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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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Vodafone Ireland
January–April
[EU Affairs] To outline the Vodafone position regarding competition law reform in the digital age, free flow of data as part of any Future Trade Agreement; and to brief on our IoT Regulatory Framework White Paper.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Billy Kelleher', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'}
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Vodafone Ireland
January–April
[EU Affairs] To outline Vodafone's position regarding the importance of the free flow of data as part of a Future Trade Agreement; brief on the key aspects of the Vodafone IoT Regulatory Framework & Connecting Europe for a Better Future White Papers.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Seán Kelly', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'}
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Vodafone Ireland
January–April
[Trade] Correspondence to understand how Vodafone operations can best support the response to the COVID-19 crisis.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Ciarán Ó hÓbáin', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Environment, Climate and Communications)'}
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Vodafone Ireland
January–April
[Communications] Briefing on the Vodafone COVID-19 Plan to help counter the impacts of the outbreak, to support the Government response by maintaining quality of service of our network, putting in place additional capacity and resilience; and the facilitation of home working and support for SMEs.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Mark Griffin', 'role': 'Secretary General (Department of Environment, Climate and Communications)'} {'name': 'Ciarán Ó hÓbáin', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Environment, Climate and Communications)'} {'name': 'Kevin McCarthy', 'role': 'Secretary General (Department of Rural and Community Development)'} {'name': 'William Parnell', 'role': 'Special Adviser (Department of Rural and Community Development)'} {'name': 'Martin Fraser', 'role': 'Secretary General (Department of the Taoiseach)'} {'name': 'John Shaw', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of the Taoiseach)'} + 14 more
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Vodafone Ireland
January–April
[Community] To brief on measures to help the most vulnerable and isolated in Ireland during the COVID-19 crisis. Outlining of donation of 1,000 new smartphones along with credit top ups to ALONE and an emergency donation to Women's Aid.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': "Aidan O'Driscoll", 'role': 'Secretary General (Department of Justice and Equality)'} {'name': 'Carol Baxter', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Justice and Equality)'} {'name': 'John Carroll', 'role': 'Head of Unit (Department of the Taoiseach)'} {'name': 'Mark Griffin', 'role': 'Secretary General (Department of Environment, Climate and Communications)'} {'name': 'Ciarán Ó hÓbáin', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Environment, Climate and Communications)'} {'name': 'Patrick Cluskey', 'role': 'Special Adviser (Department of Environment, Climate and Communications)'} + 6 more
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Vodafone Ireland
January–April
[Communications] Engagement to discuss the request to zero rate a number of education websites and related online resources to support continuing access for students and teachers.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': "Mark O'Doherty", 'role': 'Special Adviser (Department of Education and Skills)'}
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Vodafone Ireland
January–April
[Trade] Discussion to understand how Vodafone operations can best support the response to the COVID-19 crisis.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Declan Hughes', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation)'}
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Vodafone Ireland
January–April
[Communications] Call to discuss the request the zero rating of educational websites and resources & the socio-economic report commissioned on the impact of our Gigabit Hubs programme.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Ciarán Ó hÓbáin', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Environment, Climate and Communications)'}
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Vodafone Ireland
January–April
[Economic Development and Industry] Correspondence outlining Vodafone's ongoing support in the response to the COVID-19 crisis, and a commitment to supporting the recovery of the economy and society; outlining a set of proposals to support the phased reopening of the economy.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Leo Varadkar', 'role': 'Taoiseach (Department of the Taoiseach)'} {'name': 'Martin Fraser', 'role': 'Secretary General (Department of the Taoiseach)'} {'name': 'John Carroll', 'role': 'Head of Unit (Department of the Taoiseach)'}
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Vodafone Ireland
January–April
[Economic Development and Industry] Correspondence outlining Vodafone's ongoing support in the response to the COVID-19 crisis, and a commitment to supporting the recovery of the economy and society; outlining a set of proposals to support the phased reopening of the economy.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Simon Coveney', 'role': 'Tánaiste and Minister (Department of Foreign Affairs)'} {'name': 'Chris Donoghue', 'role': 'Special Adviser (Department of Foreign Affairs)'} {'name': 'Niall Burgess', 'role': 'Secretary General (Department of Foreign Affairs)'}
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Vodafone Ireland
January–April
[Economic Development and Industry] Correspondence outlining Vodafone's ongoing support in the response to the COVID-19 crisis, and a commitment to supporting the recovery of the economy and society; outlining a set of proposals to support the phased reopening of the economy.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Paschal Donohoe', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Finance)'} {'name': 'Ed Brophy', 'role': 'Special Adviser (Department of Finance)'} {'name': 'Derek Moran', 'role': 'Secretary General (Department of Finance)'}
