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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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John Gallagher
on behalf of Yes (client not named)
May–August
[Community] Promotion of Policies of The Wheel for charity, social enterprise and community and voluntary sector
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Paul Donnelly', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Grant Sweetnam', 'role': 'Special Adviser (Department of Public Expenditure and Reform)'} {'name': 'Michael McGrath', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Public Expenditure and Reform)'} {'name': 'Paschal Donohoe', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform)'} {'name': "Roderic O'Gorman", 'role': 'Minister (Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth)'} {'name': 'Jack Chambers', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Finance)'}
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The Wheel
September–December
[Community] The Wheel invited several election candidates to attend a hustings event with members of The Wheel in attendance.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Paul Donnelly', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Richard Bruton', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Ian Carey', 'role': 'Councillor (Fingal County Council)'} {'name': 'Conor Reddy', 'role': 'Councillor (Dublin City Council)'} {'name': 'Chris Pender', 'role': 'Councillor (Kildare County Council)'} {'name': "Maeve O'Connell", 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 3 more
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The Wheel
September–December
[EU Affairs] The Wheel contacted all of the Irish MEPs to ask them to support the renewal of the Social Economy InterGroup.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Aodhán Ó Ríordáin', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': 'Barry Andrews', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': 'Billy Kelleher', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': 'Barry Cowen', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': 'Ciaran Mullooly', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': 'Kathleen Funchion', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} + 7 more
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The Wheel
September–December
[Community] The Wheel invited all candidates for general election 2024 to sign our pledge. The pledge included a range of commitments to support the community and voluntary, and social enterprise sector. The pledge can be viewed at www.wheel.ie.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Email All TDs', 'role': 'All TDs running for return office were invited to sign the pledge.'} {'name': 'Email All Councillors', 'role': 'All Councillors running in the general election were invited to sign the pledge.'}
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The Wheel
September–December
[Community] The Wheel's Manifesto for General Election 2024 was sent out to all election candidates. The Manifesto details a range of proposals for supporting the community and voluntary, and social enterprise, sector across various areas of policy. It can be viewed at www.wheel.ie.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Email All TDs', 'role': "The Wheel's Manifesto was sent out to all election 2024 candidates, including sitting TDs."} {'name': 'Email All Councillors', 'role': "The Wheel's Manifesto was sent out to all election 2024 candidates, including sitting councillors."}
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The Wheel
September–December
[Community] The Wheel's CEO Ivan Cooper, met with representatives from the Department of Rural and Community Development to discuss National Training Fund (NTF) priorities for 2025, including the implementation of The Wheel's NTF-funded sector skills programme..
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Bairbre Nic Aongusa', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Rural and Community Development)'}
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The Wheel
September–December
[Community] A coalition of ten voluntary health and social care service providers, along with representative bodies from the charity sector, including The Wheel, published an open letter to Taoiseach Simon Harris on Thursday, October 17. In the letter, they urged the Government to establish a sustainable funding model for the sector.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Simon Harris', 'role': 'An Taoiseach (Department of the Taoiseach)'}
🏥 Health View on lobbying.ie →
John Gallagher
on behalf of Yes (client not named)
September–December
[Community] Promotion of Policies of The Wheel for charity, social enterprise and community and voluntary organisationsuntary sector
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Paul Donnelly', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Paschal Donohoe', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform)'} {'name': 'Jack Chambers', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Finance)'} {'name': 'Micheál Martin', 'role': 'Tánaiste and Minister (Department of the Taoiseach)'} {'name': 'Mary Rose Desmond', 'role': 'Councillor (Cork City Council)'} {'name': "Darragh O'Brien", 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 25 more
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The Wheel
January–April
[Budgetary matters] Ivan Cooper attended a meeting as board member of the Alliance for Insurance Reform at which a case was made for action to bring down the cost of insurance.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Jennifer Carroll MacNeill', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Finance)'}
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The Wheel
January–April
[Education and Training] Ivan Cooper attended a meeting with Assistant Secretary William Beausang of the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to discuss future plans for National Training Fund provision for community and voluntary sector employers.
