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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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ActionAid Ireland
September–December
[Foreign Affairs] Email sent to Urgently Appeal for Ireland to Co-Sponsor the UNGA Resolution on the ICJ Advisory Opinion on Israel’s Occupation
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Micheál Martin', 'role': 'Tánaiste and Minister (Department of Foreign Affairs)'}
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ActionAid Ireland
September–December
[Justice and Equality] Follow up to Roderic O Gorman regarding lone parent evictions in IPAS accomodation.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': "Roderic O'Gorman", 'role': 'Minister (Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth)'}
🏠 Housing ⚖️ Justice & Legal View on lobbying.ie →
ActionAid Ireland
September–December
[EU Affairs] Met along with a number of other civil society groups a number of MEPs where we highlighted the need to keep a central focus on womens rights.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Barry Andrews', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': 'Lynn Boylan', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': 'Kathleen Funchion', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': 'Cynthia Ní Mhurchú', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'}
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ActionAid Ireland
September–December
[Foreign Affairs] Sharing new ActionAid research with a number of DPOs which shows that Climate finance grants from the Global North for climate-hit countries are grossly insufficient to support climate action and the necessary transitions. Climate finance grants amount to just 1/20th of the Global South public finance going to fossil fuels and industrial agriculture.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Aidan Davitt', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Alan Farrell', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Alice-Mary Higgins', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Bernard Durkan', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Brian Leddin', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Cathal Berry', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 34 more
🌾 Agriculture 🌍 Climate & Energy 🏦 Finance & Banking View on lobbying.ie →
ActionAid Ireland
September–December
[EU Affairs] Participated in a European Movement CSO Roundtable Discussion with MEP Barry Andrews
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Barry Andrews', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'}
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ActionAid Ireland
September–December
[Foreign Affairs] Contacted all TDs and Senators regarding what Ireland can do for the people of Palestine.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Email All Oireachtas Members', 'role': ''}
🌍 Climate & Energy ⚖️ Justice & Legal View on lobbying.ie →
ActionAid Ireland
September–December
[Foreign Affairs] Wrote to the Irish delegation and foreign affairs committee ahead of the IMF and World Bank annual meetings regarding the detrimental impacts on poverty, human rights and women’s rights in particular, of the international financial institutions.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Jack Chambers', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Finance)'} {'name': 'Alice-Mary Higgins', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Brian Leddin', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Aidan Davitt', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Bernard Durkan', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Damien English', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 18 more
🏦 Finance & Banking View on lobbying.ie →
ActionAid Ireland
September–December
[Foreign Affairs] Sharing priorities for COP29 with minister and relevant committee - highlighting 4 key actions Ireland can take to show true climate leadership
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Eamon Ryan', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Environment, Climate and Communications)'} {'name': 'Alice-Mary Higgins', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Timmy Dooley', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Brian Leddin', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Richard Bruton', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': "Pauline O'Reilly", 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} + 7 more
🌍 Climate & Energy View on lobbying.ie →
ActionAid Ireland
September–December
[Foreign Affairs] Sharing our concern the impact of UNRWA closure on INGO activities
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Micheál Martin', 'role': 'Tánaiste and Minister (Department of Foreign Affairs)'}
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ActionAid Ireland
September–December
[EU Affairs] To ask Sentator Alice-Mary Higgins to join as a panelist for a public webinar on ' Towards a gender-responsive transposition of the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive',
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Alice-Mary Higgins', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'}
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ActionAid Ireland
September–December
[Foreign Affairs] Share with a number of Oireachtas members and MEPS - ActionAid's report on ' Towards a gender-responsive transposition of the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive', and invite to webinare on the same.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Email All MEPs', 'role': ''} {'name': 'Dara Calleary', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Emer Higgins', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'James Lawless', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Ossian Smyth', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Jennifer Carroll MacNeill', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 42 more
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ActionAid Ireland
September–December
[Foreign Affairs] Contacted party leaders and relevant spokespeople for Fine Gael, Fianna Fail, Social Democrats and Labour about the 4 key considerations for Programme for government.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Micheál Martin', 'role': 'Tánaiste and Minister (Department of Foreign Affairs)'} {'name': 'Jack Chambers', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': "Christopher O'Sullivan", 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Simon Harris', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Paschal Donohoe', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Helen McEntee', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 6 more
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ActionAid Ireland
September–December
[Foreign Affairs] Speaking at a press conference encouraging the government to support the Occupied Territories Bill.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Micheál Martin', 'role': 'Tánaiste and Minister (Department of Foreign Affairs)'} {'name': 'Simon Harris', 'role': 'An Taoiseach (Department of the Taoiseach)'} {'name': "Roderic O'Gorman", 'role': 'Minister (Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth)'}
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ActionAid Ireland
September–December
