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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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Registered Lobbyists
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Cavanagh Communications
on behalf of Yes (client not named)
September–December
[Health] 25/11/2020 – Association of Optometrists Ireland: Issue of news release ‘New Optometrists’ President says priority is to reduce waiting times for Cataract treatment’ issued to all TDs and Senators.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Email All Oireachtas Members', 'role': 'News release emailed to all Oireachtas members as an FYI.'}
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Association of Optometrists Ireland
September–December
[Health] 1/9/20 – AOI sent an email and letter to Health Minister, Stephen Donnelly – to mark start of new Dáil term – detailing AOI's ‘top six issues’ and requesting meeting.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Letter All TDs', 'role': "Briefing communication re 'eye-care policy issues' posted to all TDs."} {'name': 'Stephen Donnelly', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Health)'}
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Association of Optometrists Ireland
September–December
[Health] 8/10/20 – AOI sent an email and letter to Fine Gael Health Spokesperson Colm Burke regarding cataracts services in the South West, and requesting meeting.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Letter All TDs', 'role': "Briefing communication re 'eye-care policy issues' posted to all TDs."} {'name': 'Colm Burke', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
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Association of Optometrists Ireland
September–December
[Health] 20/10/20 – AOI sent an email and letter Minister for Health (and Paul Reid, HSE CEO) re frustration with lack of clarity on ‘essential services’ under level 5 of restrictions.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Letter All TDs', 'role': "Briefing communication re 'eye-care policy issues' posted to all TDs."} {'name': 'Stephen Donnelly', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Health)'}
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Association of Optometrists Ireland
September–December
[Health] 6/10/20 – AOI sent an email and letter to Letter to the Minister for Health and copied to the HSE for clarification on level 4 & 5 Covid-19 restrictions impact on work of Optometrists.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Letter All TDs', 'role': "Briefing communication re 'eye-care policy issues' posted to all TDs."} {'name': 'Stephen Donnelly', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Health)'}
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Association of Optometrists Ireland
September–December
[Health] 1/12/20 – AOI sent an email and letter to Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly encouraging Department to roll out the successful Sligo Cataract Scheme nationwide.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Letter All TDs', 'role': "Briefing communication re 'eye-care policy issues' posted to all TDs."} {'name': 'Stephen Donnelly', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Health)'}
🌍 Climate & Energy 🏥 Health View on lobbying.ie →
Association of Optometrists Ireland
September–December
[Health] 26/11/20 – AOI sent an email and letter to newly appointed Assistant General Secretary Colm O’Reardon at the Department of Health to set out key issues and agenda of Optometrists.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Letter All TDs', 'role': "Briefing communication re 'eye-care policy issues' posted to all TDs."} {'name': 'Colm O’Reardon', 'role': 'Secretary General (Department of Health)'}
🌍 Climate & Energy 🏥 Health View on lobbying.ie →
Association of Optometrists Ireland
September–December
[Health] 16/12/20 – AOI sent an email and letter to Health Minister Stephen Donnelly re: decision making in eye-care including consultation with Optometrists and Sligo Cataract Scheme, requesting better consultation with Optometrists.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Letter All TDs', 'role': "Briefing communication re 'eye-care policy issues' posted to all TDs."} {'name': 'Stephen Donnelly', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Health)'}
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Association of Optometrists Ireland
September–December
[Health] 2/12/20 – AOI sent an email and letter to Brian McCraith, Chair of Covid-19 Vaccination Programme Task Force re: inclusion of Optometrists for early vaccination as essential workers. (Sent to co/ the Taoiseach's Office which was leading on the vaccination programme.)
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Letter All TDs', 'role': "Briefing communication re 'eye-care policy issues' posted to all TDs."} {'name': 'Micheál Martin', 'role': 'An Taoiseach (Department of the Taoiseach)'}
🏢 Enterprise & Employment 🏥 Health View on lobbying.ie →
Association of Optometrists Ireland
January–April
[Health] 23/3/2019: Association of Optometrists – It was a general briefing meeting between Minister for Health Simon Harris and the AOI. At the meeting AOI presented ways in which Optometrists can play a constructive role in helping to reduce the excessive waiting lists for public eye-care.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Simon Harris', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
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Association of Optometrists Ireland
May–August
[Health] 13.6.19 – AOI held a briefing event at Buswells hotel for TDs and Senators on how Optometrists can help to reduce eye-care waiting times
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Róisín Shorthall', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Pat Buckley', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': "Maureen O'Sullivan", 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Aindrias Moynihan', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Michael Collins', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Paul Kehoe', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 1 more
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Cavanagh Communications
on behalf of Yes (client not named)
May–August
[Health] 13/6/2019 - Association of Optometrists Ireland: Issue of news release regarding AOI member survey and how to solve waiting list crisis to all TDs and Senators
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Email All Oireachtas Members', 'role': 'News release circulated to all Oireachtas members as an FYI.'}
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Cavanagh Communications
on behalf of Yes (client not named)
September–December
[Health] 29/9/2019 – Association of Optometrists Ireland: Issue of news release regarding latest Eye-care Waiting lists circulated to all TDs and Senators
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Email All Oireachtas Members', 'role': 'News release emailed to all Oireachtas members as an FYI.'}
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Cavanagh Communications
on behalf of Yes (client not named)
January–April
[Health] 5/2/18: News release re up to date waiting lists for public eye-care forwarded to all Oireachtas members, on behalf of the Association of Optometrists Ireland.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Email All Oireachtas Members', 'role': 'News release forwarded by email to all Oireachtas members.'}
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Association of Optometrists Ireland
May–August
