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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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Dungarvan & West Waterford Chamber
September–December
[Education and Training] Trading Online Voucher – this scheme should be broadened out beyond grants for websites only. E-commerce is much more than websites so the criteria should also include the many online sales platforms.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Matt Shanahan', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Mary Butler', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Health)'} {'name': 'John Cummins', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'}
📚 Education View on lobbying.ie →
Dungarvan & West Waterford Chamber
September–December
[Economic Development and Industry] Disadvantaged Businesses - businesses that are not rateable (e.g. agri food) have lost out with regard to attaining grants and they are not allowed get the restart grant despite having to make modifications to their business
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Matt Shanahan', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'John Cummins', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Mary Butler', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Health)'}
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Dungarvan & West Waterford Chamber
September–December
[Budgetary matters] Chambers Ireland Budget 2021 Submission
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Ged Nash', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Paschal Donohoe', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Finance)'} {'name': 'Michael McGrath', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Public Expenditure and Reform)'} {'name': 'Catherine Murphy', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
🏢 Enterprise & Employment 🏦 Finance & Banking 🏠 Housing View on lobbying.ie →
Dungarvan & West Waterford Chamber
September–December
[Economic Development and Industry] Businesses in retail and offering 'one to one' services be kept open while adhering to H&S protocols.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Mary Butler', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Health)'} {'name': 'Matt Shanahan', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'David Cullinane', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'John Cummins', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Marc Ó Cathasaigh', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
🏢 Enterprise & Employment View on lobbying.ie →
Dungarvan & West Waterford Chamber
September–December
[Economic Development and Industry] Financial and other supports must be available without the need to accrue debt. Grants and continuity supports need to be flexible and plentiful for our economy to have positive hope
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Matt Shanahan', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Mary Butler', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Health)'} {'name': 'Marc Ó Cathasaigh', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'David Cullinane', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'John Cummins', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'}
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Dungarvan & West Waterford Chamber
September–December
[Agriculture] Aquaculture is a crucial part of our economy, providing employment and also inextricably connected to other sectors such as Tourism and the Waterford food production brand. Without sufficient support the damage done to the aquaculture sector will have wide-ranging and unforeseeable effects. there are a number of business sectors who fell between eligibility criteria for grant assistance from Covid grants - aquaculture is one. Chamber wishes this to be amended
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Marc Ó Cathasaigh', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Mary Butler', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Health)'} {'name': 'David Cullinane', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Matt Shanahan', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'John Cummins', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'}
🌾 Agriculture 🏢 Enterprise & Employment View on lobbying.ie →
Dungarvan & West Waterford Chamber
September–December
[Economic Development and Industry] White Van Grant operates under Micro-Enterprise Assistance. The original announcement about who was to benefit and how, is very different from the actual grant rolled out, as evidenced by the eligibility criteria. Thsi grant doe snot cover sole traders and operators, it is more applicable to SME's. Chamber lobbies for the criteria to be broadened to include such traders or a new support provided specifically for this group
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Mary Butler', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Health)'} {'name': 'Marc Ó Cathasaigh', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'David Cullinane', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Matt Shanahan', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'John Cummins', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'}
🏢 Enterprise & Employment 🏠 Housing View on lobbying.ie →
Dungarvan & West Waterford Chamber
September–December
[Budgetary matters] Exclusion of certain business sectors from accessing Covid Restrictions Support Scheme (CRSS)
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Mary Butler', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Health)'} {'name': 'Matt Shanahan', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Marc Ó Cathasaigh', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'David Cullinane', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'John Cummins', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'}
🏦 Finance & Banking View on lobbying.ie →
GSK
September–December
[Environment] GSK's sustainability commitment and how it relates to the Dungarvan manufacturing site
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Mary Butler', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Health)'} {'name': 'Matt Shanahan', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'David Cullinane', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Marc Ó Cathasaigh', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
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Waterford Chamber of Commerce
September–December
[Public Expenditure and Reform] Tender for maintenance and removal of Christmas lighting in Waterford, Dungarvan and Tramore
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Michael Walsh', 'role': 'CEO (Waterford City and County Council)'}
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Dungarvan & West Waterford Chamber
September–December
[Economic Development and Industry] Retail Strategy Review Waterford City & County
