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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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Bank of Ireland Group plc
September–December
[Banking and Financial Institutions] To brief on the market changes underway in the Irish financial services landscape, Bank of Ireland operations, and the impact of current remuneration restrictions.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': "Paul O'Brien (Former DPO)", 'role': 'Special Advisor (Department of the Taoiseach)'} {'name': 'Paschal Donohoe', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Finance)'} {'name': 'Des Carville', 'role': 'Head of Unit (Department of Finance)'} {'name': "Fiona O'Connor", 'role': 'Special Adviser (Department of Finance)'} {'name': 'Michael McGrath', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Public Expenditure and Reform)'} {'name': 'Grant Sweetnam', 'role': 'Special Adviser (Department of Public Expenditure and Reform)'} + 2 more
🏦 Finance & Banking 🏠 Housing View on lobbying.ie →
Bank of Ireland Group plc
September–December
[Agriculture] To brief on Bank of Ireland’s new Woodland Nature Credit scheme that supports carbon sequestration, biodiversity uplift and amenity value; and also on the potential to expand the scheme to include a range of other land based scenarios.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': "Paul O'Brien (Former DPO)", 'role': 'Special Advisor (Department of the Taoiseach)'} {'name': 'Richard Bruton', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
🌾 Agriculture 🌍 Climate & Energy 🏦 Finance & Banking View on lobbying.ie →
Bank of Ireland Group plc
January–April
[Banking and Financial Institutions] Discussion on the forthcoming EU financial services agenda and the broader EU agenda.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': "Paul O'Brien (Former DPO)", 'role': 'Special Adviser (Department of the Taoiseach)'} {'name': 'Frances Fitzgerald', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': 'Billy Kelleher', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': 'Deirdre Clune', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'}
🏦 Finance & Banking View on lobbying.ie →
Bank of Ireland Group plc
January–April
[Taxation] To inform on Bank of Ireland's 2019 corporate tax and banking levy payments.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': "Paul O'Brien (Former DPO)", 'role': 'Special Advisor (Department of the Taoiseach)'} {'name': 'Paschal Donohoe', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Finance)'} {'name': 'Pearse Doherty', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Mary Lou McDonald', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Eamon Ryan', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Róisín Shorthall', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 3 more
🏦 Finance & Banking View on lobbying.ie →
Bank of Ireland Group plc
January–April
[Justice and Equality] To outline the results of Bank of Ireland's gender pay gap.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': "Paul O'Brien (Former DPO)", 'role': 'Special Advisor (Department of the Taoiseach)'} {'name': 'Charles Flanagan', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Justice and Equality)'} {'name': 'David Stanton', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Justice and Equality)'} {'name': "Jim O'Callaghan", 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Martin Kenny', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': "Roderic O'Gorman", 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
🏦 Finance & Banking ⚖️ Justice & Legal View on lobbying.ie →
Bank of Ireland Group plc
January–April
[Economic Development and Industry] Discussion on Bank of Ireland's response to the Covid-19 pandemic and the broader suite of enterprise supports.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': "Paul O'Brien (Former DPO)", 'role': 'Special Adviser (Department of the Taoiseach)'} {'name': 'Heather Humphreys', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation)'} {'name': 'Pauric McPhillips', 'role': 'Special Adviser (Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation)'} {'name': 'Declan Hughes', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation)'}
🏢 Enterprise & Employment 🏦 Finance & Banking View on lobbying.ie →
Bank of Ireland Group plc
January–April
[Social Protection] Meeting to discuss how Bank of Ireland could support the establishment of the Temporary Wage Subsidy Scheme.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': "Paul O'Brien (Former DPO)", 'role': 'Special Advisor (Department of the Taoiseach)'} {'name': 'Des Carville', 'role': 'Head of Unit (Department of Finance)'}
🏦 Finance & Banking View on lobbying.ie →
Bank of Ireland Group plc
January–April
[Economic Development and Industry] Discussion on Bank of Ireland's response to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': "Paul O'Brien (Former DPO)", 'role': 'Special Adviser (Department of the Taoiseach)'} {'name': 'Michael Creed', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'} {'name': 'Áine Kilroy', 'role': 'Special Advisor (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'}
🌾 Agriculture 🏦 Finance & Banking View on lobbying.ie →
Bank of Ireland Group plc
January–April
[Economic Development and Industry] Discussion on Bank of Ireland's response to the Covid-19 pandemic and also the response of the European institutions.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': "Paul O'Brien (Former DPO)", 'role': 'Special Advisor (Department of the Taoiseach)'} {'name': 'Mairead McGuinness', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': 'Frances Fitzgerald', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'}
🏦 Finance & Banking View on lobbying.ie →
Bank of Ireland Group plc
January–April
[Economic Development and Industry] Discussion on the response of Bank of Ireland and the State to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Katherine Zappone', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Children and Youth Affairs)'}
🏦 Finance & Banking View on lobbying.ie →
Bank of Ireland Group plc
January–April
[Economic Development and Industry] Letter to outline Bank of Ireland's response to Covid-19 and possible ways to support the broader enterprise sector.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': "Paul O'Brien (Former DPO)", 'role': 'Special Adviser (Department of the Taoiseach)'} {'name': 'Des Carville', 'role': 'Head of Unit (Department of Finance)'}
🌍 Climate & Energy 🏢 Enterprise & Employment 🏦 Finance & Banking View on lobbying.ie →
Bank of Ireland Group plc
January–April
[Economic Development and Industry] Discussion on the Bank of Ireland and State response to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Des Carville', 'role': 'Head of Unit (Department of Finance)'}
🏦 Finance & Banking View on lobbying.ie →
Bank of Ireland Group plc
May–August
