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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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Lobbying Returns
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Registered Lobbyists
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Dungarvan & West Waterford Chamber
September–December
[Finance] Wage refunds through EWSS coming in up to 6 weeks after employers pay employees is making the business untenable. Threshold of €151.50 is way too high a bench mark. Minimum wage is €10.10 so need to work min of 15 hours to qualify. Many businesses cant afford this and therefore cant give these staff the PT hours. Everyone is a loser.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Mary Butler', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Health)'} {'name': 'Matt Shanahan', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'John Cummins', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'}
🏢 Enterprise & Employment 🏦 Finance & Banking View on lobbying.ie →
Threshold
September–December
[Housing] Emailed a copy of Threshold's Pre-Budget Submission to the Senator
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Rebecca Moynihan', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'}
🏦 Finance & Banking 🏠 Housing View on lobbying.ie →
Threshold
September–December
[Housing] Email to the DPO offering to discuss the Residential Tenanceis Bill 2020
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Rebecca Moynihan', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Mary Fitzpatrick', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Richard Boyd Barrett', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
🏠 Housing View on lobbying.ie →
Threshold
September–December
[Housing] Emailed the DPO regarding proposed legislation
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Eoin Ó Broin', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Rebecca Moynihan', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': "Cian O'Callaghan", 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Thomas Pringle', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Francis Noel Duffy', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Richard Boyd Barrett', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 1 more
🏠 Housing View on lobbying.ie →
Consultative Committee of Accountancy Bodies Ireland
September–December
[Taxation] Representations on revised R&D tax credit treatment of rental expenses, EIIS relief and difficulties facing companies in meeting the employment threshold condition.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Jeanette Doonan', 'role': 'Assistant Secretaries or Equivalent Grades (The Office of the Revenue Commissioners)'}
🏢 Enterprise & Employment 🏦 Finance & Banking 🏠 Housing View on lobbying.ie →
Planet
on behalf of Yes (client not named)
September–December
[Tourism] Lobbying efforts concerning minimum thresholds linked to the Retail Export Scheme
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Email All TDs', 'role': "Individual emails / phone calls were forwarded / made by Planet staff to TD's and Senators directly, in addition to contact (email and phone) from a lobbyist contracted for the period. Email templates were shared with client retailers to help ensure a standard message to TD's many of which would have been forwarded to their local representatives"} {'name': 'Email All Senators', 'role': "Individual emails / phone calls were forwarded / made by Planet staff to TD's and Senators directly, in addition to contact (email and phone) from a lobbyist contracted for the period. Email templates were shared with client retailers to help ensure a standard message to TD's many of which would have been forwarded to their local representatives"} {'name': 'Paschal Donohoe', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Finance)'}
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Society of St. Vincent de Paul
September–December
[Housing] Submission and presentation to the Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage on the findings of the joint SVP and Threshold research on the Housing Assistance Payment
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Francis Noel Duffy', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Thomas Gould', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Emer Higgins', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Steven Matthews', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Paul McAuliffe', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': "Cian O'Callaghan", 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 2 more
🏠 Housing View on lobbying.ie →
Teneo Strategy Ireland Limited
on behalf of Yes (client not named)
September–December
[Taxation] Changes to the Benefit In Kind Scheme to allow increase in tax free threshold on gift vouchers to provide stimulus for the retail and hospitality sectors
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Angela Flanagan', 'role': 'Special Adviser (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment)'} {'name': 'Ed Brophy', 'role': 'Special Adviser (Department of Finance)'} {'name': 'Juno McEnroe', 'role': 'Adviser to Minister (Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media)'} {'name': 'Grant Sweetnam', 'role': 'Adviser to Minister (Department of Public Expenditure and Reform)'} {'name': "Louise O'Reilly", 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Leo Varadkar', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment)'} + 10 more
🏦 Finance & Banking 🏥 Health View on lobbying.ie →
Threshold
September–December
[Housing] Meetings of the Taskforce on Homelessness
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': "Darragh O'Brien", 'role': 'Minister (Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)'}
🏠 Housing View on lobbying.ie →
Threshold
September–December
[Housing] Meeting with Deputy Duffy
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Francis Noel Duffy', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
🏠 Housing View on lobbying.ie →
Threshold
January–April
[Housing] Meeting to discuss Threshold reaction to Residential Tenancies Bill (No.2) 2018
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Eoin Ó Broin', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
🏠 Housing View on lobbying.ie →
Threshold
May–August
[Housing] Emailed the TD to request that my name and that of John-Mark McCafferty be included on the list of persons permitted to access the public gallery of the Dail to view the debate on the Residential tenancies Bill.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': "Jan O'Sullivan", 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
🏠 Housing View on lobbying.ie →
Cunningham Devlin Communications
on behalf of Yes (client not named)
January–April