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 →
The Wheel
January–April
[Community] Tony Ward met with Bairbre nic Aongusa of the Department of Rural and Community Development to discuss continued funding of the We Act campaign.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Bairbre Nic Aongusa', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Rural and Community Development)'}
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John Gallagher
on behalf of Yes (client not named)
January–April
[Community] Promotion of Policies of The Wheel for charity, social enterprise and community and voluntary sector
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Paul Donnelly', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Ged Nash', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Leo Varadkar', 'role': 'An Tánaiste (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': "Joe O'Brien", 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Rural and Community Development)'} {'name': "Roderic O'Gorman", 'role': 'Minister (Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth)'} {'name': 'Seán Sherlock', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 3 more
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The Wheel
May–August
[Community] Ivan Cooper and Emily Bourke met with Ivana Bacik TD & Holly Cairns TD in separate meetings to discuss the work of The Wheel and challenges facing the CV sector.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Ivana Bacik', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Holly Cairns', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
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The Wheel
May–August
[Community] Ivan Cooper and Emily Bourke met with Holly Cairns TD to discuss the work of The Wheel and challenges facing the CV sector.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Holly Cairns', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
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The Wheel
January–April
[Community] Ivan Cooper, Emily Bourke, Madeline Campbell, and Tony Ward met with Bairbre NicAonghusa from the Department of Rural and Community Development to discuss potential future funding for the We Act campaign.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Bairbre Nic Aongusa', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Rural and Community Development)'}
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John Gallagher
on behalf of Yes (client not named)
May–August
[Community] Promotion of Policies of The Wheel for charity, social enterprise and community and voluntary sector
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Paul Donnelly', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Ged Nash', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': "Joe O'Brien", 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Rural and Community Development)'} {'name': 'Catherine Murphy', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Ivana Bacik', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Damien English', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 6 more
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The Wheel
September–December
[Community] The CEO and Board of The Wheel invited Mary Hurley to speak at its annual think-in in the context of a review of the external environment, and the emerging opportunities for the sector.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Mary Hurley', 'role': 'Secretary General (Department of Rural and Community Development)'}
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The Wheel
September–December
[Community] General policy needs for the CV sector were discussed with each by Ivan Cooper, John Gallagher, and Emily Bourke.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Pearse Doherty', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Eoin Ó Broin', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Paul Donnelly', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'David Cullinane', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': "Louise O'Reilly", 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
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The Wheel
September–December
[Community] Meeting with the Minister for Finance and Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery, and Reform as part of the Community and Voluntary Pillar to discuss pre-Budget 2024 issues of relevance to the sector.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Michael McGrath', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Finance)'} {'name': 'Paschal Donohoe', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform)'}
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The Wheel
September–December
[EU Affairs] Attendance at the Oireachtas Joint Committee on EU Affairs to brief them on the topic of unlocking EU funding. The main recommendation was to establish a co-financing scheme for civil society organisation to enable more drawdown of EU funding. Also discussed, was The Wheel project 'Access Europe' and the vital role it plays in assisting groups to engage in EU programmes.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Colm Brophy', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Brendan Howlin', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Marian Harkin', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Seán Haughey', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Sharon Keogan', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Ruairí Ó Murchú', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
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The Wheel
September–December
[Community] Participated as part of a Coalition 2030 delegation to discuss the positioning of the Sustainable Development Goals in party election manifestos, and general issues impacting the sector.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Ivana Bacik', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
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Daughters of Charity Child and Family Service
September–December
[Budgetary matters] As a member of the wheel Letter written to the Taoiseach seeking pay equality for the community and voluntary sector
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Leo Varadkar', 'role': 'Taoiseach (Department of the Taoiseach)'}
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John Gallagher
on behalf of Yes (client not named)
September–December
[Community] Promotion of Policies of The Wheel for charity, social enterprise and community and voluntary sector
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Paul Donnelly', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Ged Nash', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Rose Conway-Walsh', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Grant Sweetnam', 'role': 'Special Adviser (Department of Public Expenditure and Reform)'} {'name': 'Leo Varadkar', 'role': 'Taoiseach (Department of the Taoiseach)'} {'name': 'Thomas Byrne', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of the Taoiseach)'} + 6 more
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The Wheel
January–April
[Community] Ivan Cooper, Director of Public Policy with The Wheel, met Anne-Marie McNally, Special Adviser to Minister Joe O'Brien, regarding possible content of Charities Amendment Bill.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Anne Marie McNally', 'role': 'Special Adviser (Department of Rural and Community Development)'}
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The Wheel
January–April
[Community] The Wheel published a letter in the Irish Times calling on Government to ensure that the crucial funding it supplies "is never used as a bargaining chip to control what organisations it funds can do when advancing their missions."
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Letter All Oireachtas Members', 'role': 'Open letter carried in Irish Times newspaper aimed at securing attention of Oireachtas members'}
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The Wheel
January–April
[Community] Ivan Cooper met with Mary Lou McDonald TD and Paul Donnelly TD to brief Sinn Fein on public policy priorities for developing the community and voluntary sector.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Mary Lou McDonald', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Paul Donnelly', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
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John Gallagher
on behalf of Yes (client not named)
January–April
[Community] Promotion of Policies of The Wheel for charity, social enterprise and community and voluntary sector
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Grant Sweetnam', 'role': 'Special Adviser (Department of Public Expenditure and Reform)'} {'name': 'Michael McGrath', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Public Expenditure and Reform)'} {'name': 'Paul Donnelly', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Holly Cairns', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Micheál Martin', 'role': 'An Taoiseach (Department of the Taoiseach)'} {'name': 'Mary Lou McDonald', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 2 more
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Mason Hayes & Curran LLP
May–August
[Social Protection] The Joint Committee on Social Protection, Community and Rural Development and the Islands invited written submissions from interested groups or individuals on the General Scheme of the Charities (Amendment) Bill 2022. Mason Hayes & Curran LLP provided legal input into a collaborative joint submission to this public consultation with Charities Institute Ireland and the Wheel.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Heather Humphreys', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Rural and Community Development)'}
🌾 Agriculture 🌍 Climate & Energy View on lobbying.ie →
The Wheel
May–August
[EU Affairs] The Wheel made a dedicated pre-Budget submission relating to the Access Europe programme and European Affairs concerning the community and voluntary sector in Ireland.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Frances Fitzgerald', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': 'Deirdre Clune', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': 'Colm Markey', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': 'Maria Walsh', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': 'Barry Andrews', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': 'Billy Kelleher', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} + 4 more
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The Wheel
May–August
[EU Affairs] The Wheel's European team contacted MEPs, encouraging them to vote in favour of the own-initiative procedure on the EU Action Plan for the social economy.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Frances Fitzgerald', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': 'Deirdre Clune', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': 'Colm Markey', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': 'Maria Walsh', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': 'Billy Kelleher', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': 'Barry Andrews', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} + 7 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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