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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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Janssen Sciences Ireland UC
September–December
[Economic Development and Industry] Engagement with Minister Hildegarde Naughton
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Liam Cullen (Former DPO)', 'role': 'Special Adviser (Department of Children and Youth Affairs)'} {'name': 'Hildegarde Naughton', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Education)'}
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Janssen Sciences Ireland UC
September–December
[Justice and Equality] Roundtable discussion on third-party litigation funding.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Liam Cullen (Former DPO)', 'role': 'Special Adviser (Department of Children and Youth Affairs)'} {'name': "Jim O'Callaghan", 'role': 'Minister (Department of Justice)'}
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Janssen Sciences Ireland UC
September–December
[Economic Development and Industry] Meeting with Billy Kelleher MEP on the Critical Medicines Act
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Billy Kelleher', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'}
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Janssen Sciences Ireland UC
September–December
[Economic Development and Industry] Meeting with Minister of State Thomas Byrne
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Thomas Byrne', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Foreign Affairs)'}
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Janssen Sciences Ireland UC
September–December
[Economic Development and Industry] Engagement with the Taoiseach
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Micheál Martin', 'role': 'Taoiseach (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
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Society of St. Vincent de Paul
September–December
[Social Protection] Informal Meeting
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Niall Collins', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
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Janssen Sciences Ireland UC
September–December
[Economic Development and Industry] Meeting with Minister Peter Burke
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Peter Burke', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment)'}
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Society of St. Vincent de Paul
September–December
[Community] Steering Group Meeting for the RoadMap for Social Inclusion
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Dara Calleary', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Social Protection)'} {'name': 'Niall Egan', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Social Protection)'}
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Janssen Sciences Ireland UC
September–December
[Economic Development and Industry] Engagement with the Tánaiste
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Simon Harris', 'role': 'Tánaiste and Minister (Department of Foreign Affairs)'}
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Janssen Sciences Ireland UC
September–December
[Health] Engagement with the Department of Health on the Life Sciences Strategy
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Muiris O’Connor', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Health)'}
🌍 Climate & Energy 🏥 Health View on lobbying.ie →
ESB
September–December
[Housing] Engagement setting out a series of proposals that would support ESB Networks infrastructure delivery and enable timely grid capacity needed. These measures include planning exemptions for minor electricity infrastructure upgrades, uprates and replacements, a more efficient and consistent approach to small scale energy projects at local authority level and examining targeted amendments to the Planning and Development Regulations.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'John McDonald', 'role': 'Special Adviser (Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)'} {'name': 'Graham Doyle', 'role': 'Secretary General (Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)'}
🌍 Climate & Energy 🏠 Housing View on lobbying.ie →
SSLF Progress Ireland
September–December
[Education and Training] Compute for Irish science
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'William Beausang', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Further and Higher Education, Innovation and Science)'}
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Janssen Sciences Ireland UC
September–December
[Economic Development and Industry] Meeting with Minister Thomas Byrne on EU Presidency priorities
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Thomas Byrne', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Foreign Affairs)'} {'name': 'Daniel Griffin', 'role': 'Special Adviser (Department of Foreign Affairs)'}
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Transparency International Ireland
September–December
[Justice and Equality] Funding sought from the Department of Justice for continued support for justice agencies in respect of the management of protected disclosures.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': "Jim O'Callaghan", 'role': 'Minister (Department of Justice)'}
🌍 Climate & Energy ⚖️ Justice & Legal View on lobbying.ie →
ESB
September–December
[Energy and Natural Resources] ESB outlined its priorities for EU energy policy ahead of Ireland’s EU Presidency, focusing on three areas: 1. Accelerating infrastructure to support renewables, grid development and system flexibility 2. Improving energy efficiency and electrification to cut fossil fuel reliance. 3. Ensuring an affordable, cost effective transition to a decarbonised energy system
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Philip Nugent', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Climate, Energy and the Environment)'}
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OpenAI Ireland Ltd.
