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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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Registered Lobbyists
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Capstone Research Ltd
May–August
[Banking and Financial Institutions] To discuss the ILP bill.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Michael J. McGrath', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Finance)'}
🏦 Finance & Banking View on lobbying.ie →
Westport Credit Union
May–August
[Banking and Financial Institutions] The new Central Bank of Ireland Industry Funding Levy increases being planned for the Credit Union movement over the coming years
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Michael Ring', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Rural and Community Development)'} {'name': 'Lisa Chambers', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
🏦 Finance & Banking View on lobbying.ie →
Consumer Credit Association Republic of Ireland
May–August
[Banking and Financial Institutions] Capping of interest rates for Moneylenders
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Michael J. McGrath', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Finance)'} {'name': 'Paschal Donohoe', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Finance)'}
🏦 Finance & Banking View on lobbying.ie →
Insurance Ireland
May–August
[Banking and Financial Institutions] On behalf of members, to inform policy makers of developments in relation to sustainable finance
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Paul Ryan', 'role': 'Director (Department of Finance)'} {'name': "Michael D'Arcy", 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Finance)'}
🏦 Finance & Banking View on lobbying.ie →
Insurance Ireland
May–August
[Banking and Financial Institutions] On behalf of members, providing input into pensions policy.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Martin Fraser', 'role': 'Secretary General (Department of the Taoiseach)'} {'name': 'Michael McGrath', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
🏦 Finance & Banking View on lobbying.ie →
Insurance Ireland
May–August
[Banking and Financial Institutions] On behalf of members, making proposals in relation to structures to support enhanced stakeholder engagement.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Paul Ryan', 'role': 'Director (Department of Finance)'} {'name': "Michael D'Arcy", 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Finance)'}
🏦 Finance & Banking View on lobbying.ie →
Insurance Ireland
May–August
[Banking and Financial Institutions] On behalf of members, to highlight reforms to the policy environment which would address the volatility of claims costs.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': "Michael W. D'Arcy", 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Finance)'} {'name': 'Caroline Hofman', 'role': 'Special Adviser (Department of Finance)'} {'name': 'Martin Fraser', 'role': 'Secretary General (Department of the Taoiseach)'}
🏦 Finance & Banking View on lobbying.ie →
Insurance Ireland
May–August
[Banking and Financial Institutions] On behalf of members, to request a taxation change in the Budget/Finance Bill
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Paschal Donohoe', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Finance)'}
🏦 Finance & Banking View on lobbying.ie →
Insurance Ireland
May–August
[Banking and Financial Institutions] On behalf of members, to request a change to the taxation of insurers
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Paschal Donohoe', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Finance)'}
🏦 Finance & Banking View on lobbying.ie →
Insurance Ireland
May–August
[Banking and Financial Institutions] On behalf of members, letter sent to MEP candidates
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Lynn Boylan', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': 'Luke "Ming" Flanagan', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': 'Deirdre Clune', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': 'Seán Kelly', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': 'Mairead McGuinness', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': 'Frances Fitzgerald', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} + 16 more
🏦 Finance & Banking View on lobbying.ie →
Insurance Ireland
May–August
[Banking and Financial Institutions] On behalf of members, to raise awareness amongst MEPs of issues pertinent to the Irish insurance industry.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Ciarán Cuffe', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': 'Clare Daly', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': 'Frances Fitzgerald', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': 'Matt Carthy', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': 'Luke Ming Flanagan', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': 'Mairead McGuinness', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} + 5 more
🏦 Finance & Banking View on lobbying.ie →
Insurance Ireland
May–August
[Banking and Financial Institutions] On behalf of members, to highlight health insurers' ongoing efforts to keep customers aware of their rights in public hospitals. This relates to the practice of charging private patients the private rate for public services.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Martin Fraser', 'role': 'Secretary General (Department of the Taoiseach)'}
🏦 Finance & Banking 🏥 Health View on lobbying.ie →
Insurance Ireland
May–August
[Banking and Financial Institutions] On behalf of members, to highlight issues in relation to the transposition into Irish law of the IORPII Directive.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'John Curran', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
🏢 Enterprise & Employment 🏦 Finance & Banking View on lobbying.ie →
Insurance Ireland
May–August
[Banking and Financial Institutions] On behalf of members, making proposals in relation to the review of Solvency II.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': "Michael D'Arcy", 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Finance)'}
🏦 Finance & Banking View on lobbying.ie →
