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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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Association of Secondary Teachers, Ireland (ASTI)
January–April
[Education and Training] Relationships and Sexuality Education
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Catherine Martin', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
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Association of Secondary Teachers, Ireland (ASTI)
January–April
[Education and Training] Junior Cycle Curriculum
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Joe McHugh', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Education and Skills)'}
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Association of Secondary Teachers, Ireland (ASTI)
January–April
[Education and Training] Pay of post-2010 entrants to teaching
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Joe McHugh', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Education and Skills)'} {'name': 'Ned Costello', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Education and Skills)'} {'name': "Mark O'Doherty", 'role': 'Special Advisor (Department of Education and Skills)'} {'name': 'Seán Ó Foghlú', 'role': 'Secretary General (Department of Education and Skills)'} {'name': 'Harold Hislop', 'role': 'Chief Inspector (Department of Education and Skills)'} {'name': 'Thomas Byrne', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 1 more
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Association of Secondary Teachers, Ireland (ASTI)
January–April
[Education and Training] Review of Senior Cycle
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Joe McHugh', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Education and Skills)'} {'name': 'Harold Hislop', 'role': 'Chief Inspector (Department of Education and Skills)'} {'name': 'Ned Costello', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Education and Skills)'} {'name': 'Seán Ó Foghlú', 'role': 'Secretary General (Department of Education and Skills)'} {'name': "Mark O'Doherty", 'role': 'Special Advisor (Department of Education and Skills)'} {'name': 'Thomas Byrne', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 2 more
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Association of Secondary Teachers, Ireland (ASTI)
January–April
[Education and Training] Teacher workload and wellbeing
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Joe McHugh', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Education and Skills)'} {'name': 'Harold Hislop', 'role': 'Chief Inspector (Department of Education and Skills)'} {'name': 'Seán Ó Foghlú', 'role': 'Secretary General (Department of Education and Skills)'} {'name': 'Ned Costello', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Education and Skills)'} {'name': "Mark O'Doherty", 'role': 'Special Advisor (Department of Education and Skills)'} {'name': 'Thomas Byrne', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 1 more
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Association of Secondary Teachers, Ireland (ASTI)
January–April
[Education and Training] Special needs education
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Joe McHugh', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Education and Skills)'} {'name': 'Seán Ó Foghlú', 'role': 'Secretary General (Department of Education and Skills)'} {'name': 'Ned Costello', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Education and Skills)'} {'name': "Mark O'Doherty", 'role': 'Special Advisor (Department of Education and Skills)'} {'name': 'Harold Hislop', 'role': 'Chief Inspector (Department of Education and Skills)'} {'name': 'Thomas Byrne', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 1 more
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Association of Secondary Teachers, Ireland (ASTI)
January–April
[Education and Training] School leadership posts
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Joe McHugh', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Education and Skills)'} {'name': 'Harold Hislop', 'role': 'Chief Inspector (Department of Education and Skills)'}
📚 Education 🏦 Finance & Banking View on lobbying.ie →
Association of Secondary Teachers, Ireland (ASTI)
January–April
[Education and Training] Whole school inclusive charter
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Joe McHugh', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Education and Skills)'} {'name': 'Thomas Byrne', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Harold Hislop', 'role': 'Chief Inspector (Department of Education and Skills)'} {'name': 'Seán Ó Foghlú', 'role': 'Secretary General (Department of Education and Skills)'} {'name': 'Ned Costello', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Education and Skills)'} {'name': 'Tony Dempsey', 'role': 'Councillor (Wexford County Council)'}
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Association of Secondary Teachers, Ireland (ASTI)
May–August
[Education and Training] Special needs education
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Ruth Coppinger', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
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Association of Secondary Teachers, Ireland (ASTI)
September–December
[Education and Training] Pay of post 2010 entrants to teaching
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Ruth Coppinger', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Catherine Martin', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Thomas Byrne', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Aodhán Ó Ríordáin', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
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Association of Secondary Teachers, Ireland (ASTI)
September–December
[Education and Training] Teachers' terms and conditions
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Diarmaid De Paor, formerly Bray Urgan District Council (Former DPO)', 'role': 'Councillor (Wicklow County Council)'} {'name': 'Ruth Coppinger', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Catherine Martin', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Thomas Byrne', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Aodhán Ó Ríordáin', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
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Association of Secondary Teachers, Ireland (ASTI)
September–December
[Education and Training] Special Needs Education
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Diarmaid De Paor, formerly Bray Urban District Council (Former DPO)', 'role': 'Councillor (Wicklow County Council)'} {'name': 'Ruth Coppinger', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Catherine Martin', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Thomas Byrne', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Aodhán Ó Ríordáin', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
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Association of Secondary Teachers, Ireland (ASTI)
September–December
[Education and Training] Student and Parent Charter Bill, 2019
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Diarmaid De Paor, formerly Bray Urban District Council (Former DPO)', 'role': 'Councillor (Wicklow County Council)'} {'name': 'Ruth Coppinger', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Catherine Martin', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Thomas Byrne', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Aodhán Ó Ríordáin', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 4 more
📚 Education 🏠 Housing View on lobbying.ie →
Association of Secondary Teachers, Ireland (ASTI)
September–December
[Education and Training] School inspections and evaluations
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Harold Hislop', 'role': 'Chief Inspector (Department of Education and Skills)'}
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Association of Secondary Teachers, Ireland (ASTI)
January–April
[Education and Training] Pay of post 2010 entrants to teaching and implications for recruitment/ retention of second-level teachers
