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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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Registered Lobbyists
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Irish Exporters Association
September–December
[Banking and Financial Institutions] Comparative higher cost of finance from Irish banks V's EU banks
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Simon Coveney', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Foreign Affairs)'} {'name': 'Helen McEntee', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Foreign Affairs)'} {'name': 'Brendan Howlin', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Eamon Ryan', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Stephen Donnelly', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Rory Montgomery', 'role': 'Second Secretary General (Department of Foreign Affairs)'}
🏦 Finance & Banking View on lobbying.ie →
Irish Exporters Association
September–December
[Trade] IEA's capacity to deliver cost-effective online Brexit related training to Irish businesses
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Simon Coveney', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Foreign Affairs)'}
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Irish Exporters Association
May–August
[Economic Development and Industry] Need to examine whether Govt support is needed for Irish SME's who had not hedged GBP sufficiently ahead of the Brexit Vote
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': "Mary Mitchell O'Connor", 'role': 'Minister (Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation)'} {'name': 'Rory Montgomery', 'role': 'Second Secretary General (Department of the Taoiseach)'} {'name': 'Dermot Curran', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of the Taoiseach)'} {'name': 'Charles Flanagan', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Foreign Affairs)'}
🏢 Enterprise & Employment View on lobbying.ie →
Irish Exporters Association
May–August
[Budgetary matters] Urging reform in the education sector due to skills shortage left following the most recent recession. Exporters finding it difficult to recruit due to: lack of available talent in Ireland, competition from other companies; and meeting salary expectations.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Richard Bruton', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Education and Skills)'}
📚 Education 🏢 Enterprise & Employment 🏦 Finance & Banking View on lobbying.ie →
Irish Exporters Association
May–August
[Budgetary matters] Ireland's relationship with the UK and EU post UK EU referendum
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Richard Bruton', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Education and Skills)'} {'name': 'Rose Conway-Walsh', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Simon Coveney', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'} {'name': 'David Cullinane', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Stephen Donnelly', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Paschal Donohoe', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Public Expenditure and Reform)'} + 10 more
🏦 Finance & Banking View on lobbying.ie →
Irish Exporters Association
May–August
[Budgetary matters] Inquired whether Govt would consider providing support for Irish SME's who had not hedged GBP sufficiently ahead of the Brexit Vote
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Richard Bruton', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Education and Skills)'} {'name': 'Rose Conway-Walsh', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Simon Coveney', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'} {'name': 'David Cullinane', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Stephen Donnelly', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Paschal Donohoe', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Public Expenditure and Reform)'} + 10 more
🏢 Enterprise & Employment 🏦 Finance & Banking View on lobbying.ie →
Irish Exporters Association
May–August
[Budgetary matters] Urged wage restraint, equalistion of higher rate of USC paid by self-employed & entrepreneurs to that of PAYE workers, changes in CGT on the sale of a business to bring in line with the levels in the UK, more resources for DFAT, EI, Bord Bia and IDA in overseas markets
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Richard Bruton', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Education and Skills)'} {'name': 'Rose Conway-Walsh', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Simon Coveney', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'} {'name': 'David Cullinane', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Stephen Donnelly', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Paschal Donohoe', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Public Expenditure and Reform)'} + 10 more
🌾 Agriculture 🏢 Enterprise & Employment 🏦 Finance & Banking View on lobbying.ie →
Irish Exporters Association
September–December
[Economic Development and Industry] Brexit
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Clare Dunne', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation)'}
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Irish Exporters Association
September–December
[Trade] Buliding SME export competence
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Eamonn McKee', 'role': 'Assistant Secretaries or Equivalent Grades (Department of Foreign Affairs)'}
🏢 Enterprise & Employment View on lobbying.ie →
Irish Exporters Association
September–December
[Economic Development and Industry] Brexit
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': "Mary Mitchell O'Connor", 'role': 'Minister (Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation)'} {'name': 'Philip Kelly', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation)'} {'name': 'Clare Dunne', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation)'}
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Irish Exporters Association
September–December
[Economic Development and Industry] DJEI Statement of Strategy
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Orlaigh Quinn', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Public Expenditure and Reform)'} {'name': 'Philip Kelly', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation)'}
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Irish Exporters Association
September–December
[Education and Training] The Irish Exporters Associations recommendations to the development of a new National Skills Strategy to 2025 via a co-ordinated approach by Industry, Government & Education to focus on the following areas:
