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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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AONTAS
January–April
[Education and Training] Conversations by email and phone to Assistant Secretary General Dalton Tattan regarding mitigating educational disadvantage during the COVID-19 crisis
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Dalton Tattan', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Education and Skills)'}
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AONTAS
January–April
[Education and Training] Conversations by email and phone to Assistant Secretary General William Beausang regarding mitigating educational disadvantage during the COVID-19 crisis
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'William Beausang', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Education and Skills)'}
📚 Education View on lobbying.ie →
AONTAS
May–August
[Education and Training] AONTAS CEO contacted Deputy Kathleen Funchion on 6 May to seek her support in arguing against the creation of a Department of Higher Education as had been discussed publicly as part of gov't formation talks.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Kathleen Funchion', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
🌍 Climate & Energy 📚 Education View on lobbying.ie →
AONTAS
May–August
[Education and Training] AONTAS Advocacy Lead met via Zoom with an AONTAS member, and MEP Maria Walsh, to discuss funding challenges for non-accredited learning and personal development
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Maria Walsh', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'}
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AONTAS
May–August
[Education and Training] AONTAS CEO sent the publicly available AONTAS response to the Draft Programme for Government to Assistance Secretary General William Beausang in the Department of Education and Skills to outline AONTAS perspective on the draft document.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'William Beausang', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Education and Skills)'}
🌍 Climate & Energy 📚 Education View on lobbying.ie →
AONTAS
May–August
[Education and Training] Letter sent to the 13 Irish MEPs seeking their support for lobbying the European Commission to continue with the European Agenda for Adult Learning (EAAL) beyond 2021.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Barry Andrews', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': 'Ciarán Cuffe', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': 'Frances Fitzgerald', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': 'Clare Daly', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': 'Maria Walsh', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': 'Chris MacManus', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} + 7 more
📚 Education View on lobbying.ie →
Gaeloideachas
May–August
[Education and Training] Na gealltanais a thug na Fine Gael, Fianna Fáil agus An Comhaontas Glas maidir leis an nGaeilge agus an Ghaeltacht i rith an fheachtais toghchánaíochta
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Leo Varadkar', 'role': 'Taoiseach (Department of the Taoiseach)'} {'name': 'Micheál Martin', 'role': 'Taoiseach (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Eamon Ryan', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
📚 Education View on lobbying.ie →
AONTAS
May–August
[Education and Training] AONTAS CEO contacted named Deputy on 6 May to seek their support in arguing against the creation of a Department of Higher Education as had been discussed publicly as part of gov't formation talks.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Kathleen Funchion', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
🌍 Climate & Energy 📚 Education View on lobbying.ie →
AONTAS
May–August
[Education and Training] AONTAS CEO follow up with Gary Gannon TD cautioning against the potential inequalities which may result from the creation of a Department of Higher Education.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Gary Gannon', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
🌍 Climate & Energy 📚 Education View on lobbying.ie →
AONTAS
May–August
[Education and Training] Advocacy Lead met via Zoom with AONTAS member and MEP Maria Walsh to discuss funding challenges for non-accredited learning and personal development
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Maria Walsh', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'}
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AONTAS
May–August
[Education and Training] Letter sent to the 13 Irish MEPs seeking their support for lobbying the European Commission to continue with the European Agenda for Adult Learning (EAAL) beyond 2021.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Barry Andrews', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': 'Ciarán Cuffe', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': 'Frances Fitzgerald', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': 'Clare Daly', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': 'Maria Walsh', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': 'Luke Ming Flanagan', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} + 6 more
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AONTAS
May–August
[Education and Training] "CEO Niamh O'Reilly Met the Minister 2nd July with AONTAS Board member, Joy-Tendai Kangere. Focus on: community education, educational equality and racism in education. "
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Simon Harris', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Health)'}
📚 Education View on lobbying.ie →
AONTAS
May–August
[Education and Training] AONTAS CEO sent the publicly available AONTAS response to the Draft Programme for Government to Assistant Secretary General William Beausang in the Department of Education and Skills to outline AONTAS perspective on the draft document.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'William Beausang', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Education and Skills)'}
🌍 Climate & Energy 📚 Education View on lobbying.ie →
AONTAS
May–August
[Education and Training] Met Minister of State with AONTAS Chairperson 22nd July
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Simon Harris', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Health)'} {'name': 'Niall Collins', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Further and Higher Education, Innovation and Science)'}
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AONTAS
May–August
[Education and Training] AONTAS based on work of Mitigating Educational Disadvantage Group linked in with William Beausang
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'William Beausang', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Education and Skills)'}
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AONTAS
September–December
[Education and Training] Areas discussed in meeting covered educational equality across the island of Ireland, Network of Adult Learning Across Borders, community education, access to higher education.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Keith Moynes', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Further and Higher Education, Innovation and Science)'}
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AONTAS
January–April
[Education and Training] On 11/01/2019 AONTAS CEO Niamh O'Reilly sent a letter to Minister McHugh in order to introduce him to the full breadth of AONTAS' work since his appointment as Minister of Education in October 2018. In addition the letter invited the Minister to events that will be hosted by AONTAS during the Adult Learners' Festival week in March 2019 (STAR Awards and Policy Day), as well as the Community Education Network meeting in Dongeal held on 10 May 2019.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Joe McHugh', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Education and Skills)'}
