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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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Chambers Ireland
May–August
[Environment] Linking the EU and UK Emissions Trading Systems.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'John Lahart', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
Chambers Ireland
May–August
[EU Affairs] UK regulatory alignment on the Veterinary and Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) Agreement.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'John Lahart', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
Chambers Ireland
May–August
[Trade] Support for making the WTO Moratorium on e-commerce transactions permanent.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'John Lahart', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
Chambers Ireland
May–August
[Finance] Implementation of the Funds Review Report and reform of government policy on the use of the tax system to incentivise investment in indigenous business.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Mairéad Farrell', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
Chambers Ireland
May–August
[Justice and Equality] Promotion of Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) and investment in the Courts and Judiciary.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Matt Carthy', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
Chambers Ireland
May–August
[Trade] Removal of the passenger cap at Dublin Airport.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Michael Murphy', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
Chambers Ireland
May–August
[Transport] Removal of the cap on night-time flights at Dublin Airport.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Michael Murphy', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
Chambers Ireland
May–August
[Transport] Operational flexibility during the 6am–8am peak morning flight window.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Michael Murphy', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
Chambers Ireland
May–August
[Transport] Safeguarding global connectivity by preventing loss of airlines and routes.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Michael Murphy', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
Chambers Ireland
May–August
[Defence] Increased investment in the State’s defence infrastructure to protect energy, communications, and technology systems from external threats.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Rose Conway-Walsh', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
Chambers Ireland
May–August
[EU Affairs] To highlight the EU-level priorities of the affiliated Chambers of Commerce, including deepening the free movement of goods, services, people (including workers) and capital, increasing cross-border trade, and reducing fragmentation in Europe.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Email All MEPs', 'role': 'https://chambers.ie/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/EU-Priorities-2025-1.pdf'} {'name': 'Thomas Byrne', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of the Taoiseach)'} {'name': 'Michael McGrath', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Barry Ward', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
Chambers Ireland
May–August
[EU Affairs] To highlight the EU-level priorities of the affiliated Chambers of Commerce, including reduce the growing legal complexity, correctly implementing and enforce EU legislation, upholding the principle of mutual recognition and mitigate the most pressing single market barriers.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Email All MEPs', 'role': 'https://chambers.ie/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/EU-Priorities-2025-1.pdf'} {'name': 'Thomas Byrne', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of the Taoiseach)'} {'name': 'Barry Ward', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
Chambers Ireland
May–August
[EU Affairs] To highlight the EU-level priorities of the affiliated Chambers of Commerce, including improving efforts to reduce administrative burdens on businesses, especially excessive reporting obligations, to preserve the competitiveness of the single market.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Email All MEPs', 'role': 'https://chambers.ie/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/EU-Priorities-2025-1.pdf'} {'name': 'Thomas Byrne', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of the Taoiseach)'} {'name': 'Barry Ward', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
Chambers Ireland
May–August
[EU Affairs] To highlight the EU-level priorities of the affiliated Chambers of Commerce, including strengthening Europe’s competitive edge by enhancing intellectual property protection, investing in applied research, establishing centres of excellence, and streamlining regulatory processes with principles like digital by default and single submissions of information (“once-only principle”).
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Email All MEPs', 'role': 'https://chambers.ie/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/EU-Priorities-2025-1.pdf'} {'name': 'Thomas Byrne', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of the Taoiseach)'} {'name': 'Barry Ward', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
Chambers Ireland
May–August
[EU Affairs] To highlight the EU-level priorities of the affiliated Chambers of Commerce, including enhancing digital competitiveness through coherent legislative initiatives that foster a consolidated digital single market and promote regulatory sandboxes to encourage innovation and facilitate innovation and research.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Email All MEPs', 'role': 'https://chambers.ie/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/EU-Priorities-2025-1.pdf'} {'name': 'Thomas Byrne', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of the Taoiseach)'} {'name': 'Michael McGrath', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Barry Ward', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
Chambers Ireland
May–August
[EU Affairs] To highlight the EU-level priorities of the affiliated Chambers of Commerce, including enhancing advisory services for GDPR implementation, and removing Single Market barriers to the introduction of digital products and services.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Email All MEPs', 'role': 'https://chambers.ie/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/EU-Priorities-2025-1.pdf'} {'name': 'Thomas Byrne', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of the Taoiseach)'} {'name': 'Michael McGrath', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Barry Ward', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
Chambers Ireland
May–August
[EU Affairs] To highlight the EU-level priorities of the affiliated Chambers of Commerce, including guaranteeing a business-friendly consumer agenda by ensuring fair competition, a stable regulatory environment, and effective policies that enhance consumer purchasing power and protect companies against opportunistic litigation.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Email All MEPs', 'role': 'https://chambers.ie/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/EU-Priorities-2025-1.pdf'} {'name': 'Thomas Byrne', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of the Taoiseach)'} {'name': 'Michael McGrath', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Barry Ward', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
Chambers Ireland
May–August
[EU Affairs] To highlight the EU-level priorities of the affiliated Chambers of Commerce, including prioritising fair competition by ensuring non-distortive allocation of state aid and increasing financial support to help SMEs digitalise and stay competitive.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Email All MEPs', 'role': 'https://chambers.ie/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/EU-Priorities-2025-1.pdf'} {'name': 'Thomas Byrne', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of the Taoiseach)'} {'name': 'Michael McGrath', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Barry Ward', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