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': "Jan O'Sullivan", 'role': 'Minister (Department of Education and Skills)'}
📚 Education View on lobbying.ie →
Irish Exporters Association
September–December
[Banking and Financial Institutions] Government Strategy on Export Finance
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'John Hogan', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Finance)'}
🏦 Finance & Banking View on lobbying.ie →
Irish Exporters Association
September–December
[Banking and Financial Institutions] Government Strategy on Export Finance
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'John Hogan', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Finance)'}
🏦 Finance & Banking View on lobbying.ie →
Irish Exporters Association
September–December
[Economic Development and Industry] National Export Campaign (http://www.irishexporters.ie/about-iea-hub/) and ongoing cooperation with the DFAT
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Niall Burgess', 'role': 'Secretary General (Department of Foreign Affairs)'}
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Irish Exporters Association
September–December
[Economic Development and Industry] Suggesting money should be spent on improving broadband in Mayo
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Charles Flanagan', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Foreign Affairs)'} {'name': 'Declan Hughes', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation)'} {'name': "Jan O'Sullivan", 'role': 'Minister (Department of Education and Skills)'} {'name': 'Richard Bruton', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Education and Skills)'} {'name': 'Simon Coveney', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'} {'name': 'Paschal Donohoe', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport)'}
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Irish Exporters Association
September–December
[Education and Training] Skills shortage in the economy
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Charles Flanagan', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Foreign Affairs)'} {'name': 'Declan Hughes', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation)'} {'name': "Jan O'Sullivan", 'role': 'Minister (Department of Education and Skills)'} {'name': 'Richard Bruton', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Education and Skills)'} {'name': 'Simon Coveney', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'} {'name': 'Paschal Donohoe', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport)'}
📚 Education View on lobbying.ie →
Irish Exporters Association
September–December
[Foreign Affairs] Migrant crisis
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Charles Flanagan', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Foreign Affairs)'} {'name': 'Declan Hughes', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation)'} {'name': "Jan O'Sullivan", 'role': 'Minister (Department of Education and Skills)'} {'name': 'Richard Bruton', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Education and Skills)'} {'name': 'Simon Coveney', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'} {'name': 'Paschal Donohoe', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport)'}
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Irish Exporters Association
September–December
[Trade] Recommending that more time be given to private sector proposals at the Export Trade Council. Discussing procedures to link our members more closely with Irish Ambassadors
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Eamonn McKee', 'role': 'Assistant Secretaries or Equivalent Grades (Department of Foreign Affairs)'}
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Irish Exporters Association
September–December
[Trade] Brexit
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Rory Montgomery', 'role': 'Second Secretary General (Department of the Taoiseach)'} {'name': 'Dermot Curran', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of the Taoiseach)'}
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Irish Exporters Association
September–December
[Trade] Brexit
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Dermot Curran', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation)'}
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Irish Exporters Association
September–December
[Economic Development and Industry] To demonstrate how the IEA can grow the range and breadth of supports available to businesses in Ireland looking to export, through the IEA National Export Hub, the public private inititaive that helps SME exporters
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'John Murphy', 'role': 'Secretary General (Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation)'} {'name': 'Declan Hughes', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation)'}
🏢 Enterprise & Employment View on lobbying.ie →
Irish Exporters Association
September–December
[Trade] Brexit
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'John Murphy', 'role': 'Secretary General (Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation)'} {'name': 'Declan Hughes', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation)'}
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Irish Exporters Association
September–December
[Foreign Affairs] The expansion of our export base and market diversification
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Tom Hayes', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'}
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Irish Exporters Association
September–December
[Public Expenditure and Reform] Cost competitiveness in the Public Sector
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Tom Hayes', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'}
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Irish Exporters Association
September–December
[Education and Training] War for talent and skills shortage
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Tom Hayes', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'}
📚 Education View on lobbying.ie →
Irish Exporters Association
September–December
[Public Expenditure and Reform] War for talent and skills shortage
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Tom Hayes', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'}
📚 Education View on lobbying.ie →
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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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