September–December
[Economic Development and Industry] Meeting with the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to discuss Ireland's AI and compute infrastructure
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'William Beausang', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Further and Higher Education, Innovation and Science)'}
🌍 Climate & Energy 📚 Education View on lobbying.ie →
Irish Rural Link Co-Operative Society Limited
September–December
[Agriculture] Request to meet Minister for Education to outline AgriKids educational programme
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Hildegarde Naughton', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Education)'}
🌾 Agriculture 📚 Education View on lobbying.ie →
Irish Rural Link Co-Operative Society Limited
September–December
[Agriculture] Email to Minister Healy Rae to attend the launch of the AgriKids Farm Safety Programme in Killarney
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Michael Healy-Rae', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'}
🌾 Agriculture 📚 Education View on lobbying.ie →
Irish Rural Link Co-Operative Society Limited
September–December
[Health] Attendance of Deputy O'Donohue at the National Meals on Wheels 10th Anniversary Conference
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': "Richard O'Donoghue", 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
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Law Society of Ireland
September–December
[Children and Youth Affairs] The Law Society met with senior officials at the Department of Children and a delegation from the Decision Support Service on the topic of Enduring Powers of Attorney (EPA).
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Mark Garrett (former DPO) (Former DPO)', 'role': 'Special Advisor to the Tanaiste (Department of Foreign Affairs)'} {'name': 'Norma Foley', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth)'} {'name': 'Hildegarde Naughton', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth)'} {'name': 'Paul Melia', 'role': 'Special Advisor (Department of Education)'}
🌍 Climate & Energy ⚖️ Justice & Legal View on lobbying.ie →
Irish Rural Link Co-Operative Society Limited
September–December
[Health] Thank the Minister of State for Older People for opening the National Meals on Wheels Network 10th Anniversary Conference and speaking with providers on the day
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': "Kieran O'Donnell", 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Health)'}
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The Alzheimer Society of Ireland
September–December
[Health] Meeting with Cllr Gobnait Moynihan in relation to Support for Singing for the Brain initiative
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Gobnait Moynihan', 'role': 'Councillor (Cork County Council)'}
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The Alzheimer Society of Ireland
September–December
[Health] Meeting with Lord Mayor of Cork Cllr Fergal Dennehy in relation to support for dementia initiatives
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Fergal Dennehy', 'role': 'Councillor (Cork City Council)'}
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Irish Rural Link Co-Operative Society Limited
September–December
[Health] Meet with Minister of State for Older People at the National Meals on Wheels Network Conference
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': "Kieran O'Donnell", 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Health)'}
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Irish Rural Link Co-Operative Society Limited
September–December
[Health] Email to Minister of State for Older People to finalise Minister's attendance and send copy of agenda for the opening of the National Meals on Wheels Network 10th Anniversary Conference
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': "Kieran O'Donnell", 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Health)'}
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The Alzheimer Society of Ireland
September–December
[Health] Meeting with Cllr Fiona Bonfield to discuss dementia-specific services and supports.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Fiona Bonfield', 'role': 'Councillor (Tipperary County Council)'}
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Irish Rural Link Co-Operative Society Limited
September–December
[Budgetary matters] Request for an increase to the National Meals on Wheels Network budget in 2026
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': "Kieran O'Donnell", 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Health)'}
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Irish Rural Link Co-Operative Society Limited
September–December
[Community] Invitation to Oireachtas Members to attend the 10th Anniversary of the National Meals on Wheels Network conference
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Email All Oireachtas Members', 'role': 'Initial email sent with invitation and 3 follow up/reminder emails'}
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Immigrant Council of Ireland
September–December
[Justice and Equality] Organised a coordinated email action where supporters emailed their local TDs requesting changes to the upcoming International Protection Bill 2025 to introduce safeguards proposed by the civil society Coalition on the EU Migration Pact.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Email All TDs', 'role': 'We are a part of the Coalition on EU Migration Pact. The communication was sent by another coalition member.'}
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Irish Rural Link Co-Operative Society Limited
September–December
[Energy and Natural Resources] Presented to the Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy. Invited to attend as part of energy poverty group to discuss impact of energy poverty on low income households in particular in rural areas
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Réada Cronin', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Malcolm Noonan', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Pa Daly', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'William Aird', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Ciarán Ahern', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'John Clendennen', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 1 more
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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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