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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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Shannon Chamber
September–December
[Economic Development and Industry] Concern about auto enrolment pension threshold
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Emer Higgins', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment)'} {'name': 'Tony Mulcahy', 'role': 'Councillor (Clare County Council)'} {'name': 'Timmy Dooley', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Cathal Crowe', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
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Consultative Committee of Accountancy Bodies Ireland
September–December
[Taxation] Representations regarding the pension Standard Fund Threshold.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Tom James', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (The Office of the Revenue Commissioners)'}
🏦 Finance & Banking View on lobbying.ie →
Threshold
September–December
[Housing] Threshold's proposal for a deposit protection scheme for rental deposits.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Email All TDs', 'role': 'Email campaign to political representatives asking them to support our recommendation for a Deposit Protection Scheme.'} {'name': "Cian O'Callaghan", 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': "Darragh O'Brien", 'role': 'Minister (Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)'} {'name': 'Kevin Dillon', 'role': 'Special Adviser (Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)'}
🏠 Housing View on lobbying.ie →
Threshold
September–December
[Housing] Threshold's general election asks.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Mary Fitzpatrick', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Eoin Ó Broin', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Ivana Bacik', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'John Cummins', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Richard Boyd Barrett', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Steven Matthews', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 3 more
🏠 Housing View on lobbying.ie →
Threshold
September–December
[Housing] European Housing Commissioner and European Parliament Special Committee on The Housing Crisis in the EU.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Aodhán Ó Ríordáin', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'}
🏠 Housing View on lobbying.ie →
Threshold
September–December
[Tourism] Regulation of short-term letting.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Luke Ming Flanagan', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'}
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Threshold
September–December
[Housing] CSO appearance at Oireachtas Committee.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Eoin Ó Broin', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
🏠 Housing View on lobbying.ie →
Irish Council for International Students (ICOS)
September–December
[Housing] Signed letter along with Threshold to Minister for Housing to request that a Deposit Protection Scheme be implemented
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': "Darragh O'Brien", 'role': 'Minister (Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)'}
🏠 Housing View on lobbying.ie →
Threshold
September–December
[Housing] Rent Arrears Data.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Eoin Ó Broin', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
🏠 Housing View on lobbying.ie →
Threshold
September–December
[Housing] Security of tenure in the private rental sector
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Kevin Dillon', 'role': 'Special Adviser (Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)'} {'name': "Fiona O'Connor", 'role': 'Special Adviser (Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform)'} {'name': 'Patrick Cluskey', 'role': 'Special Adviser (Department of Justice)'}
🏠 Housing View on lobbying.ie →
Threshold
September–December
[Housing] Threshold's conference 'Changing our Housing System'
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Mary Fitzpatrick', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Eoin Ó Broin', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Richard Boyd Barrett', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Darragh Moriarty', 'role': 'Councillor (Dublin City Council)'} {'name': 'Francis Noel Duffy', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': "Darragh O'Brien", 'role': 'Minister (Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)'}
🏠 Housing View on lobbying.ie →
Threshold
September–December
[Housing] Launch of Threshold Annual Report for 2023.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'James Geoghegan', 'role': 'Councillor (Dublin City Council)'}
🏠 Housing View on lobbying.ie →
Threshold
September–December
[Housing] National Homeless Action Committee Q3 2024 Meeting
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': "Darragh O'Brien", 'role': 'Minister (Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)'} {'name': 'David Kelly', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)'} {'name': 'Mary Hayes', 'role': 'Director of Services or Equivalent (Dublin City Council)'} {'name': 'Kevin Dillon', 'role': 'Special Adviser (Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)'}
🏠 Housing View on lobbying.ie →
Threshold
September–December
[Housing] Dublin Joint Consultative Forum
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Mary Hayes', 'role': 'Director of Services or Equivalent (Dublin City Council)'}
🏠 Housing View on lobbying.ie →
Macra na Feirme
September–December
[Agriculture] Changes to the Capital Acquisition Tax thresholds
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Dara Calleary', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment)'}
🌾 Agriculture 🏦 Finance & Banking View on lobbying.ie →
Threshold
September–December
[Housing] Sinn Fein's housing policy
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Eoin Ó Broin', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
🏠 Housing View on lobbying.ie →
Threshold
September–December
