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Teneo Strategy Ireland Limited

on behalf of Yes (client not named)

January–April

[Energy and Natural Resources] To secure support in principle for the Kestrel project and for geological energy storage as a component of Ireland’s future energy system; to advance consideration of appropriate policy, regulatory and market frameworks for strategic gas and hydrogen storage; to support recognition of the project’s role in enhancing energy security and enabling the energy transition; and to facilitate ongoing engagement with relevant stakeholders regarding the development and deliv

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Timmy Dooley', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Climate, Energy and the Environment)'} {'name': 'Tom Tynan', 'role': 'Special Adviser (Department of Climate, Energy and the Environment)'} {'name': 'Joanne Lonergan', 'role': 'Programme Manager - Tánaiste (Department of the Taoiseach)'} {'name': 'Kieran McQuinn', 'role': 'Special Advisor to the Taoiseach (Department of the Taoiseach)'}

Society of St. Vincent de Paul

January–April

[Education and Training] The reality of the burden of education costs to families and the impact of educational disadvantage

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Cliodhna O’Neill', 'role': 'Acting Assistant Secretary (Department of Education)'} {'name': 'Hildegarde Naughton', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Education)'}

Irish Hospital Consultants Association

January–April

[Health] Engagement on the delivery of public health services

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Robert Watt', 'role': 'Secretary General (Department of Health)'} {'name': 'Sandra Broderick', 'role': 'Regional Executive Officer (Health Service Executive)'} {'name': 'Martina Queally', 'role': 'Regional Executive Officer (Health Service Executive)'} {'name': 'James Lawless', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science)'}

Irish Hospital Consultants Association

January–April

[Health] Engagement with HSE Working Group on Clinical Director and Clinical Lead roles.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Dr Colm Henry', 'role': 'Chief Clinical Officer (Health Service Executive)'}

Sage Advocacy

January–April

[Housing] Relating to systemic advocacy in the area of housing for survivors of industrial and reformatory schools

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Fiona Fallon', 'role': 'Director of Services or Equivalent (Meath County Council)'} {'name': 'Lynda McGavigan', 'role': 'Acting Director of Service (Cavan County Council)'} {'name': 'Elaine Leech', 'role': 'Acting Director of Service (South Dublin County Council)'} {'name': 'Patsy Lafferty', 'role': 'Director of Services or Equivalent (Donegal County Council)'} {'name': "Niamh O'Sullivan", 'role': 'Director of Services or Equivalent (Kerry County Council)'}

Irish Men's Sheds Association

January–April

[Health] Advocate on behalf of Men's Sheds and increase awareness of their importance within social & Community health. Also lobby for the introduction of a grant for start up sheds to pay for the cost of service connections eg water , electricity, sewage etc

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': "Jennifer Murnane O'Connor", 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Health)'}

ESB

January–April

[Energy and Natural Resources] A number of engagements with DPOs in relation to potential Government measures to support households, outlining the importance to maintain a focus on electrification objectives. In particular, suggestion was made that such supports could be directed at reducing electricity costs, rather than lowering the cost of higher carbon-emitting fossil fuels.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Pauric McPhillips', 'role': 'Special Advisor to the Tanaiste (Department of the Taoiseach)'} {'name': 'Sam Griffin', 'role': 'Special Advisor (Department of Public Expenditure and Reform)'} {'name': 'John Shaw', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of the Taoiseach)'} {'name': 'Dara Calleary', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Social Protection)'}

Hume Brophy

January–April

[Economic Development and Industry] Engagement with Martin Lydon to provide an update on the progress and timelines for the Sazerac Distillery project in Ireland.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Martin Lydon', 'role': 'CEO (Sligo County Council)'}

Hume Brophy

on behalf of Yes (client not named)

January–April

[Economic Development and Industry] Engagement with officials to invite them to participate in the IWA away day and to provide an overview of Sazerac's business and enterprise activities in Ireland.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Frank Feighan', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Nina Carberry', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'}

ESB

January–April

[Energy and Natural Resources] Engagement on the General Scheme of the proposed Private Wires legislation to provide technical input on the draft provisions, including their potential impact on electricity network planning, operation and funding, and to inform the development of definitions and structural arrangements within the proposed framework.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Paul Bolger', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Climate, Energy and the Environment)'} {'name': "Darragh O'Brien", 'role': 'Minister (Department of Climate, Energy and the Environment)'} {'name': 'Malcolm Byrne', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Malcolm Noonan', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'John Clendennen', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Ciarán Ahern', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 6 more

FuturEnergy Ireland Holdings DAC

January–April

[Energy and Natural Resources] Wasted energy in Ireland and role of long-duration storage (LDES) as a possible solution.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Sean Kelly', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'}

FIL Investment Management (Ireland) Limited

May–August

[Finance] Saving and Investment Accounts, upcoming Irish presidency of the EU Council

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Michael J. McGrath', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Finance)'}

Credit Union Managers Association

January–April

[Banking and Financial Institutions] Credit Union Sectoral Strategy

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Robert Troy', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment)'} {'name': 'Robert Troy', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Finance)'}

Fórsa trade union

January–April

[Justice and Equality] Kevin Callinan, Fórsa General Secretary wrote to Jim O'Callaghan, Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration seeking engagement with government to seek changes to the current statutory timeframes for separation and divorce.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': "Jim O'Callaghan", 'role': 'Minister (Department of Justice)'}

