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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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Alcohol Action Ireland
May–August
[Taxation] Alcohol excise duties revision
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Email All Oireachtas Members', 'role': 'Email highlighted the need for increase in alcohol excise duties on the basis of public health.'} {'name': 'Michael McGrath', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Finance)'} {'name': 'Stephen Donnelly', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Health)'} {'name': 'Breda Smyth', 'role': 'Interim Chief Medical Officer (Department of Health)'} {'name': 'Robert Watt', 'role': 'Secretary General (Department of Health)'} {'name': 'Alan Dillon', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 2 more
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Alcohol Action Ireland
May–August
[Health] Alcohol policy development, office for alcohol harm reduction
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Stephen Donnelly', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Health)'} {'name': 'Duncan Smith', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'David Cullinane', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Michael McGrath', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Finance)'}
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Alcohol Action Ireland
May–August
[Health] Budget 2024 recommendations to reduce harm from alcohol
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Michael McGrath', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Finance)'} {'name': 'Micheál Martin', 'role': 'Tánaiste and Minister (Department of Foreign Affairs)'} {'name': 'Hildegarde Naughton', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Health)'}
🏦 Finance & Banking 🏥 Health View on lobbying.ie →
Alcohol Action Ireland
May–August
[Health] Report from Health Research Board on alcohol related hospitalisations
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Pearse Doherty', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Padráig Mac Lochlainn', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Thomas Pringle', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Joe McHugh', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'James Lawless', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Réada Cronin', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 7 more
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Alcohol Action Ireland
May–August
[Health] EU Alcohol labelling
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Sean Kelly', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': 'Frances Fitzgerald', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': 'Deirdre Clune', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': 'Maria Walsh', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': 'Colm Markey', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'}
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Alcohol Action Ireland
May–August
[Health] General Scheme for the establishment of the domestic, sexual and gender based violence agency
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Helen McEntee', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Justice)'}
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Alcohol Action Ireland
May–August
[Health] Labelling of alcohol products
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Stephen Donnelly', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Health)'}
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Alcohol Action Ireland
May–August
[Health] Operation Encompass
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Frances Fitzgerald', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': 'Helen McEntee', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Justice)'} {'name': 'Micheál Martin', 'role': 'Tánaiste and Minister (Department of Foreign Affairs)'} {'name': 'Norma Foley', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Education)'}
📚 Education 🏥 Health View on lobbying.ie →
Alcohol Action Ireland
May–August
[Health] Budget 2024 recommendations to reduce harm from alcohol, including increase in excise duties, social responsibility levy on alcohol industry, establishment of an Alcohol Office, funding for services for all impacted by alcohol harm
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Michael McGrath', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Finance)'} {'name': 'Stephen Donnelly', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Health)'} {'name': 'Róisín Shorthall', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Holly Cairns', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'David Cullinane', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Thomas Gould', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 22 more
🏦 Finance & Banking 🏥 Health View on lobbying.ie →
Alcohol Action Ireland
May–August
[Health] Sale of Alcohol Bill
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Email All Oireachtas Members', 'role': 'Invitation re a webinar event on 19 July on Sale of Alcohol Bill sent to all TDs and Senators.'} {'name': 'Caroline Conroy', 'role': 'Councillor (Dublin City Council)'} {'name': 'Simon Harris', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Justice)'} {'name': 'Róisín Shorthall', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Seán Crowe', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Bernard Durkan', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 17 more
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Alcohol Action Ireland
May–August
[Health] Sports sponsorship by alcohol industry
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Stephen Donnelly', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Health)'} {'name': 'Catherine Martin', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media)'} {'name': 'Thomas Byrne', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media)'}
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Alcohol Action Ireland
May–August
[Health] Issues around zero alcohol product advertising in areas restricted for alcohol brand advertising
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Neasa Hourigan', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Duncan Smith', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Breda Smyth', 'role': 'Interim Chief Medical Officer (Department of Health)'} {'name': 'Hildegarde Naughton', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Health)'} {'name': 'Stephen Donnelly', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Health)'} {'name': 'Hazel Smyth', 'role': 'Councillor (Westmeath County Council)'} + 10 more
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Alcohol Action Ireland
May–August
[Health] Alcohol Action Ireland initiative - Voices of Recovery from alcohol harm
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Kenneth Egan', 'role': 'Councillor (South Dublin County Council)'} {'name': 'Frances Black', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'}
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Alcohol Action Ireland
September–December
[Health] Alcohol advertising on pubs
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Ray McAdam', 'role': 'Councillor (Dublin City Council)'}
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Alcohol Action Ireland
September–December
[EU Affairs] Labelling of alcohol products in EU
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Frances Fitzgerald', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': 'Simon Coveney', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Foreign Affairs)'}
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Alcohol Action Ireland
September–December
[Finance] Alcohol excise duties revision