[Housing] Programme for Government
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': "Darragh O'Brien", 'role': 'Minister (Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)'} {'name': 'Ivana Bacik', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Paschal Donohoe', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform)'} {'name': "Cian O'Callaghan", 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Rory Hearne', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Richard Boyd Barrett', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 27 more
🏠 Housing View on lobbying.ie →
Society of St. Vincent de Paul
September–December
[Housing] To introduce legislation to establish a third-party custodial protection scheme for the holding of rental deposits. This was done in collaboration with Threshold Ireland.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': "Darragh O'Brien", 'role': 'Minister (Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)'}
🏠 Housing View on lobbying.ie →
Unite the Union, Ireland Region
September–December
[Employment] Remuneration thresholds for employment permits for family reunification
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Emer Higgins', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment)'}
🏢 Enterprise & Employment View on lobbying.ie →
Shannon Chamber
September–December
[Employment] Concern about auto enrolment pension threshold
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Emer Higgins', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment)'} {'name': 'Tony Mulcahy', 'role': 'Councillor (Clare County Council)'} {'name': 'Timmy Dooley', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Cathal Crowe', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
🏢 Enterprise & Employment View on lobbying.ie →
Shannon Chamber
September–December
[Employment] The proposed threshold increase for General Work Permits, set to take effect in January 2025
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Emer Higgins', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment)'} {'name': 'Timmy Dooley', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Cathal Crowe', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Tony Mulcahy', 'role': 'Councillor (Clare County Council)'} {'name': 'Jack Chambers', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Finance)'} {'name': 'Paschal Donohoe', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform)'}
🏢 Enterprise & Employment View on lobbying.ie →
Threshold
January–April
[Tourism] Emailed MEP's regarding the regulation of short-term lettings at both the national and EU level.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Ciarán Cuffe', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': "Grace O'Sullivan", 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': 'Luke Ming Flanagan', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'}
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Threshold
January–April
[Housing] Housing for All Stakeholder Conference
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Leo Varadkar', 'role': 'Taoiseach (Department of the Taoiseach)'} {'name': "Darragh O'Brien", 'role': 'Minister (Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)'} {'name': "Kieran O'Donnell", 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)'}
🏠 Housing View on lobbying.ie →
Threshold
January–April
[Housing] Dublin Regional Homeless Executive (DRHE) Tendering process for Homeless Prevention Service
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Mary Hayes', 'role': 'Director of Services or Equivalent (Dublin City Council)'}
🏠 Housing View on lobbying.ie →
Threshold
January–April
[Housing] National Homeless Action Committee
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': "Darragh O'Brien", 'role': 'Minister (Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)'} {'name': "Kieran O'Donnell", 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)'} {'name': 'Hildegarde Naughton', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Kevin Dillon', 'role': 'Special Adviser (Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)'} {'name': 'Caroline Timmons', 'role': 'Acting Assistant Secretary (Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)'} {'name': 'Mary Hayes', 'role': 'Director of Services or Equivalent (Dublin City Council)'}
🏠 Housing View on lobbying.ie →
Threshold
January–April
[Housing] Interim National Homeless Action Committee
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Caroline Timmons', 'role': 'Acting Assistant Secretary (Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)'} {'name': 'Ciara Shaughnessy', 'role': 'Special Adviser (Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)'} {'name': 'Kevin Dillon', 'role': 'Special Adviser (Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)'}
🏠 Housing View on lobbying.ie →
Threshold
January–April
[Housing] Meeting with the DPOs requested. Meeting held with Department officials.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Catherine Martin', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media)'} {'name': 'Tanya Warren', 'role': 'Special Adviser (Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media)'} {'name': 'Juno McEnroe', 'role': 'Special Adviser (Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media)'}
🌍 Climate & Energy 🏠 Housing View on lobbying.ie →
Threshold
January–April
[Housing] Threshold put its name to a letter to the Minister.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': "Darragh O'Brien", 'role': 'Minister (Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)'}
🏠 Housing View on lobbying.ie →
Threshold
January–April
[Housing] Meet with the DPO
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Violet Anne Wynne', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
🏠 Housing View on lobbying.ie →
Threshold
January–April
[Housing] Meeting with the DPO
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Kevin Dillon', 'role': 'Special Adviser (Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)'}
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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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