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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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Age Action
September–December
[Employment] Mandatory retirement and Employment Equality (Abolition of Mandatory Retirement) Bill 2016
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Leo Varadkar', 'role': 'Taoiseach (Department of the Taoiseach)'} {'name': 'Paschal Donohoe', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Finance)'} {'name': 'Paschal Donohoe', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Public Expenditure and Reform)'} {'name': 'John Brady', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Frances Fitzgerald', 'role': 'Tánaiste and Minister (Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation)'}
🏢 Enterprise & Employment View on lobbying.ie →
Age Action
September–December
[Social Protection] Reform of the State Pension
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Email All TDs', 'role': 'Emailed all TDs a briefing paper setting out the reasons for reversing the 2012 changes introduced to the State Pension system ahead of a Dáil debate on the subject.'} {'name': 'Michael Healy-Rae', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Danny Healy-Rae', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Brendan Griffin', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Martin Ferris', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'John Brassil', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 21 more
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Age Action
September–December
[Taxation] VAT Compensation Scheme
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Paschal Donohoe', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Public Expenditure and Reform)'} {'name': 'Paschal Donohoe', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Finance)'}
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Age Action
September–December
[Employment] Raising the mandatory retirement age for public service workers
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Paschal Donohoe', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Public Expenditure and Reform)'} {'name': 'Paschal Donohoe', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Finance)'}
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Age Action
September–December
[Budgetary matters] Budget 2018
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Email All Oireachtas Members', 'role': "Email sent to all TDs and senators setting out Age Action's top priorities for Budget 2018 including increased investment in homecare, an increase in the State Pension and an increase in the Living Alone Allowance."} {'name': 'Paschal Donohoe', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Public Expenditure and Reform)'} {'name': 'Paschal Donohoe', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Finance)'} {'name': 'Mary Butler', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Dessie Ellis', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Anne Rabbitte', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 1 more
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Age Action
September–December
[Health] Homecare
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': "Louise O'Reilly", 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Bernard Durkan', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': "Kate O'Connell", 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': "Margaret Murphy O'Mahony", 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Colm Burke', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Colette Kelleher', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} + 2 more
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Age Action
September–December
[Communications] Post office network
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Timmy Dooley', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'James Lawless', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Michael Lowry', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Brian Stanley', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Bríd Smith', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Eamon Ryan', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 2 more
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Age Action
January–April
[Social Protection] Met with Department of Social Protection as part of the Community & Voluntary pillar and discussed PRSI rates, homemakers tax credit and care allowance application
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Kathleen Stack', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Social Protection)'} {'name': 'Anne Vaughan', 'role': 'Deputy Secretary (Department of Social Protection)'}
🌍 Climate & Energy 🏦 Finance & Banking View on lobbying.ie →
Age Action
January–April
[Employment] Meeting with interdepartmental working group on fuller working lives as part of Community & Voluntary Pillar consultation.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'David Moloney', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Public Expenditure and Reform)'}
🌍 Climate & Energy 🏢 Enterprise & Employment View on lobbying.ie →
Age Action
January–April
[Employment] Letter to Minister Howlin regarding the Interdepartmental Group established to examine issues that have arisen regarding retirement ages.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Brendan Howlin', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Public Expenditure and Reform)'}
🌍 Climate & Energy 🏢 Enterprise & Employment View on lobbying.ie →
Age Action
January–April
[Transport] Letter to Minister Paschal Donohoe regarding the process for older drivers to renew their driver licenses.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Paschal Donohoe', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport)'}
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Age Action
January–April
[Health] The introduction of a right to community care over the lifetime of the incoming Dáil.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Letter All TDs', 'role': "All incoming TDs were sent a letter along with a copy of Age Action's General Election manifesto urging them to support a legislative right to community care."} {'name': 'Gerry Adams', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Seán Barrett', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Richard Boyd Barrett', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'John Halligan', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation)'} {'name': 'Tommy Broughan', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 166 more
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Age Action
January–April
[Health] The appointment of a senior, Cabinet-level, Minister with Responsibility for Older People.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Letter All TDs', 'role': "All incoming TDs were sent a letter along with a copy of Age Action's General Election manifesto urging them to support the appointment of a senior, Cabinet-level, Minister with Responsibility for Older People."} {'name': 'Gerry Adams', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Seán Barrett', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Richard Boyd Barrett', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'John Halligan', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation)'} {'name': 'Tommy Broughan', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 166 more
🌍 Climate & Energy 🏥 Health View on lobbying.ie →
Age Action
January–April