[Foreign Affairs] Speaking at an event encouraging the government to support the Occupied Territories Bill.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Micheál Martin', 'role': 'Tánaiste and Minister (Department of Foreign Affairs)'} {'name': 'Simon Harris', 'role': 'An Taoiseach (Department of the Taoiseach)'} {'name': "Roderic O'Gorman", 'role': 'Minister (Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth)'}
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ActionAid Ireland
September–December
[Foreign Affairs] To discuss COP and climate action with Minister Eamon Ryan as part of the Stop Climate Chaos delegation.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Eamon Ryan', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Environment, Climate and Communications)'}
🌍 Climate & Energy View on lobbying.ie →
ActionAid Ireland
January–April
[Environment] Letter to Minister for Foreign Affairs with recommendations related to negotiations on climate and energy diplomacy conclusions.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Micheál Martin', 'role': 'Tánaiste and Minister (Department of Foreign Affairs)'}
🌍 Climate & Energy ⚖️ Justice & Legal View on lobbying.ie →
ActionAid Ireland
January–April
[Environment] Emails to relevant policymakers detailing our recommendations to the government on negotiations on climate and energy diplomacy conclusions
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Jennifer Whitmore', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Alice-Mary Higgins', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Lynn Boylan', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'}
🌍 Climate & Energy ⚖️ Justice & Legal View on lobbying.ie →
ActionAid Ireland
January–April
[Foreign Affairs] Letter asking MEPs for support on key amendments to the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive in the European Parliament Committee vote.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': "Grace O'Sullivan", 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': 'Mick Wallace', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': 'Deirdre Clune', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': 'Billy Kelleher', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'}
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ActionAid Ireland
January–April
[Foreign Affairs] Emailed all members of the Foreign Affairs Committee and Gender Equality Committee regarding ActionAid's report with feminist insights into from the Ukraine humanitarian response.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Ivana Bacik', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Ciaran Cannon', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Sorca Clarke', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Réada Cronin', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Neasa Hourigan', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Bríd Smith', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 18 more
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ActionAid Ireland
January–April
[Foreign Affairs] Met with Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs with responsibility for International Development and Diaspora to discuss new Irish Aid funded programme.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Sean Fleming', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Foreign Affairs)'}
🌍 Climate & Energy View on lobbying.ie →
ActionAid Ireland
January–April
[Foreign Affairs] Meeting with the Minister for Foreign Affairs alongside other NGO colleagues.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Micheál Martin', 'role': 'Tánaiste and Minister (Department of Foreign Affairs)'}
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ActionAid Ireland
January–April
[Foreign Affairs] Emailed ActionAid's policy paper to relevant policymakers.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Bríd Smith', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Gary Gannon', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'David Stanton', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Brian Leddin', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Ivana Bacik', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Alice-Mary Higgins', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} + 2 more
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ActionAid Ireland
January–April
[Justice and Equality] Emails to Ivana Bacik TD inviting her to take part in an event centred around care.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Ivana Bacik', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
⚖️ Justice & Legal View on lobbying.ie →
ActionAid Ireland
May–August
[Justice and Equality] Emailed all TDs and Senators to invite them to a Human Rights Hearing on Care, which we held in conjunction with National Women's Council.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Email All Oireachtas Members', 'role': ''}
⚖️ Justice & Legal View on lobbying.ie →
ActionAid Ireland
May–August
[Foreign Affairs] Invitation to meet with Wangari Kinoti, ActionAid's Global Feminist Lead who was visiting Ireland from Kenya.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Bríd Smith', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'David Stanton', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Barry Cowen', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Matt Carthy', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Sorca Clarke', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
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ActionAid Ireland
May–August
[Foreign Affairs] Contacted Thomas Pringle ahead of launch of ActionAid climate report "How The Finance Flows"
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Thomas Pringle', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
🌍 Climate & Energy 🏦 Finance & Banking View on lobbying.ie →
ActionAid Ireland
May–August
[Foreign Affairs] Meeting with Sorca Clark, Matt Carthy and Reada Cronin
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Réada Cronin', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Matt Carthy', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Sorca Clarke', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
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ActionAid Ireland
May–August
[Foreign Affairs] Meeting with Michael Martin on the Occupied Palestinian Territories
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Micheál Martin', 'role': 'Tánaiste and Minister (Department of Foreign Affairs)'}
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ActionAid Ireland
May–August
[Foreign Affairs] Invitation to meet with Wangari Kinoti ActionAid's Global Feminist Lead who was visiting Ireland from Kenya, and discussion on ActionAid's work.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Alice-Mary Higgins', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'}
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ActionAid Ireland
May–August
[Foreign Affairs] Meeting with David Stanton, Karol Balfe, CEO of ActionAid Ireland Wangari Kinoti, ActionAid's Global Feminist Lead who was visiting Ireland from Kenya.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'David Stanton', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
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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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