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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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Early Childhood Ireland
January–April
[Children and Youth Affairs] Information about Early Childhood Ireland's advocacy work
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Email All Oireachtas Members', 'role': "January, February, March and April editions of 'Advocacy in Action'."} {'name': 'Bernie McNally', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Children and Youth Affairs)'} {'name': 'Fergal Lynch', 'role': 'Secretary General (Department of Children and Youth Affairs)'} {'name': 'Katherine Zappone', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Children and Youth Affairs)'} {'name': 'Éimear Fisher', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Children and Youth Affairs)'} {'name': "Jerry O'Connor", 'role': 'Special Adviser (Department of Children and Youth Affairs)'} + 1 more
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Early Childhood Ireland
May–August
[Children and Youth Affairs] Early Childhood Ireland's Annual Conference
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Katherine Zappone', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Children and Youth Affairs)'} {'name': 'Bernie McNally', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Children and Youth Affairs)'} {'name': "Jerry O'Connor", 'role': 'Special Adviser (Department of Children and Youth Affairs)'}
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Early Childhood Ireland
January–April
[Children and Youth Affairs] Childcare Support Bill
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Anne Rabbitte', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Alan Farrell', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Lisa Chambers', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Denise Mitchell', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Lorraine Clifford-Lee', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Kathleen Funchion', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 4 more
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Early Childhood Ireland
May–August
[Children and Youth Affairs] Independent Review of the Cost of Childcare
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Anne Rabbitte', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
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Early Childhood Ireland
May–August
[Children and Youth Affairs] Early Years Strategy
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Katherine Zappone', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Children and Youth Affairs)'} {'name': 'Fergal Lynch', 'role': 'Secretary General (Department of Children and Youth Affairs)'} {'name': 'Éimear Fisher', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Children and Youth Affairs)'} {'name': 'Bernie McNally', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Children and Youth Affairs)'}
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Early Childhood Ireland
May–August
[Children and Youth Affairs] Budget 2019 Submission
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Katherine Zappone', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Children and Youth Affairs)'} {'name': 'Bernie McNally', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Children and Youth Affairs)'} {'name': 'Neale Richmond', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Patricia Ryan', 'role': 'Special Adviser (Department of Children and Youth Affairs)'} {'name': "Jerry O'Connor", 'role': 'Special Adviser (Department of Children and Youth Affairs)'} {'name': 'Paschal Donohoe', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Finance)'} + 4 more
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Early Childhood Ireland
May–August
[Children and Youth Affairs] Transition from early years to primary
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Bernie McNally', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Children and Youth Affairs)'} {'name': 'Harold Hislop', 'role': 'Chief Inspector (Department of Education and Skills)'}
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Early Childhood Ireland
May–August
[Children and Youth Affairs] Information about Early Childhood Ireland's advocacy work
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Email All Oireachtas Members', 'role': "May 2018 issue of 'Advocacy in Action'"}
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Early Childhood Ireland
September–December
[Children and Youth Affairs] Early Years strategy - First 5
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Bernie McNally', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Children and Youth Affairs)'} {'name': 'Fergal Lynch', 'role': 'Secretary General (Department of Children and Youth Affairs)'} {'name': 'Katherine Zappone', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Children and Youth Affairs)'}
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Early Childhood Ireland
September–December
[Children and Youth Affairs] Budget 2019
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Jillian van Turnhout (Former DPO)', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Katherine Zappone', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Children and Youth Affairs)'} {'name': 'Anne Rabbitte', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Alan Farrell', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Denise Mitchell', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Roisin Shortall', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 46 more
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Early Childhood Ireland
January–April
[Children and Youth Affairs] Policies and programmes relating to early childhood education and care
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Bernie McNally', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Children and Youth Affairs)'}
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Early Childhood Ireland
January–April
[Children and Youth Affairs] Attendance at Cross Sector Implementation Group meetings to discuss policies and programmes relating to early childhood education and care
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Bernie McNally', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Children and Youth Affairs)'}
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Early Childhood Ireland
January–April
[Children and Youth Affairs] Pre-legislative scrutiny of the Affordable Childcare Scheme by the Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Jim Daly', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Anne Rabbitte', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': "Jan O'Sullivan", 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Kathleen Funchion', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Catherine Noone', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Lorraine Clifford-Lee', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} + 5 more
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Early Childhood Ireland
January–April
[Children and Youth Affairs] Policies and programmes relating to early childhood education and care: Professionalisation of the sector
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Kathleen Funchion', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