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Michael McGrath', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Finance)'} {'name': 'Paschal Donohoe', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform)'} {'name': 'David Cullinane', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Pearse Doherty', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Professor Breda Smyth', 'role': 'Chief Medical Officer (Department of Health)'} {'name': 'Stephen Donnelly', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Health)'}
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Alcohol Action Ireland
September–December
[Health] Budget 2024 recommendations to reduce harm from alcohol
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Michael McGrath', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Finance)'} {'name': 'Stephen Donnelly', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Health)'} {'name': 'Róisín Shorthall', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'David Cullinane', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Duncan Smith', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Paschal Donohoe', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform)'} + 1 more
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Alcohol Action Ireland
September–December
[Health] Alcohol policy development
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'David Cullinane', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Robert Watt', 'role': 'Secretary General (Department of Health)'} {'name': 'Frances Black', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Thomas Gould', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Mark Ward', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Patricia Ryan', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 1 more
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Alcohol Action Ireland
September–December
[Health] Foetal alcohol spectrum disorder
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Róisín Shorthall', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
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Alcohol Action Ireland
September–December
[Health] Parental problem alcohol use
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Email All Oireachtas Members', 'role': 'Email to all Oireachtas members with invitations to End the Silence week of activities to raise awareness of parental problem alcohol use, 23-27 Oct 2023'} {'name': 'Frances Black', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Leo Varadkar', 'role': 'Taoiseach (Department of the Taoiseach)'} {'name': 'Stephen Donnelly', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Health)'} {'name': 'Mary Butler', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Health)'} {'name': 'Hildegarde Naughton', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Health)'} + 5 more
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Alcohol Action Ireland
September–December
[Health] Public Health (Alcohol) Act 2018
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Stephen Donnelly', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Health)'} {'name': 'Paul Murphy', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
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Alcohol Action Ireland
September–December
[Health] Health information labelling of alcohol products
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Ged Nash', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Stephen Donnelly', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Health)'}
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Alcohol Action Ireland
September–December
[Children and Youth Affairs] Operation Encompass
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Norma Foley', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Education)'} {'name': 'Helen McEntee', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Justice)'} {'name': 'Micheál Martin', 'role': 'Tánaiste and Minister (Department of Foreign Affairs)'} {'name': 'Leo Varadkar', 'role': 'Taoiseach (Department of the Taoiseach)'}
📚 Education ⚖️ Justice & Legal View on lobbying.ie →
Alcohol Action Ireland
September–December
[EU Affairs] EU SANT Public Health subcommittee - Own Initiative Report on Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs)
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Frances Fitzgerald', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': 'Sean Kelly', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': 'Billy Kelleher', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': 'Deirdre Clune', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': 'Luke Ming Flanagan', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': 'Colm Markey', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} + 7 more
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Alcohol Action Ireland
September–December
[Health] Zero alcohol product advertising
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Stephen Donnelly', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Health)'} {'name': 'Neasa Hourigan', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
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Alcohol Action Ireland
September–December
[Health] Voices of Recovery
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Frances Black', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Kenneth Egan', 'role': 'Councillor (South Dublin County Council)'} {'name': 'Norma Foley', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Education)'} {'name': 'Sean Kelly', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': "Ned O'Sullivan", 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'}
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Alcohol Action Ireland
September–December
[Health] Sale of Alcohol Bill
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Frances Fitzgerald', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': 'Leo Varadkar', 'role': 'Taoiseach (Department of the Taoiseach)'} {'name': 'Duncan Smith', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Pa Daly', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'David Cullinane', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': "Roderic O'Gorman", 'role': 'Minister (Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth)'} + 15 more
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Alcohol Action Ireland
September–December
[Health] Implementation of Public Health Alcohol Act in relation to supermarket loyalty schemes
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Róisín Shorthall', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
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Alcohol Action Ireland
January–April
[Education and Training] Awareness of the need for trauma informed education.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Lynn Ruane', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Frances Black', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Ivana Bacik', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
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Alcohol Action Ireland
January–April
[Communications] Online Safety & Media Regulation Bill
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Submission All TDs', 'role': 'Circulation of briefing link on why there is a need for an explicit bans of online advertising and marketing of harmful products: junk food, alcohol, gambling, to children, to be incorporated into the Online Safety & Media Regulation Bill.'} {'name': 'Catherine Martin', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media)'} {'name': 'Frances Black', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Malcolm Byrne', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Micheál Carrigy', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Shane Cassells', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} + 9 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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