Fórsa trade union

January–April

[Justice and Equality] Kevin Callinan, Fórsa General Secretary, wrote to Jim O'Callaghan, Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration seeking engagement with government to seek changes to implement legislation to ensure automatic access to civil legal aid for those accessing divorce where there has been a safety order, protection order, or coercive control within the marriage or separation.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': "Jim O'Callaghan", 'role': 'Minister (Department of Justice)'}

Safetynet Primary Care

January–April

[Health] Safetynet Primary Care engaged members of the Oireachtas during passage of the International Protection Bill 2026, advocating for healthcare amendments. As the only healthcare provider to give evidence at pre-legislative scrutiny, Safetynet sought to restore provisions unanimously adopted by the Joint Committee on Justice, Home Affairs and Migration but omitted from the published Bill, covering consent, deportation, accommodation transfers, detention, and medico-legal assessment.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': "Jim O'Callaghan", 'role': 'Minister (Department of Justice)'} {'name': 'Gary Gannon', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Michael McDowell', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Robbie Gallagher', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Garret Kelleher', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Anne Rabbitte', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} + 2 more

Wastemanass Ltd

May–August

[Development and Zoning] We lobbied for the Office of the Planning Regulator to ensure that all new County Development Plans provide adequate zoning for new waste management infrastructure.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Niall Cussen', 'role': 'Planning Regulator (Office of the Planning Regulator)'}

Electricity Association of Ireland (EAI)

May–August

[Energy and Natural Resources] that any chage to the carcon tax is communicated in a timely manner for energy suppliers

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Clare Costello', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Finance)'}

Etsy Ireland UC

May–August

[Economic Development and Industry] Discussed Etsy’s work and seller community in Ireland, including the contribution of microbusinesses to Ireland’s SME and export ecosystem, and potential engagement linked to Ireland’s upcoming EU Council Presidency.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Ross Church', 'role': 'Special Advisor (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment)'}

Childhood Cancer Foundation

May–August

[Heritage] To ask for an update on the progression of the new National Cancer Strategy and stress the need for the inclusion of CAYA cancer an the involvement of those with lived experience.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Martin Daly', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Irish Platform for Patients' Organisations, Science and Industry

May–August

[Health] Access to medicines - IPPOSI introduced new Policy and Advocacy Manager, thanked Deputy O'Sullivan for his work on access to medicines, and outlined plans to convene a working group to feed into government commitments on timely and equitable access to medicines including an early access scheme.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': "Pádraig O'Sullivan", 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

The Cottage Home child and Family Service

January–April

[Children and Youth Affairs] Met with Norma Foley to discuss the Care sector and lack of funding for the Voluntary sector.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Norma Foley', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth)'}

Digital Currencies Governance Group (DCGG)

on behalf of Yes (client not named)

May–August

[EU Affairs] EU Market Integration & Supervision Package proposal

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Mícheál O’Keeffe', 'role': 'Director (Central Bank of Ireland)'}

The Investment Association

May–August

[Banking and Financial Institutions] Retail Investment and Market Integration and Supervision package

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Mícheál O’Keeffe', 'role': 'Director (Central Bank of Ireland)'} {'name': 'Colm Kincaid', 'role': 'Director (Central Bank of Ireland)'}

Sign Language Interpreting Service

May–August

[Social Protection] 1. 3rd of June 2026 Letter to Dara Calleary TD Minister for Social Protection, Request for additional budget for 2026 ISL Voucher scheme. Request for meeting. 2. 24th June 2026 Letter to Dara Calleary TD Minister for Social Protection, to promote equality and inclusion and continue redress of the systematic exclusion of Ireland’s Deaf community. Request for meeting on same.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Dara Calleary', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Social Protection)'}

The Association of Farm & Forestry Contractors in Ireland (FCI) Ltd

May–August

[Agriculture] Re Proposal to host an offical irish Presidency Engagement between FCI, CEETTAR and EU Commissioner chritophe Hansen

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Email All TDs', 'role': 'Re Proposal to host an offical irish Presidency Engagement between FCI, CEETTAR and EU Commissioner chritophe Hansen'} {'name': 'Martin Heydon', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'} {'name': 'Brian Purcell', 'role': 'Adviser to Minister (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'} {'name': 'Barry Cassidy', 'role': 'Special Adviser (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'} {'name': 'Niall Collins', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'}

Engineers Ireland

May–August

[Energy and Natural Resources] Letter to encourage support for the passage of the Electricity Regulation (Amendment) Bill 2026

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Micheál Martin', 'role': 'Taoiseach (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Malcolm Byrne', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Jack Chambers', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform)'} {'name': 'James Lawless', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science)'} {'name': "Darragh O'Brien", 'role': 'Minister (Department of Climate, Energy and the Environment)'} {'name': "James O'Connor", 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

County Carlow Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Tourism CLG

May–August

[Economic Development and Industry] Meeting ton discuss investment and developments in Bagenalstown

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': "Coilin O'Reilly", 'role': 'Chief Executive Officer (Carlow County Council)'} {'name': "Jennifer Murnane O'Connor", 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Health)'}

UNICEF Ireland

May–August

[Foreign Affairs] Engagement with Government on Ireland and the EU's role in protecting children affected by conflict and humanitarian crises, including humanitarian priorities during Ireland's Presidency of the Council of the EU.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Simon Harris', 'role': 'Tánaiste and Minister (Department of Foreign Affairs)'}

Drogheda & District Chamber

May–August

[Economic Development and Industry] Ministerial engagement on Drogheda Port’s proposed Bremore development and regional infrastructure investment

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Jack Chambers', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Finance)'}

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