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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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Law Society of Ireland
January–April
[Finance] Consumer Insurance Contracts Act 2019
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Paschal Donohoe', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Finance)'}
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Law Society of Ireland
January–April
[Economic Development and Industry] Competition (Amendment) Bill 2021
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Leo Varadkar', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment)'}
🌍 Climate & Energy 🏢 Enterprise & Employment View on lobbying.ie →
Law Society of Ireland
January–April
[Finance] Criminal Justice (Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing) (Amendment) Bill 2020
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Michael McDowell', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'}
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Law Society of Ireland
January–April
[Justice and Equality] Family Court Bill 2020
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'James Lawless', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
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Law Society of Ireland
January–April
[Justice and Equality] Family Justice Oversight Group
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Oonagh Buckley', 'role': 'Deputy Secretary General (Department of Justice)'}
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Law Society of Ireland
January–April
[Social Protection] Child Maintenance Review Group
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Heather Humphreys', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Social Protection)'}
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Law Society of Ireland
January–April
[Justice and Equality] Victims' testimony in cases of rape and sexual offences
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'James Lawless', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
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Law Society of Ireland
January–April
[Justice and Equality] Criminal Justice (Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing) (Amendment) Bill 2020
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Helen McEntee', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Justice)'} {'name': 'Paschal Donohoe', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Finance)'} {'name': 'James Browne', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Justice)'}
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Law Society of Ireland
January–April
[Economic Development and Industry] CORE System
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Maureen O’Sullivan', 'role': 'Registrar of Companies (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment)'}
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Law Society of Ireland
January–April
[Justice and Equality] Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2020
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'James Lawless', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
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Law Society of Ireland
January–April
[Taxation] Anti-Tax Avoidance Directive
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Paschal Donohoe', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Finance)'}
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Law Society of Ireland
January–April
[Health] Review of the Mental Health Act 2001
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Stephen Donnelly', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Health)'}
🌍 Climate & Energy 🏥 Health View on lobbying.ie →
Law Society of Ireland
January–April
[Health] Reforming and Enhancing the Personal Injuries Assessment Board
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Leo Varadkar', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment)'}
🏢 Enterprise & Employment 🏥 Health ⚖️ Justice & Legal View on lobbying.ie →
Law Society of Ireland
January–April
[Justice and Equality] O'Malley Report
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Helen McEntee', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Justice)'}
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Law Society of Ireland
May–August
[Health] Covid-19 - Process involved in the introduction of emergency legislative measures
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Micheál Martin', 'role': 'An Taoiseach (Department of the Taoiseach)'}
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Law Society of Ireland
May–August
[Taxation] Claw back of Help to Buy tax relief as a statutory charge on a site/new property
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Paschal Donohoe', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Public Expenditure and Reform)'} {'name': 'Michael McGrath', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Public Expenditure and Reform)'}
🏦 Finance & Banking 🏠 Housing View on lobbying.ie →
Law Society of Ireland
May–August
[Employment] General Scheme of the Protected Disclosure Amendment Bill
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'John McGuinness', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
🏢 Enterprise & Employment View on lobbying.ie →
Law Society of Ireland
May–August
[Justice and Equality] Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Act 2009
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Seán Canney', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'James Browne', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Justice)'} {'name': 'Heather Humphreys', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Justice)'} {'name': 'Paul Kehoe', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
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Law Society of Ireland
May–August
[Employment] Public Consultation on the Introduction of a Right to Request Remote Working
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Leo Varadkar', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment)'}
🏢 Enterprise & Employment View on lobbying.ie →
Law Society of Ireland
May–August
[Economic Development and Industry] Public Consultation on the Transposition of Directive (EU) 2020/1828 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 November 2020 on representative actions for the protection of the collective interests of consumers, and repealing Directive 2009/22/EC
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Leo Varadkar', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment)'}
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Law Society of Ireland
May–August
[Children and Youth Affairs] Public Consultation on Flexible Working
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': "Roderic O'Gorman", 'role': 'Minister (Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth)'}
🏢 Enterprise & Employment View on lobbying.ie →
Law Society of Ireland
May–August
[Economic Development and Industry] General Scheme of the Consumer Rights Bill 2021
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Leo Varadkar', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment)'}
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Law Society of Ireland
May–August
[Taxation] Policies and practices arising from taxation legislation
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Declan Rigney', 'role': 'Assistant Secretaries or Equivalent Grades (The Office of the Revenue Commissioners)'}
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Law Society of Ireland
May–August
[Justice and Equality] Covid-19 - Ongoing engagement with the Courts Service
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Angela Denning', 'role': 'Chief Executive Officer (The Courts Service)'} {'name': 'Tom Ward', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (The Courts Service)'}
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Law Society of Ireland
May–August
[Justice and Equality] Data Protection Commission's consultation on its Regulatory Strategy for 2021-2026
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Helen Dixon', 'role': 'Data Protection Commissioner (The Office of the Data Protection Commissioner)'}
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Law Society of Ireland
May–August
[Children and Youth Affairs] National Action Plan Against Racism
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': "Roderic O'Gorman", 'role': 'Minister (Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth)'}
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Law Society of Ireland
May–August
[Finance] Finance Bill 2021
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Paschal Donohoe', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Public Expenditure and Reform)'} {'name': 'Michael McGrath', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Public Expenditure and Reform)'} {'name': 'Heather Humphreys', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Social Protection)'}
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Law Society of Ireland
May–August
[Justice and Equality] Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2020
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Jennifer Carroll MacNeill', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
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Law Society of Ireland
September–December
[Finance] Ireland for Finance Action Plan 2022
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Sean Fleming', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Finance)'} {'name': 'Martin Fraser', 'role': 'Secretary General (Department of the Taoiseach)'} {'name': 'Orlaigh Quinn', 'role': 'Secretary General (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment)'} {'name': 'Jim Breslin', 'role': 'Secretary General (Department of Further and Higher Education, Innovation and Science)'} {'name': 'Niall Burgess', 'role': 'Secretary General (Department of Foreign Affairs)'} {'name': 'Michael J. McGrath', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Finance)'}
🏦 Finance & Banking ⚖️ Justice & Legal View on lobbying.ie →
Law Society of Ireland
September–December
[Taxation] Taxation legislation and related policy, practice and procedures
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Eugene Creighton', 'role': 'Assistant Secretaries or Equivalent Grades (The Office of the Revenue Commissioners)'} {'name': 'Declan Rigney', 'role': 'Assistant Secretaries or Equivalent Grades (The Office of the Revenue Commissioners)'} {'name': 'Brian Boyle', 'role': 'Assistant Secretaries or Equivalent Grades (The Office of the Revenue Commissioners)'} {'name': 'Jeanette Doonan', 'role': 'Assistant Secretaries or Equivalent Grades (The Office of the Revenue Commissioners)'}
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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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