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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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Sustainable Water Network (SWAN)
May–August
[Heritage] River Basin Management Plan (RBMP) 2022-2027
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': "Darragh O'Brien", 'role': 'Minister (Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)'} {'name': 'Malcolm Noonan', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)'} {'name': 'Marc Ó Cathasaigh', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Neasa Hourigan', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': "Pauline O'Reilly", 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Hannah Hamilton', 'role': 'Special Adviser (Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)'}
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Sustainable Water Network (SWAN)
May–August
[Heritage] River Basin Management Plan (RBMP) 2022-2027
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Malcolm Noonan', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)'} {'name': "Darragh O'Brien", 'role': 'Minister (Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)'}
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SAFE Ireland National Social Change Agency CLG T/A SAFE Ireland
May–August
[Justice and Equality] Star Weaving ‘Jam’ for members of the Oireachtas
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Event / Reception All Oireachtas Members', 'role': "Star weaving event workshop organised by Amber Women's Refuge Kilkenny to promote the One Million Stars for DSGBV and highlight domestic violence amongst members of the Oireachtas. Also to show support for victims. The event took place on 19th May in Leinster House with multiple TD's and Senators taking part and CEO Mary McDermott in attendance for Safe Ireland."}
⚖️ Justice & Legal View on lobbying.ie →
SAFE Ireland National Social Change Agency CLG T/A SAFE Ireland
May–August
[Social Protection] Non Means Test Access to Social Protection
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Jennifer Carroll MacNeill', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Heather Humphreys', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Social Protection)'}
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Irish Refugee Council
May–August
[Justice and Equality] Letter to the International Protection Office and The Child and Family Agency, raising concerns relating to current practice assessing the age of international protection applicants
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'David Delaney', 'role': 'Director (Department of Justice)'} {'name': 'Helen McEntee', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Justice)'} {'name': "Roderic O'Gorman", 'role': 'Minister (Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth)'}
🏠 Housing ⚖️ Justice & Legal View on lobbying.ie →
Coalition 2030
May–August
[Environment] This entailed the dissemination of a 2-page briefing from Coalition 2030 pertaining to the draft National Implementation Plan on the Sustainable Development Goals. This draft was published in May 2022 by DECC. An email was sent to all senators, TDs and Ministers one day after the publication of the draft, outlining the criteria that Coalition 2030 would be using to assess the ability of the plan to help Ireland reach the Sustainable Development Goals. The email also shared a press
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Email All Senators', 'role': ''} {'name': 'Email All TDs', 'role': ''} {'name': 'Email All Oireachtas Members', 'role': ''} {'name': 'Eamon Ryan', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Environment, Climate and Communications)'} {'name': 'Marc Ó Cathasaigh', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Jennifer Whitmore', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 4 more
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Webdoctor Ltd
May–August
[Health] The Budget 2022 announcement regarding the provision of free contraception for women aged 17 - 25 from August 2022.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Email All Oireachtas Members', 'role': 'Emails were sent to all TDs, Senators and MEPs, as well as members of the Joint Committee for Health.'} {'name': 'Stephen Donnelly', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Health)'} {'name': 'Robert Watt', 'role': 'Secretary General (Department of Health)'}
🏦 Finance & Banking 🏥 Health View on lobbying.ie →
Ibec
May–August
[Economic Development and Industry] Call for action to address semiconductor shortages
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Leo Varadkar', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment)'}
🏥 Health View on lobbying.ie →
Ibec
May–August
[Development and Zoning] Business engagement and the City Edge Project
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Emma Murphy', 'role': 'Councillor (South Dublin County Council)'}
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William(Billy) Lawless
May–August
[Local Government] 1. Rezone subject lands of Mary Loughman Circular Rd. Galway from 'Recreation & Amenity' to 'Low Density Residential'. Remove the 'View & Prospect'Mapped Objective along entirety of frontage of subject lands.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Michael John Crowe', 'role': 'Councillor (Galway City Council)'} {'name': 'Frank Fahy', 'role': 'Councillor (Galway City Council)'} {'name': 'Mike Cubbard', 'role': 'Councillor (Galway City Council)'} {'name': 'Peter Keane', 'role': 'Councillor (Galway City Council)'} {'name': 'Noel Larkin', 'role': 'Councillor (Galway City Council)'} {'name': 'Donal Lyons', 'role': 'Councillor (Galway City Council)'} + 12 more
🏠 Housing View on lobbying.ie →
Irish Sudden Infant Death Association
May–August
[Finance] Request for grant support to FirstLight to enable the organisation provide professional counselling and therapeutic support services to families in Ireland experiencing the sudden unexpected death of their children, in circumstances where the organisation provides these services free to bereaved families, where there are very limited State agency supports for such families, and where the HSE provides relatively small amounts of grant support to FirstLight.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Stephen Donnelly', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Health)'}
🏦 Finance & Banking 🏥 Health View on lobbying.ie →
William(Billy) Lawless
May–August
[Local Government] 1.Rezone subject lands of William Lawless, Menlo, Galway from 'Agricultural & High Amenity' to 'Low Density Residential'. 2. Extend the 'Village Envelope' of Menlo to include the subject lands,
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Michael John Crowe', 'role': 'Councillor (Galway City Council)'} {'name': 'Mike Cubbard', 'role': 'Councillor (Galway City Council)'} {'name': 'Frank Fahy', 'role': 'Councillor (Galway City Council)'} {'name': 'Peter Keane', 'role': 'Councillor (Galway City Council)'} {'name': 'Noel Larkin', 'role': 'Councillor (Galway City Council)'} {'name': 'Donal Lyons', 'role': 'Councillor (Galway City Council)'} + 12 more
🏠 Housing View on lobbying.ie →
Darndale Belcamp Village Centre
May–August