Chambers Ireland
May–August
[EU Affairs] To highlight the EU-level priorities of the affiliated Chambers of Commerce, including streamlining reporting obligations and reducing the cumulative impact of legislation such as the Corporate sustainability Reporting Directive on businesses.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Email All MEPs', 'role': 'https://chambers.ie/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/EU-Priorities-2025-1.pdf'} {'name': 'Thomas Byrne', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of the Taoiseach)'} {'name': 'Michael McGrath', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Barry Ward', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
Chambers Ireland
May–August
[EU Affairs] To highlight the EU-level priorities of the affiliated Chambers of Commerce, including guaranteeing a regulatory pause on legislation placing reporting obligations on companies to focus on the correct transposition and implementation of existing legislation.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Email All MEPs', 'role': 'https://chambers.ie/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/EU-Priorities-2025-1.pdf'} {'name': 'Barry Ward', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Thomas Byrne', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of the Taoiseach)'}
Chambers Ireland
May–August
[EU Affairs] To highlight the EU-level priorities of the affiliated Chambers of Commerce, including diversifying funding opportunities for European businesses and improve digital and financial literacy of entrepreneurs.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Email All MEPs', 'role': 'https://chambers.ie/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/EU-Priorities-2025-1.pdf'} {'name': 'Thomas Byrne', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of the Taoiseach)'} {'name': 'Barry Ward', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
Chambers Ireland
May–August
[EU Affairs] To highlight the EU-level priorities of the affiliated Chambers of Commerce, including ensuring that EU policies percolate in regional and local territories with the support of the chamber network via initiatives like the Enterprise Europe Network.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Email All MEPs', 'role': 'https://chambers.ie/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/EU-Priorities-2025-1.pdf'} {'name': 'Barry Ward', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Thomas Byrne', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of the Taoiseach)'}
Chambers Ireland
May–August
[EU Affairs] To highlight the EU-level priorities of the affiliated Chambers of Commerce, including acknowledging the role of mid-caps and ensuring a positive outcome from the revision of the EU SME definition.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Email All MEPs', 'role': 'https://chambers.ie/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/EU-Priorities-2025-1.pdf'} {'name': 'Barry Ward', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Thomas Byrne', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of the Taoiseach)'} {'name': 'Michael McGrath', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
Chambers Ireland
May–August
[Energy and Natural Resources] To highlight the EU-level priorities of the affiliated Chambers of Commerce, including modernising and expanding energy infrastructure like grids and storage capacities.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Email All MEPs', 'role': 'https://chambers.ie/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/EU-Priorities-2025-1.pdf'} {'name': 'Barry Ward', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Michael McGrath', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Thomas Byrne', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of the Taoiseach)'}
Chambers Ireland
May–August
[EU Affairs] To highlight the EU-level priorities of the affiliated Chambers of Commerce, including modernising and expanding energy infrastructure like grids and storage capacities.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Email All MEPs', 'role': 'https://chambers.ie/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/EU-Priorities-2025-1.pdf'} {'name': 'Michael McGrath', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Barry Ward', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Thomas Byrne', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of the Taoiseach)'}
Chambers Ireland
May–August
[EU Affairs] To highlight the EU-level priorities of the affiliated Chambers of Commerce, including securing natural gas supply and exploring the use of carbon-neutral hydrogen to ensure security of supply.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Email All MEPs', 'role': ''} {'name': 'Thomas Byrne', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Michael McGrath', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Thomas Byrne', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of the Taoiseach)'}
Chambers Ireland
May–August
[Energy and Natural Resources] To highlight the EU-level priorities of the affiliated Chambers of Commerce, including securing natural gas supply and exploring the use of carbon-neutral hydrogen to ensure security of supply.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Email All MEPs', 'role': 'https://chambers.ie/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/EU-Priorities-2025-1.pdf'} {'name': 'Barry Ward', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Michael McGrath', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Thomas Byrne', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of the Taoiseach)'}
Chambers Ireland
May–August
[EU Affairs] To highlight the EU-level priorities of the affiliated Chambers of Commerce, including simplifying regulations, speeding up permitting processes for renewable energy projects, reducing administrative burdens, and basing policies on solid data to encourage investment in clean technolog ies to support the Green Transition.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Email All MEPs', 'role': 'https://chambers.ie/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/EU-Priorities-2025-1.pdf'} {'name': 'Thomas Byrne', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of the Taoiseach)'} {'name': 'Michael McGrath', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Barry Ward', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
Chambers Ireland
May–August
[Energy and Natural Resources] To highlight the EU-level priorities of the affiliated Chambers of Commerce, including simplifying regulations, speeding up permitting processes for renewable energy projects, reducing administrative burdens, and basing policies on solid data to encourage investment in clean technolog ies to support the Green Transition.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Email All MEPs', 'role': 'https://chambers.ie/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/EU-Priorities-2025-1.pdf'} {'name': 'Thomas Byrne', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of the Taoiseach)'} {'name': 'Barry Ward', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Michael McGrath', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
Chambers Ireland
May–August
[EU Affairs] To highlight the EU-level priorities of the affiliated Chambers of Commerce, including strengthening the EU Emissions Trading System and implementing the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism within a WTO-compatible framework to prevent carbon leakage and support balanced global climate efforts.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Email All MEPs', 'role': 'https://chambers.ie/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/EU-Priorities-2025-1.pdf'} {'name': 'Barry Ward', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Michael McGrath', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Thomas Byrne', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
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