec
January–April
[Employment] Labour Employer Economic Forum
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Eamon Ryan', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Transport)'} {'name': 'Dara Calleary', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment)'} {'name': 'Micheál Martin', 'role': 'Tánaiste and Minister (Department of Foreign Affairs)'} {'name': 'Declan Hughes', 'role': 'Secretary General (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment)'} {'name': 'Brian Murphy', 'role': 'Chief of Staff (Department of the Taoiseach)'} {'name': 'Colin Menton', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform)'} + 7 more
🏢 Enterprise & Employment View on lobbying.ie →
Ibec
January–April
[Taxation] PRSI reform
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Simon Harris', 'role': 'An Taoiseach (Department of the Taoiseach)'} {'name': 'Micheál Martin', 'role': 'Tánaiste and Minister (Department of Foreign Affairs)'} {'name': 'Eamon Ryan', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Environment, Climate and Communications)'} {'name': 'Peter Burke', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment)'} {'name': 'Michael McGrath', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Finance)'} {'name': 'Heather Humphreys', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Social Protection)'}
🏦 Finance & Banking View on lobbying.ie →
Ibec
January–April
[Economic Development and Industry] Ibec priorities for Department of Foreign Affairs and Defence
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Micheál Martin', 'role': 'Tánaiste and Minister (Department of Foreign Affairs)'}
🌍 Climate & Energy View on lobbying.ie →
Ibec
January–April
[Economic Development and Industry] Ibec priorities for Department of Environment, Climate and Communications
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Eamon Ryan', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Environment, Climate and Communications)'}
🌍 Climate & Energy 🏠 Housing View on lobbying.ie →
Ibec
January–April
[Economic Development and Industry] Ibec priorities for Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': "Roderic O'Gorman", 'role': 'Minister (Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth)'}
🌍 Climate & Energy 🏢 Enterprise & Employment 🏥 Health View on lobbying.ie →
Ibec
January–April
[Economic Development and Industry] Ibec priorities for Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': "Darragh O'Brien", 'role': 'Minister (Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)'}
🌍 Climate & Energy 🏠 Housing View on lobbying.ie →
Ibec
January–April
[Economic Development and Industry] Ibec priorities for Department of Justice
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Helen McEntee', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Justice)'}
🌍 Climate & Energy ⚖️ Justice & Legal View on lobbying.ie →
Ibec
January–April
[Economic Development and Industry] Ibec priorities for Department of Social Protection and Rural and Community Development
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Heather Humphreys', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Social Protection)'}
🌍 Climate & Energy View on lobbying.ie →
Ibec
January–April
[Economic Development and Industry] Ibec priorities for Department of Transport
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Eamon Ryan', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Transport)'}
🌍 Climate & Energy 🏦 Finance & Banking View on lobbying.ie →
Ibec
January–April
[Economic Development and Industry] Ibec priorities for Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Peter Burke', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment)'}
🌍 Climate & Energy 🏢 Enterprise & Employment View on lobbying.ie →
Ibec
January–April
[Economic Development and Industry] Technology Ireland's participation in a roundtable on Framework on online electoral process information, political advertising and deceptive AI content
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': "Darragh O'Brien", 'role': 'Minister (Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)'} {'name': 'Malcolm Noonan', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)'} {'name': 'Kevin Dillon', 'role': 'Special Adviser (Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)'} {'name': 'Ciara Shaughnessy', 'role': 'Special Adviser (Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)'}
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Ibec
January–April
[Employment] Code of Practice on Remote and Flexible Working
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Anna Perry', 'role': 'Acting Director of Service (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment)'}
🏢 Enterprise & Employment View on lobbying.ie →
Ibec
January–April
[Economic Development and Industry] Briefing event covering a range of topics including care referendum and future economic outlook
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Michael Healy-Rae', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Cathal Berry', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Colm Burke', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Cormac Devlin', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Danny Healy-Rae', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'David Stanton', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 4 more
⚖️ Justice & Legal View on lobbying.ie →
Ibec
May–August
[Environment] Discussion on Deposit Return Scheme and related policies
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Ossian Smyth', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Environment, Climate and Communications)'}
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Ibec
May–August
[Budgetary matters] Pre-Budget 2025 Submission
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Michael McGrath', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Public Expenditure and Reform)'} {'name': "Darragh O'Brien", 'role': 'Minister (Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)'} {'name': 'Paschal Donohoe', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform)'} {'name': 'Aidan Davitt', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Alice-Mary Higgins', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Marie Sherlock', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} + 24 more
🏦 Finance & Banking View on lobbying.ie →
Ibec
May–August
[Budgetary matters] Email on specific asks for Budget 2025 around low carbon capital allowances and a Carbon Contracts for Difference Scheme for Ireland.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Róisín Garvey', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'}
🌍 Climate & Energy 🏦 Finance & Banking View on lobbying.ie →
Ibec
May–August
[Justice and Equality] Ensure awareness of Ibec's priorities on equality related strategies
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Carol Baxter', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth)'}
⚖️ Justice & Legal View on lobbying.ie →
Ibec
May–August
[Education and Training] Ibec views on methods to unlock the National Training Fund (NTF
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Patricia Ryan', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Maurice Quinlivan', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Robbie Gallagher', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'David Stanton', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Róisín Garvey', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Marian Harkin', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 3 more
📚 Education 🏦 Finance & Banking View on lobbying.ie →
Ibec
May–August
[Environment] Interoperability of DRS in Ireland and Northern Ireland
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Émer Deane', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of the Taoiseach)'}
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Ibec
May–August
[Housing] Property Industry Ireland's Pre-Budget Submission
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Kevin Dillon', 'role': 'Special Adviser (Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)'}
🏦 Finance & Banking 🏠 Housing View on lobbying.ie →
Ibec
May–August
[Housing] Attendance at PII Annual Conference
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': "Darragh O'Brien", 'role': 'Minister (Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)'} {'name': 'John Shaw', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of the Taoiseach)'} {'name': 'Kevin Dillon', 'role': 'Special Adviser (Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)'}
🏠 Housing View on lobbying.ie →
Ibec
May–August
[Housing] Propose the preparation of Development Plans, SDZ and UDZ masterplans in 3D format
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': "Darragh O'Brien", 'role': 'Minister (Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)'}
🌍 Climate & Energy 🏠 Housing View on lobbying.ie →
Ibec
May–August
[Employment] Launch of EU Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) toolkit
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Dara Calleary', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment)'}
🏢 Enterprise & Employment View on lobbying.ie →
Ibec
May–August
[Energy and Natural Resources] National Policy Priorities of the Food and Drink Sector 2024
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Jackie Cahill', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
🌾 Agriculture 🌍 Climate & Energy 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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