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Micheál Martin', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Dara Calleary', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Thomas Byrne', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'James Lawless', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': "Fiona O'Loughlin", 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
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Association of Secondary Teachers, Ireland (ASTI)
January–April
[Education and Training] Pay of post 2010 entrants to teaching
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Seán Ó Foghlú', 'role': 'Secretary General (Department of Education and Skills)'} {'name': 'Harold Hislop', 'role': 'Chief Inspector (Department of Education and Skills)'} {'name': 'Ned Costello', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Education and Skills)'} {'name': 'Richard Bruton', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Education and Skills)'}
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Association of Secondary Teachers, Ireland (ASTI)
January–April
[Education and Training] Pay of post 2010 entrants to teaching
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Catherine Martin', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Thomas Byrne', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Róisín Shortall', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
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Association of Secondary Teachers, Ireland (ASTI)
January–April
[Education and Training] Pay of Post 2010 entrants to teaching
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Richard Bruton', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Education and Skills)'} {'name': 'Martin Hanevy', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Education and Skills)'} {'name': 'Patrick Cluskey', 'role': 'Special Advisor (Department of Education and Skills)'} {'name': 'Ned Costello', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Education and Skills)'}
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Association of Secondary Teachers, Ireland (ASTI)
January–April
[Education and Training] Teachers' work
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Thomas Byrne', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Kathleen Funchion', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Josepha Madigan', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Tony McLoughlin', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': "Fiona O'Loughlin", 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': "Jan O'Sullivan", 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 8 more
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Association of Secondary Teachers, Ireland (ASTI)
January–April
[Education and Training] Pay of post 2010 entrants to teaching
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Finian McGrath', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection)'} {'name': 'Seán Canney', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Michael Fitzmaurice', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'John McGuinness', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Brendan Smith', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Timmy Dooley', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 92 more
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Association of Secondary Teachers, Ireland (ASTI)
January–April
[Education and Training] Pay of post 2010 entrants to teaching
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Kathleen Funchion', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
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Association of Secondary Teachers, Ireland (ASTI)
May–August
[Education and Training] Integrated Health Management Initiative
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Paul Kehoe', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Defence)'}
📚 Education 🏥 Health View on lobbying.ie →
Association of Secondary Teachers, Ireland (ASTI)
May–August
[Education and Training] Pay of post 2010 entrants to teaching
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': "Mary Mitchell O'Connor", 'role': 'Minister (Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation)'} {'name': 'Micheál Martin', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Catherine Martin', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
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Association of Secondary Teachers, Ireland (ASTI)
September–December
[Education and Training] Pay of post 2010 entrants to teaching
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Joe McHugh', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Education and Skills)'} {'name': 'Richard Bruton', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Education and Skills)'} {'name': 'Ned Costello', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Education and Skills)'} {'name': "Mark O'Doherty", 'role': 'Special Advisor (Department of Education and Skills)'} {'name': 'Mary Mitchell O’Connor', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Education and Skills)'} {'name': 'Catherine Martin', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
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Association of Secondary Teachers, Ireland (ASTI)
September–December
[Education and Training] Concerns regarding changes to Junior Cycle/ Senior Cycle
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Joe McHugh', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Education and Skills)'} {'name': 'Ned Costello', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Education and Skills)'} {'name': "Mark O'Doherty", 'role': 'Special Advisor (Department of Education and Skills)'}
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Association of Secondary Teachers, Ireland (ASTI)
September–December
[Education and Training] Individual Education Plans / Student Support Files
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Joe McHugh', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Education and Skills)'} {'name': 'Ned Costello', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Education and Skills)'} {'name': "Mark O'Doherty", 'role': 'Special Advisor (Department of Education and Skills)'}
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Association of Secondary Teachers, Ireland (ASTI)
September–December
[Education and Training] Integrated Health Management Initiative
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Joe McHugh', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Education and Skills)'} {'name': 'Ned Costello', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Education and Skills)'} {'name': "Mark O'Doherty", 'role': 'Special Advisor (Department of Education and Skills)'}
📚 Education 🏥 Health View on lobbying.ie →
Association of Secondary Teachers, Ireland (ASTI)
September–December
[Education and Training] Whole school inclusive charter
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Joe McHugh', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Education and Skills)'} {'name': 'Ned Costello', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Education and Skills)'} {'name': "Mark O'Doherty", 'role': 'Special Advisor (Department of Education and Skills)'}
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Association of Secondary Teachers, Ireland (ASTI)
January–April
[Education and Training] Pay of recently qualified teachers
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Email All TDs', 'role': 'ASTI Standing Committee representatives were asked to email or meet with TDs in their regions.'} {'name': 'Meeting All Oireachtas Members', 'role': 'ASTI Standing Committee representatives were asked to email or meet with TDs in their regions.'}
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Association of Secondary Teachers, Ireland (ASTI)
January–April
[Education and Training] Junior Cycle reform
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Email All TDs', 'role': 'ASTI Standing Committee representatives were asked to email or meet with TDs in their regions.'} {'name': 'Meeting All TDs', 'role': 'ASTI Standing Committee representatives were asked to email or meet with TDs in their regions.'}
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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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