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Michael Quinn', 'role': 'Director of Services or Equivalent (Waterford City and County Council)'}
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Dungarvan & West Waterford Chamber
May–August
[Tourism] Submission regarding a camper van facility at Quanns Dungarvan
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Kieran Keogh', 'role': 'Director of Services or Equivalent (Waterford City and County Council)'}
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Dungarvan & West Waterford Chamber
September–December
[Economic Development and Industry] Difficulties businesses, events, inititaives and festvials are facing in light of extreme insurance increases.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Mary Butler', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
🏦 Finance & Banking View on lobbying.ie →
Dungarvan & West Waterford Chamber
May–August
[Economic Development and Industry] Submission relating to the potential pedestrianisation of Davitts Quay Dungarvan
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Kieran Keogh', 'role': 'Director of Services or Equivalent (Waterford City and County Council)'}
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Dungarvan & West Waterford Chamber
September–December
[Transport] Support for Waterford Airport
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Shane Ross', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport)'}
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Dungarvan & West Waterford Chamber
September–December
[Local Government] Dungarvan & West Waterford Chamber urges Councillors & Council Executives not to increase commercial rates
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Liam Brazil', 'role': 'Councillor (Waterford City and County Council)'} {'name': 'Tom Cronin', 'role': 'Councillor (Waterford City and County Council)'} {'name': 'Declan Doocey', 'role': 'Councillor (Waterford City and County Council)'} {'name': 'Damien Geoghegan', 'role': 'Councillor (Waterford City and County Council)'} {'name': 'Pat Nugent', 'role': 'Councillor (Waterford City and County Council)'} {'name': "Seamus O'Donnell", 'role': 'Councillor (Waterford City and County Council)'} + 17 more
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Dungarvan & West Waterford Chamber
September–December
[Budgetary matters] Waterford Council is facing a massive cut to its revenue just a few weeks before it is due to finalise its budget. Dungarvan & West Waterford Chamber is calling on you, and your government colleagues who are copied in on this email, to fix this situation without delay! This projected reduction in Waterford Council's revenue of over €3 million must be compensated for in full this year at the very least, to allow the council, to adapt to the financial impact of the new rates
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Eoghan Murphy', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'John Paul Phelan', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government)'} {'name': 'John Paul Phelan', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Leo Varadkar', 'role': 'Taoiseach (Department of the Taoiseach)'}
🏦 Finance & Banking View on lobbying.ie →
Dungarvan & West Waterford Chamber
September–December
[Public Expenditure and Reform] The Chamber encourages a stronger mechanism be put in place to support local businesses - this could be breaking down larger scale projects into sectors within that project. This would allow more local businesses be in a position to tender for local work and therefore would support local employment & the economy and in turn local rate payers
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Damien Geoghegan', 'role': 'Councillor (Waterford City and County Council)'} {'name': 'Pat Nugent', 'role': 'Councillor (Waterford City and County Council)'} {'name': 'Thomas Phelan', 'role': 'Councillor (Waterford City and County Council)'} {'name': 'John Pratt', 'role': 'Councillor (Waterford City and County Council)'} {'name': 'Tom Cronin', 'role': 'Councillor (Waterford City and County Council)'} {'name': 'Declan Doocey', 'role': 'Councillor (Waterford City and County Council)'} + 8 more
🏢 Enterprise & Employment View on lobbying.ie →
Cunanne Stratton Reynolds
on behalf of Yes (client not named)
January–April
[Development and Zoning] Planning history and devleopment potential of lands in Dungarvan, Co. Waterford
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Lar Power (Currently employed as a DPO)', 'role': 'Director of Services or Equivalent (Waterford City and County Council)'} {'name': 'Lar Power', 'role': 'Director of Services or Equivalent (Waterford City and County Council)'}
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Cunanne Stratton Reynolds
on behalf of Yes (client not named)
May–August
[Development and Zoning] Development of lands in Dungarvan,. Co. Waterford and discussions as to what kind og developmebt was acceptable in a tourist location.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Michael Walsh (Currently employed as a DPO)', 'role': 'CEO (Waterford City and County Council)'} {'name': 'Lar Power (Currently employed as a DPO)', 'role': 'Director of Services or Equivalent (Waterford City and County Council)'} {'name': 'Michael Walsh', 'role': 'CEO (Waterford City and County Council)'} {'name': 'Lar Power', 'role': 'Director of Services or Equivalent (Waterford City and County Council)'}
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Irish Heart Foundation
May–August
[Health] Hospital Beds Data - Information relating to Dungarvan community hospital
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'David Cullinane', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
🏥 Health View on lobbying.ie →
Tramore Chamber of Tourism & Commerce
May–August
[Budgetary matters] Tramore Chamber of Tourism & Commerce met with Waterford CEO Michael Walsh in council offices Dungarvan at 3.00pm in attendance Councillor Joe Conway Frank King and Padraig Cunningham
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Joe Conway', 'role': 'Councillor (Waterford City and County Council)'}
🏦 Finance & Banking View on lobbying.ie →
Karen & Donal Dempsey
September–December
[Development and Zoning] The zoning of land at Shandon, Dungarvan.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Lar Power', 'role': 'Director of Services or Equivalent (Waterford City and County Council)'} {'name': 'Damien Geoghegan', 'role': 'Councillor (Waterford City and County Council)'}
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Waterford Chamber of Commerce
January–April
[Transport] Deise Greenway Project (Waterford to Dungarvan Railway)
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Paschal Donohoe', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport)'} {'name': 'Paudie Coffey', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Environment, Community and Local Government)'}
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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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