[Energy and Natural Resources] Representations on behalf of the Micro-Renewable Energy industry on the level of the planning exempt thresholds as they apply to Solar PV installations and energy storage.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Niamy Drew', 'role': 'Economic Development & Planning (Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government)'} {'name': 'Ciara Gallagher', 'role': 'Economic Development & Planning (Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government)'}
🌍 Climate & Energy View on lobbying.ie →
Threshold
May–August
[Housing] Emailed the TD to request that Threshold Policy Officer and that of CEO be included on the list of persons permitted to access the public gallery of the Dail to view the debate on the Residential tenancies Bill.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': "Jan O'Sullivan", 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
🏠 Housing View on lobbying.ie →
Threshold
January–April
[Housing] Emailed the Senator a collection of figures and statistics on housing, homelessness and the private rented sector in Ireland and a research document produced by Threshold.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'John Dolan', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'}
🏠 Housing View on lobbying.ie →
Threshold
January–April
[Housing] Emailed the Senator a collection of figures and statistics on housing, homelessness and the private rented sector in Ireland and a research document produced by Threshold.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': "Grace O'Sullivan", 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'}
🏠 Housing View on lobbying.ie →
Threshold
January–April
[Housing] Emailed the Deputy to advise that we were unable to answer her question asked at the Oireachtas Committee hearing on the 20th February 2019, however we would look into her query and come back to her on it.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': "Jan O'Sullivan", 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
🏠 Housing View on lobbying.ie →
Threshold
January–April
[Housing] Emailed coordinator for the Seanad Civic Engagement group to ask for a meeting with the Senator to discuss Threshold's policy positions.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'John Dolan', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'}
🏠 Housing View on lobbying.ie →
Threshold
January–April
[Housing] Emailed Threshold's analysis of the Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Bill (No.2) 2018 to the TD and to ask for a meeting to discuss the Bill further. My colleague and I met with the Deputy to discuss the Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Bill (No.2) 2018 to present our analysis and suggest areas for amendment. I engaged in further email account with the Deputy regarding his proposed amendments to the Bill.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Tommy Broughan', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
🏠 Housing View on lobbying.ie →
Threshold
January–April
[Housing] We emailed Threshold's analysis of the Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Bill (No.2) 2018 to the TD and to ask for a meeting to discuss the Bill further. Our intention was for the Deputy to propose changes to the Bill based on our analysis and suggestions.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': "Jan O'Sullivan", 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
🏠 Housing View on lobbying.ie →
Threshold
January–April
[Housing] Policy Officer and legal Officer met with the Deputy and Councillor to discuss the Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Bill (No.2) 2018 to present our analysis and suggest areas for amendment.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Richard Boyd Barrett', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Melisa Halpin', 'role': 'Councillor (Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council)'}
🏠 Housing View on lobbying.ie →
Threshold
January–April
[Housing] Emailed Threshold's analysis of the Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Bill (No.2) 2018 to the Minister.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Eoghan Murphy', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government)'}
🏠 Housing View on lobbying.ie →
Threshold
January–April
[Housing] Emailed Threshold's analysis of the Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Bill (No.2) 2018 to the TD.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Joan Collins', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
🏠 Housing View on lobbying.ie →
Threshold
January–April
[Housing] Emailed Threshold's analysis of the Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Bill (No.2) 2018 to the TD.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Thomas Pringle', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
🏠 Housing View on lobbying.ie →
Threshold
January–April
[Housing] Emailed Threshold's analysis of the Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Bill (No.2) 2018 to the TD and to ask for a meeting to discuss the Bill further.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Mick Barry', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
🏠 Housing View on lobbying.ie →
Threshold
January–April
[Housing] Emailed Threshold's analysis of the Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Bill (No.2) 2018 to the TD.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': "Maureen O'Sullivan", 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
🏠 Housing View on lobbying.ie →
Threshold
January–April
[Housing] Emailed Threshold's analysis of the Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Bill (No.2) 2018 to the TD.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': "Maureen O'Sullivan", 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
🏠 Housing View on lobbying.ie →
Threshold
January–April
[Housing] Emailed Threshold's analysis of the Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Bill (No.c) 2018 to the TD.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Catherine Connolly', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
🏠 Housing View on lobbying.ie →
Threshold
January–April
[Housing] We emailed Threshold's analysis of the Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Bill (No.2) 2018 to the TD and to ask for a meeting to discuss the Bill further.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': "Darragh O'Brien", 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
🏠 Housing View on lobbying.ie →
Threshold
January–April
[Housing] Emailed Threshold's analysis of the Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Bill (No.2) 2018 to the TD.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Eoin Ó Broin', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
🏠 Housing 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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