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Lobbying Tracker

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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Devenish
May–August
[Agriculture] On the 10th August, Devenish CEO, Richard Kennedy, wrote to Dara Calleary congratulating him on his appointment as Minister for Agriculture and issuing an invitation to visit Devenish's Global Innovation Centre at Dowth, Co. Meath
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Dara Calleary', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Agriculture and the Marine)'}
🌾 Agriculture View on lobbying.ie →
Devenish
May–August
[Agriculture] On 1st August 2020, Devenish CEO, Richard Kennedy, met Brendan Gleeson at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Agriculture House, Kildare Street
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Brendan Gleeson', 'role': 'Secretary General (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'}
🌾 Agriculture 🌍 Climate & Energy 🏥 Health View on lobbying.ie →
Devenish
May–August
[Agriculture] On 24th July 2020, Brendan Gleeson visited the Devenish Lands at Dowth, our research farm in County Meath.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Brendan Gleeson', 'role': 'Secretary General (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'}
🌾 Agriculture 🏥 Health View on lobbying.ie →
Devenish
May–August
[Agriculture] On 25th June 2020, Thomas Byrne T.D. visited the Devenish Lands at Dowth, our research farm in County Meath.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Thomas Byrne', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of the Taoiseach)'}
🌾 Agriculture 🏥 Health View on lobbying.ie →
Devenish
May–August
[Agriculture] At the request of Meath County Council, we collaborated with them on a workshop at the Devenish Lands at Dowth for young farmers in Meath on sustainable agriculture and climate change.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'David Gilroy', 'role': 'Councillor (Meath County Council)'}
🌾 Agriculture 🌍 Climate & Energy View on lobbying.ie →
Devenish
September–December
[Agriculture] On 23rd November 2020, Minister Damien English T.D. visited the Devenish Lands at Dowth, our research farm in County Meath.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Damien English', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment)'}
🌾 Agriculture 🏥 Health View on lobbying.ie →
Devenish
September–December
[Agriculture] Devenish part-sponsored a half-day webinar on 13th November 2020 comprised of the Macra na Feirme national conference and also an event for CEJA the European Federation of national organisations for young farmers. The webinar opened with a short interview with Minister Pippa Hackett. Professor Alice Stanton, Dr John Gilliland and Dr Cornelia Grace gave presentations on Devenish's research work on food innovation and sustainable agriculture.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Pippa Hackett', 'role': 'Super Junior Minister (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'}
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Devenish
September–December
[Agriculture] Devenish CEO Richard Kennedy was in phone contact with Brendan Gleeson, Secretary General of the Department of Agriculture, updating him on developments with Devenish R&D and discussing the implications of the EU Green Deal for agriculture.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Brendan Gleeson', 'role': 'Secretary General (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'}
🌾 Agriculture 🌍 Climate & Energy View on lobbying.ie →
Devenish
September–December
[Agriculture] Devenish CEO Richard Kennedy participated in a phonecall with other businesses and with Brendan Gleeson and Bill Callanan on 8th December 2020.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Brendan Gleeson', 'role': 'Secretary General (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'} {'name': 'Bill Callanan', 'role': 'Chief Inspector (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'}
🌾 Agriculture 🌍 Climate & Energy View on lobbying.ie →
Devenish
September–December
[Finance] On 28th September, Devenish CEO Richard Kennedy attended a virtual Business Group Update meeting with representatives of other businesses at the invitation of Paschal Donohoe TD, Minister for Finance.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Paschal Donohoe', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Finance)'}
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Devenish
September–December
[Agriculture] The Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Simon Coveney TD, visited the Devenish Lands at Dowth, our research farm in County Meath
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Simon Coveney', 'role': 'Tánaiste and Minister (Department of Foreign Affairs)'}
🌾 Agriculture 🏥 Health View on lobbying.ie →
Devenish
September–December
[Agriculture] Devenish held a launch event for its EU funded research project Heartland which funds five PhD students to help build a farm management system that will have a positive impact on the environment, meat quality and ultimately human health. Mairead McGuinness was not able to attend but she provided a short video summarising her reaction to our Heartland project. Cathaoirleach Wayne Harding gave a short speech welcoming our guests to the event.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Wayne Harding', 'role': 'Councillor (Meath County Council)'} {'name': 'Mairead McGuinness', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'}
🌾 Agriculture 📚 Education 🏥 Health View on lobbying.ie →
Devenish
September–December
[Agriculture] Devenish sponsored the Meath Green and Gold breakfast conference on sustainability. Owen Brennan spoke briefly at the beginning of the conference and David Hagan gave a presentation of Devenish's research work on sustainable agriculture. There was also a follow-up meeting to discuss feedback from the conference
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Wayne Harding', 'role': 'Councillor (Meath County Council)'} {'name': 'Jackie Maguire', 'role': 'Chief Executive Officer (Meath County Council)'} {'name': 'Kevin Stewart', 'role': 'Director of Services or Equivalent (Meath County Council)'}
🌾 Agriculture View on lobbying.ie →
Devenish
September–December
[Economic Development and Industry] John Gilliland attended a meeting arranged by Senator Ian Marshall with Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Simon Coveney TD. The meeting was about the Foyle River Garden project and was attended by the Foyle River Garden project, Derry and Strabane District Council, Queen's University, and the Eden Project.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Simon Coveney', 'role': 'Tánaiste and Minister (Department of Foreign Affairs)'} {'name': 'Ian Marshall', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'}
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Devenish
September–December
[Agriculture] Professor Alice Stanton of RCSI and Director of Human Health for Devenish was invited to join the Stakeholder Committee to develop Ireland's Agri-Food Strategy to 2030. Their first meeting on 28th November 2019 was attended by Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Michael Creed and Secretary General of the Department for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Brendan Gleeson.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Michael Creed', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'} {'name': 'Brendan Gleeson', 'role': 'Secretary General (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'}
🌾 Agriculture 🌍 Climate & Energy 🏥 Health View on lobbying.ie →
Devenish
September–December
[Agriculture] The Environment Team from Meath County Council visited the Devenish Lands at Dowth. This team works for Kevin Stewart, Director of Services for Planning, Economic Development and Environment
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Kevin Stewart', 'role': 'Director of Services or Equivalent (Meath County Council)'}
🌾 Agriculture 🏥 Health View on lobbying.ie →
European Heart Network
January–April
[Health] • 9 January 2018: Meeting with Co-Chairs of the MEP Heart Group (Mairead McGuinness and Karin Kadenbach) and Ilaria Leggeri (European Society of Cardiology) re preparations for MEP Heart Group meeting in April 2018, Brussels; • 30 January 2018: Meeting with MEP Mairead McGuinness and Devenish Nutrition Belfast re “Soil to Society”, Brussels • 24 April 2018: MEP Heart Group meeting, European Parliament, Brussels.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Mairead McGuinness', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'}
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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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