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Vodafone Ireland
January–April
[Economic Development and Industry] Correspondence outlining Vodafone's ongoing support in the response to the COVID-19 crisis, and a commitment to supporting the recovery of the economy and society; outlining a set of proposals to support the phased reopening of the economy.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Heather Humphreys', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation)'} {'name': 'Orlaigh Quinn', 'role': 'Secretary General (Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation)'} {'name': 'Pauric McPhillips', 'role': 'Special Adviser (Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation)'}
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Vodafone Ireland
January–April
[Economic Development and Industry] Correspondence outlining Vodafone's ongoing support in the response to the COVID-19 crisis, and a commitment to supporting the recovery of the economy and society; outlining a set of proposals to support the phased reopening of the economy.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Richard Bruton', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Environment, Climate and Communications)'} {'name': 'Mark Griffin', 'role': 'Secretary General (Department of Environment, Climate and Communications)'} {'name': 'Patrick Cluskey', 'role': 'Special Adviser (Department of Environment, Climate and Communications)'} {'name': 'Ciarán Ó hÓbáin', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Environment, Climate and Communications)'}
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Vodafone Ireland
May–August
[Communications] An overview of how Vodafone have supported the response of our critical services, Government, consumers and businesses in Ireland and across other European countries.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Barry Andrews', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': 'Mairead McGuinness', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': 'Billy Kelleher', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': 'Seán Kelly', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': 'Deirdre Clune', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': 'Frances Fitzgerald', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'}
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Vodafone Ireland
May–August
[Economic Development and Industry] Vodafone white paper outlining our position on steps to secure the 5G ecosystem in Europe.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Andrew Munro', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of the Taoiseach)'} {'name': 'Ben Ryan', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Justice and Equality)'} {'name': 'Mark Griffin', 'role': 'Secretary General (Department of Environment, Climate and Communications)'} {'name': 'Ciarán Ó hÓbáin', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Environment, Climate and Communications)'} {'name': 'Clare Tiernan', 'role': 'Acting Assistant Secretary (Department of Defence)'}
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Vodafone Ireland
May–August
[Environment] Correspondence regarding the global valuations process, to assess the net asset value of our infrastructure.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Barry Quinlan', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government)'} {'name': 'Ciarán Ó hÓbáin', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Environment, Climate and Communications)'} {'name': 'Declan Hughes', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation)'}
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Vodafone Ireland
May–August
[Economic Development and Industry] Vodafone white paper outlining the identification of critical functions of 5G networks.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Andrew Munro', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of the Taoiseach)'} {'name': 'Ben Ryan', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Justice and Equality)'} {'name': 'Mark Griffin', 'role': 'Secretary General (Department of Environment, Climate and Communications)'} {'name': 'Ciarán Ó hÓbáin', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Environment, Climate and Communications)'} {'name': 'Clare Tiernan', 'role': 'Acting Assistant Secretary (Department of Defence)'}
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Vodafone Ireland
May–August
[Communications] To discuss progress relating to the transposition of the European Electronic Communications Code.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Ciarán Ó hÓbáin', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Environment, Climate and Communications)'}
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Vodafone Ireland
May–August
[Economic Development and Industry] Correspondence outlining the role connectivity and digitisation can play post-COVID-19 to support Ireland’s economic recovery and the next phase of economic development.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Micheál Martin', 'role': 'An Taoiseach (Department of the Taoiseach)'} {'name': 'Leo Varadkar', 'role': 'An Tánaiste (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Heather Humphreys', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Social Protection)'} {'name': 'Eamon Ryan', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Climate Action, Communication Networks and Transport)'} {'name': 'Deirdre Gillane', 'role': 'Chief of Staff (Department of the Taoiseach)'} {'name': 'Orlaigh Quinn', 'role': 'Secretary General (Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation)'} + 3 more
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Vodafone Ireland
May–August
[Energy and Natural Resources] Correspondence outlining Vodafone's commitment to our network both in Ireland and across Europe, to power our network with 100% renewable electricity by July 2021.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Brian Carroll', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Environment, Climate and Communications)'} {'name': 'John Shaw', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of the Taoiseach)'} {'name': 'David Hegarty', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation)'}