[Social Protection] Increase and reform the State Pension to ensure a secure income for older people.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Letter All TDs', 'role': "All incoming TDs were sent a letter along with a copy of Age Action's General Election manifesto urging them to support an increased State Pension and a fairer State Pension system."} {'name': 'Gerry Adams', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Seán Barrett', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Richard Boyd Barrett', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'John Halligan', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation)'} {'name': 'Tommy Broughan', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 166 more
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Age Action
May–August
[Communications] Funding for computer training under the BenefIT Programme.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Denis Naughten', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Environment, Climate and Communications)'} {'name': 'Katherine Licken', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources)'} {'name': 'Michael Manley', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Environment, Climate and Communications)'}
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Age Action
May–August
[Transport] The process by which older drivers renew their licences.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Shane Ross', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport)'}
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Age Action
May–August
[Foreign Affairs] IrishAid policy and the SDGs.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Joe McHugh', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of the Taoiseach)'}
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Age Action
May–August
[Foreign Affairs] Ireland's position on a proposed Convention on the Rights of Older People
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Charles Flanagan', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Foreign Affairs)'}
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Age Action
May–August
[Health] National Positive Ageing Strategy.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Helen McEntee', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Health)'} {'name': 'John Dolan', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Denise Mitchell', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'John Brady', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Billy Kelleher', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Mary Butler', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 2 more
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Age Action
May–August
[Social Protection] Increased funding for older people in the form of the State Pension and secondary income supports.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Leo Varadkar', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Health)'} {'name': 'Maria Bailey', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'John Brady', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': "Willie O'Dea", 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Joe Carey', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'John Curran', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 9 more
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Age Action
May–August
[Housing] Housing Aid for Older People Budget.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Bairbre Nic Aongusa', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Environment, Community and Local Government)'} {'name': 'Damien English', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government)'} {'name': 'Simon Coveney', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government)'} {'name': 'Eoin Ó Broin', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Barry Cowen', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
🏦 Finance & Banking 🏠 Housing View on lobbying.ie →
Age Action
May–August
[Finance] Local Property Tax
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Michael Noonan', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Finance)'}
🏦 Finance & Banking 🏠 Housing View on lobbying.ie →
Age Action
May–August
[Education and Training] Lifelong learning.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Richard Bruton', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Education and Skills)'} {'name': 'John Halligan', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation)'} {'name': 'Peter Baldwin', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Education and Skills)'}
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Age Action
May–August
[Health] Increased funding for home care supports in Budget 2017 along with other measures to support older people.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Michael Harty', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Bernard Durkan', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Billy Kelleher', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Alan Kelly', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': "Margaret Murphy O'Mahony", 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': "Kate O'Connell", 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 9 more
🏦 Finance & Banking 🏥 Health View on lobbying.ie →
Age Action
May–August
[Employment] Abolition of Mandatory Retirement.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'John Brady', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
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Age Action
May–August
[Health] Regulation of the home care sector.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Catherine Connolly', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
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Age Action
May–August
[Health] Submission to Oireachtas Committee on the Future of Healthcare
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Róisín Shortall', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Mick Barry', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'John Brassil', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'John Browne', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Pat Buckley', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Joan Collins', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 8 more
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Age Action
September–December
[Health] Decision by the HSE to terminate lease at St Davnet's campus
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Helen McEntee', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Health)'} {'name': 'Heather Humphreys', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht)'}
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Age Action
September–December
[Employment] Abolition of mandatory retirement
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Leo Varadkar', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Social Protection)'} {'name': 'Paschal Donohoe', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Public Expenditure and Reform)'} {'name': 'Noel Rock', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'John Brady', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Lorraine Clifford-Lee', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 19 more
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Age Action
September–December
[Health] Expansion of the GMS to include a vaccine for shingles
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Simon Harris', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Health)'}
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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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