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Early Childhood Ireland
January–April
[Children and Youth Affairs] Policies and programmes relating to early childhood education and care: Cost of childcare
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Thomas Pringle', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
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Early Childhood Ireland
January–April
[Children and Youth Affairs] Participation in the Better Outcomes, Brighter Futures Consortium meetings
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Gary Ó Donnchadha', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Education and Skills)'} {'name': 'Dalton Tattan', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Education and Skills)'} {'name': 'Bernie McNally', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Children and Youth Affairs)'}
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Early Childhood Ireland
January–April
[Children and Youth Affairs] Policies and programmes relating to early childhood education and care
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Bernie McNally', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Children and Youth Affairs)'}
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Early Childhood Ireland
January–April
[Children and Youth Affairs] Policies and programmes relating to early childhood education and care
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Katherine Zappone', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Children and Youth Affairs)'} {'name': 'Bernie McNally', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Children and Youth Affairs)'} {'name': "Jerry O'Connor", 'role': 'Special Adviser (Department of Children and Youth Affairs)'}
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Early Childhood Ireland
January–April
[Children and Youth Affairs] Policies and programmes relating to early childhood education and care: Professionalisation
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Róisín Shortall', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
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Early Childhood Ireland
January–April
[Children and Youth Affairs] Policies and programmes relating to early childhood education and care
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Harold Hislop', 'role': 'Chief Inspector (Department of Education and Skills)'}
🌍 Climate & Energy 📚 Education View on lobbying.ie →
Early Childhood Ireland
January–April
[Children and Youth Affairs] Participation in the Better Outcomes, Brighter Futures Consortium meetings
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Gary Ó Donnchadha', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Education and Skills)'} {'name': 'Dalton Tattan', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Education and Skills)'} {'name': 'Bernie McNally', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Children and Youth Affairs)'}
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Early Childhood Ireland
January–April
[Children and Youth Affairs] Policies and programmes relating to early childhood education and care
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Anne Rabbitte', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
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Early Childhood Ireland
January–April
[Children and Youth Affairs] Family Leave Bill
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Ivana Bacik', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'}
🏠 Housing View on lobbying.ie →
Early Childhood Ireland
January–April
[Children and Youth Affairs] Policies and programmes relating to early childhood education and care
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Katherine Zappone', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Children and Youth Affairs)'} {'name': 'Bernie McNally', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Children and Youth Affairs)'}
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Early Childhood Ireland
January–April
[Children and Youth Affairs] Policies and programmes relating to early childhood education and care
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Anne Rabbitte', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
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Early Childhood Ireland
May–August
[Children and Youth Affairs] Terms & Conditions of early years staff
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': "Jan O'Sullivan", 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Kathleen Funchion', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': "Donnchadh O'Laoghaire", 'role': 'TD (The Lower House of the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Anne Rabbitte', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Róisín Shortall', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Lisa Chambers', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 5 more
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Early Childhood Ireland
May–August
[Children and Youth Affairs] Budget 2018
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Anne Rabbitte', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Bernie McNally', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Children and Youth Affairs)'} {'name': 'Patricia Ryan', 'role': 'Special Adviser (Department of Health)'} {'name': "Jerry O'Connor", 'role': 'Special Adviser (Department of Children and Youth Affairs)'} {'name': 'Regina Doherty', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Social Protection)'} {'name': 'Paschal Donohoe', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Finance)'} + 4 more
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Early Childhood Ireland
May–August
[Children and Youth Affairs] More Affordable Childcare
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Email All TDs', 'role': 'Briefing on the implementation of More Affordable Childcare'}
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Early Childhood Ireland
May–August
[Children and Youth Affairs] Early years policy
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Katherine Zappone', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Children and Youth Affairs)'} {'name': 'Bernie McNally', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Children and Youth Affairs)'} {'name': 'Fergal Lynch', 'role': 'Secretary General (Department of Children and Youth Affairs)'} {'name': 'Éimear Fisher', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Children and Youth Affairs)'}
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Early Childhood Ireland
May–August
[Children and Youth Affairs] More Affordable Childcare
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Katherine Zappone', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Children and Youth Affairs)'} {'name': 'Bernie McNally', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Children and Youth Affairs)'} {'name': 'Patricia Ryan', 'role': 'Special Adviser (Department of Health)'} {'name': "Jerry O'Connor", 'role': 'Special Adviser (Department of Children and Youth Affairs)'} {'name': 'Anne Rabbitte', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Jennifer Whitmore', 'role': 'Councillor (Wicklow County Council)'}
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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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