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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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Wind Energy Ireland
September–December
[Environment] Development of renewable energy projects
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Eoghan Murphy', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government)'} {'name': 'Richard Bruton', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Environment, Climate and Communications)'} {'name': 'Heather Humphreys', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation)'} {'name': 'Noel Rock', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Eoin Ó Broin', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': "Darragh O'Brien", 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 30 more
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Wind Energy Ireland
September–December
[Environment] Planning and Development Regulations 2001
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Eoghan Murphy', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government)'}
🌾 Agriculture 🌍 Climate & Energy 🏠 Housing View on lobbying.ie →
Wind Energy Ireland
September–December
[Transport] Roads Act 1993
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Shane Ross', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport)'} {'name': "Ray O'Leary", 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport)'}
🌾 Agriculture 🌍 Climate & Energy View on lobbying.ie →
Wind Energy Ireland
September–December
[Energy and Natural Resources] Cost of renewable electricity
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Stephen Lynam (Former DPO)', 'role': 'Special Adviser (Department of Finance)'} {'name': 'Matthew Collins', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Environment, Climate and Communications)'} {'name': 'Richard Bruton', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Environment, Climate and Communications)'}
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Wind Energy Ireland
September–December
[Energy and Natural Resources] Marine Planning and Development Management Bill
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Noel Rock', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Eoin Ó Broin', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': "Darragh O'Brien", 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Thomas Pringle', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
🌍 Climate & Energy 🏠 Housing View on lobbying.ie →
Wind Energy Ireland
January–April
[Energy and Natural Resources] Contacted David Walsh to arrange meeting with DHPCLG
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'David Walsh', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government)'}
🌾 Agriculture 🌍 Climate & Energy View on lobbying.ie →
Wind Energy Ireland
January–April
[Energy and Natural Resources] Met with David Walsh DHPLG for quarterly meeting on 19th February
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'David Walsh', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government)'}
🌾 Agriculture 🌍 Climate & Energy View on lobbying.ie →
Wind Energy Ireland
January–April
[Energy and Natural Resources] Met with Ross Elwood DCCAE
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Ross Elwood', 'role': 'Special Advisor (Department of Environment, Climate and Communications)'}
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Wind Energy Ireland
January–April
[Energy and Natural Resources] Letter sent to Minister Denis Naughten requesting a meeting
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Denis Naughten', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Environment, Climate and Communications)'}
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Wind Energy Ireland
January–April
[Energy and Natural Resources] Contacted David Walsh, DCCAE to arrange meeting / prepare for DCCAE-DHPLG meeting
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'David Walsh', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government)'}
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Wind Energy Ireland
May–August
[Development and Zoning] Proposed amendment to County Development Plan
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Eoghan Murphy', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government)'}
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Wind Energy Ireland
May–August
[Energy and Natural Resources] Renewable energy
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Máire Devine', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': "Grace O'Sullivan", 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Eamon Ryan', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Hildegarde Naughton', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'John Lahart', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Leo Varadkar', 'role': 'Taoiseach (Department of the Taoiseach)'} + 4 more
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Wind Energy Ireland
May–August
[Development and Zoning] Irish planning system
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Eoghan Murphy', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government)'}
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Wind Energy Ireland
May–August
[Energy and Natural Resources] The Renewable Energy Feed-in Tariff
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Denis Naughten', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Environment, Climate and Communications)'} {'name': 'Hildegarde Naughton', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Michael Manley', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Environment, Climate and Communications)'}
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Wind Energy Ireland
May–August
[Marine] The Maritime Area and Foreshore (Amendment) Bill 2013
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Damien English', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government)'}
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Wind Energy Ireland
September–December
[Energy and Natural Resources] The Renewable Energy Feed-in Tariff.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'John Shaw', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of the Taoiseach)'} {'name': 'Leo Varadkar', 'role': 'Taoiseach (Department of the Taoiseach)'} {'name': 'Paschal Donohoe', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Public Expenditure and Reform)'} {'name': 'Denis Naughten', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Environment, Climate and Communications)'} {'name': 'Richard Bruton', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Environment, Climate and Communications)'} {'name': 'Michael Ring', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Rural and Community Development)'} + 6 more
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Wind Energy Ireland
September–December
[Energy and Natural Resources] Renewable energy
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Martin Heydon', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Paul Daly', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Timmy Dooley', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Micheál Martin', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Denis Naughten', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Environment, Climate and Communications)'} {'name': 'Bríd Smith', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 22 more
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Wind Energy Ireland
September–December
[Energy and Natural Resources] Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on common rules for the internal market in electricity (recast)
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Seán Kelly', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'}
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Wind Energy Ireland
September–December
[Local Government] Commercial Rates Bill.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'John Paul Phelan', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government)'}
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Wind Energy Ireland
September–December
[Energy and Natural Resources] Offshore wind energy.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Damien English', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government)'} {'name': 'Michelle Mulherin', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'}
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Wind Energy Ireland
September–December
[Defence] Air Corps and planning.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Paul Kehoe', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Defence)'}
🌾 Agriculture 🌍 Climate & Energy View on lobbying.ie →
Wind Energy Ireland
September–December
[Energy and Natural Resources] Planning policy and renewable energy.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'David Walsh', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government)'}
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Wind Energy Ireland
September–December
[Energy and Natural Resources] Formal submission made to the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Mary Butler', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Jack Chambers', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Marcella Corcoran Kennedy', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Pat Deering', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Timmy Dooley', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Martin Heydon', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 15 more
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Wind Energy Ireland
January–April
[Energy and Natural Resources] Detailing current policy objectives of IWEA and to discuss EU 2020 renewable energy targets for Ireland
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Paschal Donohoe', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Public Expenditure and Reform)'} {'name': 'Stephen Lynam', 'role': 'Special Adviser (Department of Public Expenditure and Reform)'} {'name': 'Michael Creed', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'} {'name': 'Andrew Doyle', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'}
🌍 Climate & Energy 🏠 Housing View on lobbying.ie →
Wind Energy Ireland
January–April
[Energy and Natural Resources] Invitation to attend and present at IWEA Spring Conference
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Michael Manley', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Environment, Climate and Communications)'}
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Wind Energy Ireland
January–April
[Energy and Natural Resources] Proposals for draft amending legislation on commercial rates
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Barry Cowen', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
🌾 Agriculture 🌍 Climate & Energy View on lobbying.ie →
Wind Energy Ireland
January–April
[Energy and Natural Resources] Invitation to attend and present at IWEA Spring Conference
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Denis Naughten', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Environment, Climate and Communications)'} {'name': 'Ross Elwood', 'role': 'Special Advisor (Department of Environment, Climate and Communications)'}
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Wind Energy Ireland
January–April
[Energy and Natural Resources] Invitation to attend and present at IWEA Spring Conference
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Timmy Dooley', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
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Wind Energy Ireland
January–April
[Energy and Natural Resources] Wind Energy Guidelines & Energy Policy
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Ross Elwood', 'role': 'Special Advisor (Department of Environment, Climate and Communications)'}
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Wind Energy Ireland
January–April
[Energy and Natural Resources] Wind Energy Guidelines & Energy Policy
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Suzanne Coogan', 'role': 'Special Advisor (Department of Environment, Climate and Communications)'}
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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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