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Vodafone Ireland
May–August
[Energy and Natural Resources] Outlining Vodafone's commitment to our network both in Ireland and across Europe, to power our network with 100% renewable electricity by July 2021.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Barry Andrews', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': 'Mairead McGuinness', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': 'Billy Kelleher', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': 'Seán Kelly', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': 'Deirdre Clune', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'}
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Vodafone Ireland
May–August
[Economic Development and Industry] Vodafone Institute Report detailing citizens views on EU Member States response to COVID-19, the role of technology in supporting the recovery.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'David Hegarty', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation)'} {'name': 'Mark Griffin', 'role': 'Secretary General (Department of Environment, Climate and Communications)'} {'name': 'Ciarán Ó hÓbáin', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Environment, Climate and Communications)'} {'name': 'Philip O’Callaghan', 'role': 'Special Adviser (Department of the Taoiseach)'} {'name': 'Ed Brophy', 'role': 'Special Adviser (Department of Finance)'} {'name': 'Chris Donoghue', 'role': 'Special Adviser (Department of Foreign Affairs)'}
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Vodafone Ireland
May–August
[Justice and Equality] Correspondence to highlight Vodafone's commitment to work with Government to address the issue of online child sex abuse material.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Helen McEntee', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Justice)'} {'name': "Aidan O'Driscoll", 'role': 'Secretary General (Department of Justice and Equality)'} {'name': 'Ben Ryan', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Justice and Equality)'}
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Vodafone Ireland
September–December
[Environment] Correspondence regarding the global valuations process.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Orlaigh Quinn', 'role': 'Secretary General (Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation)'} {'name': 'David Hegarty', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation)'} {'name': "Philip O'Callaghan", 'role': 'Special Advisor (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment)'} {'name': 'Graham Doyle', 'role': 'Secretary General (Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)'} {'name': 'Ciarán Ó hÓbáin', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Environment, Climate and Communications)'} {'name': 'John Hogan', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Finance)'} + 3 more
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Vodafone Ireland
September–December
[Finance] Engagement to outline the unavailability of tax relief on the purchase of spectrum licenses, and Ireland's outlier status in its treatment of this asset compared to other EU countries.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Derek Moran', 'role': 'Secretary General (Department of Finance)'} {'name': 'John Hogan', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Finance)'} {'name': 'Ed Brophy', 'role': 'Special Adviser (Department of Finance)'}
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Vodafone Ireland
September–December
[Economic Development and Industry] An overview for the Tánaiste and senior officials of Vodafone's response to COVID, and our support for the economic recovery & initiatives undertaken. Provided detail of a number of key policy areas for Vodafone.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Leo Varadkar', 'role': 'An Tánaiste (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Declan Hughes', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation)'} {'name': 'Matthew Lynch', 'role': 'Special Adviser (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment)'}
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Vodafone Ireland
September–December
[Economic Development and Industry] An overview for the Minister and senior officials of Vodafone's response to COVID, and our support for the economic recovery & initiatives supporting the elderly and the education sector. Provided an update on the Broadband Connection Points programme & several key policy areas for Vodafone.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Heather Humphreys', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Social Protection)'}
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Vodafone Ireland
September–December
[Education and Training] An overview of options and possibilities available for remote learning, during COVID-19.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Dalton Tattan', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Education and Skills)'}
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Vodafone Ireland
September–December
[Education and Training] Virtual call providing an overview of options available to support remote learning, during COVID-19.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Dalton Tattan', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Education and Skills)'} {'name': 'Deirdre Shanley', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Education and Skills)'} {'name': 'Martina Mannion', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Education and Skills)'}
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Vodafone Ireland
September–December
[Justice and Equality] Communications (Retention of Data) Act 2011.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Ben Ryan', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Justice and Equality)'}
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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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