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AONTAS
January–April
[Education and Training] Meeting on 27/02/2019 between CEO Niamh O'Reilly and Assistant Sec Gen William Beausang
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'William Beausang', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Education and Skills)'}
🌍 Climate & Energy 📚 Education View on lobbying.ie →
AONTAS
January–April
[Education and Training] On 11/01/2019 AONTAS CEO Niamh O'Reilly sent a letter to Minister of Foreign Affairs Simon Coveney to inform him of recent cross-border work being undertaken by AONTAS over the course of the past year.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Simon Coveney', 'role': 'Tánaiste and Minister (Department of Foreign Affairs)'}
📚 Education 🏢 Enterprise & Employment View on lobbying.ie →
AONTAS
January–April
[Education and Training] Letter sent to Minister of Education and Skills Joe McHugh to thank him for attending and giving a speech at the National Further Education and Training Learner Forum held at Croke Park on 9 April 2019
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Joe McHugh', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Education and Skills)'}
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AONTAS
January–April
[Education and Training] Email sent to Green Party Leader Eamon Ryan following his attendance and discussion at an event hosted by The Wheel, at which Advocacy Lead Ben Hendriksen was in attendance.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Eamon Ryan', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
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AONTAS
January–April
[Housing] Letter sent to 5 Dublin City Councillors for Ballymun requesting assistance for an adult learner who has advocated alongside AONTAS for increased and better resources for adult learners across Ireland.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Cathleen Boud', 'role': 'Councillor (Dublin City Council)'} {'name': 'Aine Clancy', 'role': 'Councillor (Dublin City Council)'} {'name': 'Norma Sammon', 'role': 'Councillor (Dublin City Council)'} {'name': 'Paul McAuliffe', 'role': 'Councillor (Dublin City Council)'} {'name': 'Noeleen Reilly', 'role': 'Councillor (Dublin City Council)'}
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AONTAS
January–April
[Education and Training] Letter sent to Secretary General of the Department of Rural and Community Development, Kevin McCarthy inviting him to attend the AONTAS Policy Day as part of the 2019 Adult Learners' Festival. This letter was followed up by his attendance at the event, which was in turn followed up by a letter thanking him for attending, participating in discussions, and hearing about the important impact that community education has on the lives of women in Ireland.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Kevin McCarthy', 'role': 'Secretary General (Department of Rural and Community Development)'}
🌍 Climate & Energy 📚 Education View on lobbying.ie →
AONTAS
May–August
[Education and Training] As a follow-up to the European elections a letter was sent to all new MEPs congratulating them on their election and seeking a meeting at their leisure in either Dublin or Brussels with myself and/or Secretary General of the European Association for the Education of Adults (EAEA), an organisation of which AONTAS is a member.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Ciarán Cuffe', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': 'Clare Daly', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': 'Frances Fitzgerald', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': 'Matt Carthy', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': 'Luke "Ming" Flanagan', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': 'Mairead McGuinness', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} + 5 more
📚 Education View on lobbying.ie →
AONTAS
May–August
[Education and Training] As part of the elections for European Parliament an email was sent to all candidates for which an email was available asking for their viewpoints on issues regarding adult and community education policy development and support.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Lynn Boylan', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': 'Ciaran Cuffe', 'role': 'Councillor (Dublin City Council)'} {'name': 'Clare Daly', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Gary Gannon', 'role': 'Councillor (Dublin City Council)'} {'name': 'Alice-Mary Higgins', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Éilis Ryan', 'role': 'Councillor (Dublin City Council)'} + 12 more
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AONTAS
May–August
[Education and Training] Letter sent to the members of the Joint Committee on Education and Skills present at the 18/06/2019 Joint Committee Meeting. The letter thanked them for their support of the not-for-profit community education sector. An additional email sent to Senator Ruane who was not at the Joint Committee but who was supportive of AONTAS' position when the Bill was presented to the Seanad in November 2018
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Lynn Ruane', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Kathleen Funchion', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': "Fiona O'Loughlin", 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Thomas Byrne', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': "Jan O'Sullivan", 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Paul Gavan', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} + 1 more
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AONTAS
May–August
[Education and Training] A letter and the AONTAS Pre-Budget Submission was sent to Minister of Education, Minister of Finance, and Ministers of State for Training, and Higher Education, as well as to all members of the Joint Committees of Education and Skills, and Finance and Public Expenditure and Reform and the Taoiseach
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Joe McHugh', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Education and Skills)'} {'name': 'Paschal Donohoe', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Finance)'} {'name': 'Mary Mitchell O’Connor', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Education and Skills)'} {'name': 'John Halligan', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Education and Skills)'} {'name': 'Thomas Byrne', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 20 more
📚 Education 🏦 Finance & Banking View on lobbying.ie →
AONTAS
May–August
[Education and Training] Emails to new Sinn Fein Spokesperson for Education and Skills Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
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AONTAS
May–August
[Education and Training] Email to Members of the Joint Committee on Education and Skills requesting them to reinstate the Rehabilitive Training Allowancee
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Thomas Byrne', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Catherine Martin', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Tony McLoughlin', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Hildegarde Naughton', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': "Fiona O'Loughlin", 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 5 more
📚 Education 🏥 Health View on lobbying.ie →
Irish Wheelchair Association (IWA)
September–December
[Health] Wrote a letter to Minister Harris along with Rehab, CRC, Aontas, DFI, Inclusion Ireland to again ask him to reverse his decision to cut the rehabilitative training allowance
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Simon Harris', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Health)'}
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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.
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