[Economic Development and Industry] To discuss the new Covid-19 Credit Guarantee Scheme.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': "Paul O'Brien (Former DPO)", 'role': 'Special Adviser (Department of the Taoiseach)'} {'name': 'Damien Garvey (Former DPO)', 'role': 'Special Adviser (Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht)'} {'name': 'Paschal Donohoe', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Finance)'} {'name': 'Michael McGrath', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Public Expenditure and Reform)'} {'name': 'Micheál Martin', 'role': 'An Taoiseach (Department of the Taoiseach)'} {'name': 'Leo Varadkar', 'role': 'An Tánaiste (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 7 more
🏦 Finance & Banking View on lobbying.ie →
Bank of Ireland Group plc
May–August
[Economic Development and Industry] To discuss the upcoming Credit Guarantee Scheme and COVID-19 related supports for customers including payment breaks.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': "Paul O'Brien (Former DPO)", 'role': 'Special Adviser (Department of the Taoiseach)'} {'name': 'Michael McGrath', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Public Expenditure and Reform)'} {'name': 'Leo Varadkar', 'role': 'An Tánaiste (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Paschal Donohoe', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Finance)'} {'name': 'John Carroll', 'role': 'Special Adviser (Department of the Taoiseach)'} {'name': 'Ed Brophy', 'role': 'Special Adviser (Department of Finance)'} + 2 more
🏦 Finance & Banking View on lobbying.ie →
Bank of Ireland Group plc
September–December
[Justice and Equality] To discuss Bank of Ireland’s latest fraud prevention public campaign and to advocate for the development of a shared fraud database to help protect Irish consumers.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Damien Garvey (Former DPO)', 'role': 'Special Advisor (Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht)'} {'name': 'Helen McEntee', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Justice)'}
🏦 Finance & Banking ⚖️ Justice & Legal View on lobbying.ie →
Bank of Ireland Group plc
January–April
[Banking and Financial Institutions] To discuss the remuneration restrictions which apply to the banking sector.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Paschal Donohoe', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Finance)'} {'name': 'Des Carville', 'role': 'Head of Unit (Department of Finance)'}
🏦 Finance & Banking View on lobbying.ie →
Bank of Ireland Group plc
January–April
[Finance] At the request of the Department of Finance, Bank of Ireland provided observations in relation to the Consumer Protection (Regulation of Credit Servicing Firms) (Amendment) Bill 2018
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Pat Farrell (Former DPO)', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Des Carville', 'role': 'Head of Unit (Department of Finance)'}
🌍 Climate & Energy 📚 Education 🏦 Finance & Banking View on lobbying.ie →
Bank of Ireland Group plc
May–August
[Finance] Bank of Ireland provided observations to the Department of Finance in relation to the draft European Union (Bank Recovery and Resolution) Regulations 2018 which will implement Directive EU 2017/2399.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Des Carville', 'role': 'Head of Unit (Department of Finance)'}
🌍 Climate & Energy 🏦 Finance & Banking View on lobbying.ie →
Bank of Ireland Group plc
January–April
[Banking and Financial Institutions] That a Statutory Instrument be made to amend Schedule 14 to the Companies Act 2014 so as to apply certain identified sections of that Act to the Governor and Company of the Bank of Ireland.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Damien Garvey (Former DPO)', 'role': 'Special Adviser (Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht)'} {'name': 'Pat Farrell (Former DPO)', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': "Mark O'Doherty", 'role': 'Special Advisor (Department of the Taoiseach)'} {'name': 'Mary Butler', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Michael McGrath', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Des Carville', 'role': 'Head of Unit (Department of Finance)'} + 4 more
🏦 Finance & Banking View on lobbying.ie →
Bank of Ireland Group plc
January–April
[Banking and Financial Institutions] That a Statutory Instrument be made to amend Schedule 14 to the Companies Act 2014 so as to apply Section 1120 of that Act to the Governor and Company of the Bank of Ireland.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Richard Bruton', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Education and Skills)'}
🏦 Finance & Banking View on lobbying.ie →
Bank of Ireland Group plc
January–April
[Banking and Financial Institutions] Correspondence regarding the SEPA B2B DD Scheme
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Michael Noonan', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Finance)'}
🌍 Climate & Energy 🏦 Finance & Banking View on lobbying.ie →
Bank of Ireland Group plc
September–December
[Banking and Financial Institutions] That a Statutory Instrument be made to amend Schedule 14 to the Companies Act 2014 so as to apply certain identified sections of that Act to the Governor and Company of the Bank of Ireland.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': "Mary Mitchell O'Connor", 'role': 'Minister (Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation)'}
🏦 Finance & Banking View on lobbying.ie →
Bank of Ireland Group plc
September–December
[Banking and Financial Institutions] At the request of the Department of Finance, Bank of Ireland reviewed and provided comments in relation to proposed amendments to a section of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Michael Noonan', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Finance)'}
🌍 Climate & Energy 🏦 Finance & Banking View on lobbying.ie →
Bank of Ireland Group plc
September–December
[Banking and Financial Institutions] To discuss the remuneration restrictions which apply to the banking sector.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Michael Noonan', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Finance)'} {'name': 'Ann Nolan', 'role': 'Second Secretary General (Department of Finance)'}
🏦 Finance & Banking View on lobbying.ie →
Bank of Ireland Group plc
September–December
[Banking and Financial Institutions] In light of the UK's decision to leave the EU, to discuss the Irish Government's plans to promote Ireland as a location for international financial services and to input to these plans.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Eoghan Murphy', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Public Expenditure and Reform)'} {'name': 'Richard Troy', 'role': 'Special Adviser (Department of Finance)'}
🏦 Finance & Banking 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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