[Health] 16/5/2018: Association of Optometrists Ireland, event held to launch findings of per constituency survey of waiting times for adult and children's eye-care. All Oireachtas members invited to a briefing (Buswells Hotel). Constituency report card and news release circulated to all Oireachtas members.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Event / Reception All Oireachtas Members', 'role': "Event held to launch findings of per constituency survey of waiting times for adult and children's eye-care. Oireachtas members invited to a briefing (Buswells Hotel). Per constituency report card and news release circulated.\n\nThe per constituency report card was also posted out to all TDs and Senators in hard copy."}
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Cavanagh Communications
on behalf of Yes (client not named)
May–August
[Health] 16/5/2018: Association of Optometrists Ireland event held to launch findings of per constituency survey of waiting times for adult and children's eye-care. All Oireachtas members invited to a briefing (Buswells Hotel). Constituency report card and news release circulated to all Oireachtas members.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Email All Oireachtas Members', 'role': "Event held to launch findings of per constituency survey of waiting times for adult and children's eye-care. All Oireachtas members invited to a briefing (Buswells Hotel). Constituency report card and news release circulated per constituency to all Oireachtas members."}
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Association of Optometrists Ireland
September–December
[Health] 17/9/2018: Association of Optometrists – issued a news release re waiting list for eye-care and this was circulated to all TDs and Senators
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Email All Oireachtas Members', 'role': ''}
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Association of Optometrists Ireland
September–December
[Health] 10/12/2018: Association of Optometrists – submission of information on eye-care waiting lists and proposed policy changes to improve eye-care in Ireland to Deputy John Paul Phelan following a request for same.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'John Paul Phelan', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
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Association of Optometrists Ireland
September–December
[Health] 18/09/2018: Association of Optometrists – Pre-budget Submission 2019 made to the Minister for Finance Paschal Donohoe
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Paschal Donohoe', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Public Expenditure and Reform)'}
🏦 Finance & Banking 🏥 Health View on lobbying.ie →
Cavanagh Communications
on behalf of Yes (client not named)
January–April
[Health] 31/03/2017: Cavanagh Communications forwarded a news release to TDs and Senators re: Optometrists' response to extension of Treatment Benefit Scheme to the self-employed, from the Association of Optometrists Ireland (AOI).
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Email All Oireachtas Members', 'role': 'News release circulated for information to all Oireachtas members.'}
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Cavanagh Communications
on behalf of Yes (client not named)
January–April
[Health] 10/04/2017: Cavanagh Communications forwarded a news release to TDs and Senators re: Optometrists' call for reform of public eye-care system towards greater use of primary care, from the Association of Optometrists Ireland (AOI).
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Email All Oireachtas Members', 'role': 'News release circulated for information to all Oireachtas members.'}
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Association of Optometrists Ireland
May–August
[Health] 22/3/2017: Meeting held between the Association of Optometrists Ireland (AOI) and Minister for Health Simon Harris to present to him the position of Optometrists on the future of eye-care.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Simon Harris', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Health)'}
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Association of Optometrists Ireland
May–August
[Health] 27/06/2017: Briefing meeting held between AOI Chief Executive Sean McCrave and Senator Victor Boyhan
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Victor Boyhan', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'}
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Association of Optometrists Ireland
May–August
[Health] 04/05/2017: Briefing session on AOI's vision for the future of public eye-care held for all Oireachtas members at Buswells Hotel.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Meeting All Oireachtas Members', 'role': 'All Oireachtas members were invited to the AOI Buswells briefing session. It was attended by a small number of TDs and Senators and some Parliamentary assistants, involving a presentation followed by informal discussions.\n\nAll Members both Government and Opposition were equally invited.'}
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Association of Optometrists Ireland
May–August
[Health] 18/08/2017: Invite sent to Minister for Social Protection Regina Doherty to speak at AOI 2017 AGM in Kilkenny on November 5th.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Regina Doherty', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Social Protection)'}
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Association of Optometrists Ireland
May–August
[Health] 31/08/2017: Letter sent to the HSE's new COO John Connaghton congratulating him on his appointment and seeking a meeting to familiarise himself with the AOI's vision and priorities.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'John Connaghan (HSE)', 'role': 'Chief Operations Officer (Department of Health)'}
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Association of Optometrists Ireland
May–August
[Health] 23/05/2017: Letters sent to health brief TDs and Senators setting out AOI's vision and priorities for the future of eye-care.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Seán Sherlock', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Gerry Adams', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Billy Kelleher', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Victor Boyhan', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Martin Conway', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Robert Troy', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 5 more
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Association of Optometrists Ireland
January–April
[Health] 22/3/2017: Meeting held between the Association of Optometrists Ireland (AOI) and Minister for Health Simon Harris to present to him the position of Optometrists on the future of eye-care.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Simon Harris', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Health)'}
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Association of Optometrists Ireland
September–December
[Health] 18/12/2017: AOI Letter to Deputy Michael Collins seeking meeting re resolving Cataracts waiting lists
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Michael Collins', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
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Cavanagh Communications
on behalf of Yes (client not named)
September–December
[Health] 17/9/2017: News release issued by the Association of Optometrists Ireland (AOI), highlighting lengthy waiting lists for eye-care, issued to all Oireachtas members.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Email All Oireachtas Members', 'role': ''}
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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.

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