Banking & Payments Federation Ireland
May–August
[Banking and Financial Institutions] Provided information on issue of EU single mortgage market
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Billy Kelleher', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Anne Rabbitte', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
🏦 Finance & Banking View on lobbying.ie →
Banking & Payments Federation Ireland
May–August
[Banking and Financial Institutions] Provided information on SME funding and community banking
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Willie Penrose', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
🏢 Enterprise & Employment 🏦 Finance & Banking View on lobbying.ie →
Banking & Payments Federation Ireland
May–August
[Banking and Financial Institutions] Distribution of BPFI's European Election manifesto
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Frances Fitzgerald', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Andrew Doyle', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Seán Kelly', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': 'Mairead McGuinness', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': 'Deirdre Clune', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': 'Billy Kelleher', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 2 more
🏦 Finance & Banking View on lobbying.ie →
Banking & Payments Federation Ireland
May–August
[Banking and Financial Institutions] Discuss impact of Separation on Mortgage Arrears
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Michael McGrath', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
🌍 Climate & Energy 🏦 Finance & Banking View on lobbying.ie →
Banking & Payments Federation Ireland
May–August
[Banking and Financial Institutions] Basel 3 engagement
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Paschal Donohoe', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Finance)'}
🏦 Finance & Banking View on lobbying.ie →
Banking & Payments Federation Ireland
May–August
[Banking and Financial Institutions] Finance for Ireland 2025 Strategy
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': "Michael D'Arcy", 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Finance)'}
🏦 Finance & Banking View on lobbying.ie →
Banking & Payments Federation Ireland
May–August
[Banking and Financial Institutions] Student Bank Accounts and Accommodation deposits
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': "Jim O'Callaghan", 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
📚 Education 🏦 Finance & Banking View on lobbying.ie →
KBC Bank Ireland
May–August
[Banking and Financial Institutions] Introductory Meeting with Minister for Finance
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Paschal Donohoe', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Public Expenditure and Reform)'} {'name': 'Gary Tobin', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Finance)'}
🏦 Finance & Banking View on lobbying.ie →
The Federation of Independent Retailers
May–August
[Banking and Financial Institutions] To raise awareness of the impact on retailers of the excessive increases in insurance premiums that are being imposed on, and are financially damaging, their businesses.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Heather Humphreys', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation)'} {'name': 'Regina Doherty', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection)'} {'name': 'Leo Varadkar', 'role': 'Taoiseach (Department of the Taoiseach)'} {'name': 'Pat Breen', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation)'} {'name': "Michael D'Arcy", 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Finance)'} {'name': 'Michael Ring', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Rural and Community Development)'} + 55 more
🏦 Finance & Banking View on lobbying.ie →
RGDATA
May–August
[Banking and Financial Institutions] Introduction of a super tax on Insurance Profits and the introduction of personal responsibility on solicitors
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': "Michael D'Arcy", 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Finance)'}
🏦 Finance & Banking ⚖️ Justice & Legal View on lobbying.ie →
RGDATA
May–August
[Banking and Financial Institutions] Response to Cost of Insurance Working Group Ninth Quarterly Report
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': "Michael D'Arcy", 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Finance)'}
🏦 Finance & Banking View on lobbying.ie →
RGDATA
May–August
[Banking and Financial Institutions] Suggestions to tackle high insurance costs
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Michael McGrath', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
🏦 Finance & Banking View on lobbying.ie →
North Midlands Credit Union Limited
May–August
[Banking and Financial Institutions] Credit Union Matters; specifically credit union levies and the funding of Central Bank Regulation; general matters affecting credit unions in Ireland
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Peter Burke', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Robert Troy', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
🏦 Finance & Banking 🏠 Housing View on lobbying.ie →
RGDATA
May–August
[Banking and Financial Institutions] Levy on Insurance company profits
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Charles Flanagan', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Justice and Equality)'}
🏦 Finance & Banking View on lobbying.ie →
RGDATA
September–December
[Banking and Financial Institutions] Levy on insurance company profits
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Leo Varadkar', 'role': 'Taoiseach (Department of the Taoiseach)'}
🏦 Finance & Banking View on lobbying.ie →
Irish Rural Link Co-Operative Society Limited
May–August
[Banking and Financial Institutions] Follow up on the Seanad SME Report and the inclusion of Public Banking as a solution to difficulties they experience in accessing credit
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Pádraig Ó Céidigh', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'}
🏢 Enterprise & Employment 🏦 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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