[Local Government] To ask the Lord Mayor if could advise us on the DCC Discretionary Funds
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Alison Gilliland', 'role': 'Councillor (Dublin City Council)'}
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Climate and Health Alliance
May–August
[Environment] Dialogue with Paul Kenny, special adviser to Minister Eamon Ryan, about the passing and stages of the Solid Fuel Regulations
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Paul Kenny', 'role': 'Special Adviser (Department of Environment, Climate and Communications)'}
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Greenogue Management No2 ltd
May–August
[Development and Zoning] Development plan in South Dublin
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Vicki Casserly', 'role': 'Councillor (South Dublin County Council)'} {'name': 'Louise Dunne', 'role': 'Councillor (South Dublin County Council)'} {'name': 'Trevor Gilligan', 'role': 'Councillor (South Dublin County Council)'} {'name': 'Pamela Kearns', 'role': 'Councillor (South Dublin County Council)'} {'name': 'Ronan McMahon', 'role': 'Councillor (South Dublin County Council)'} {'name': "Guss O'Connell", 'role': 'Councillor (South Dublin County Council)'} + 23 more
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BA Corperate Management Strategy Limited
May–August
[Economic Development and Industry] COVID-19 engagement regarding guidance, insights, supports, knowledge sharing and meetings sought for the safe return of organised and ticketed events. Implementation of supports to help protect, hold sector upright and together, allowing it to survive, until such time as organised and ticketed live entertainment events can return to full capacity safely.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Catherine Martin', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media)'} {'name': 'Conor Falvey', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media)'}
🌍 Climate & Energy View on lobbying.ie →
Leitrim Integrated Developemnt Company CLG
May–August
[Agriculture] We had engagements and brief discussion with Minister Humphrey's T.D. when she was visiting Leitrim about the new LEADER RDP 2023-207 programme about the Rural Social Scheme, about Rural Recreation and the community services programme.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Heather Humphreys', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Rural and Community Development)'}
🌾 Agriculture View on lobbying.ie →
Managed Funds Association
May–August
[Finance] Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD), Short Selling Regulation (SSR), Sustainable Finance, Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID), systemic risk issues
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Tom Hanney', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Foreign Affairs)'}
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Tralee Chamber Alliance
May–August
[Local Government] Phone message about Lack of housing and rental accommodation in Kerry.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Norma Foley', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Education)'} {'name': 'Brendan Griffin', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Mikey Sheehy', 'role': 'Councillor (Kerry County Council)'}
🏦 Finance & Banking 🏠 Housing View on lobbying.ie →
Institute of Advertising Practitioners of Ireland
May–August
[Communications] Amendment to the Official Languages Act regarding Public Body Advertising - enacted in Dec 2021
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Sam Griffin', 'role': 'Special Adviser (Department of the Taoiseach)'} {'name': 'Jack Chambers', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of the Taoiseach)'}
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Mason Hayes & Curran LLP
May–August
[Taxation] As part of the preparations for Budget 2023 and Finance Bill 2022, the Tax Division of the Department of Finance undertook a short written stakeholder consultation process on the Key Employee Engagement programme (KEEP). Mason Hayes & Curran LLP made submission to this public consultation.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Paschal Donohoe', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Finance)'}
🌍 Climate & Energy 🏦 Finance & Banking View on lobbying.ie →
Neurological Alliance of Ireland
May–August
[Health] Support from Oireachtas members for the NAI Patients Deserve Better advocacy campaign: calling for investment to tackle the shortage of 100 nurse specialists across neurology services in Ireland.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Stephen Donnelly', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Health)'} {'name': 'Colm Burke', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Chris Andrews', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Richard Boyd Barrett', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Mick Barry', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Colm Brophy', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 171 more
🏦 Finance & Banking 🏥 Health View on lobbying.ie →
Ibec
May–August
[Employment] Phase-in of Living Wage and Collective Bargaining
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': "Louise O'Reilly", 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
🏢 Enterprise & Employment View on lobbying.ie →
Ibec
May–August
[Employment] Mandatory Retirement Age
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Micheál Martin', 'role': 'Taoiseach (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Leo Varadkar', 'role': 'An Tánaiste (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Heather Humphreys', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Social Protection)'}
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TU Dublin Students' Union CLG
May–August
[Education and Training] Requested amendments to the HEA bill while it is in the report stage
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Email All Oireachtas Members', 'role': ''} {'name': 'Mary Fitzpatrick', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Robbie Gallagher', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Gerry Horkan', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Erin McGreehan', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Eugene Murphy', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} + 12 more
📚 Education View on lobbying.ie →
Ibec
May–August
[Environment] Deposit Return Scheme (DRS) for beverage containers
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Eamon Ryan', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Environment, Climate and Communications)'} {'name': 'Ossian Smyth', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Environment, Climate and Communications)'} {'name': 'Paschal Donohoe', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Finance)'} {'name': 'Leo Varadkar', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment)'} {'name': 'Paul Kenny', 'role': 'Special Adviser (Department of Environment, Climate and Communications)'} {'name': 'Niall Cody', 'role': 'Chairman (The Office of the Revenue Commissioners)'} + 1 more
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MKC Communications
on behalf of Yes (client not named)
May–August
[Environment] Circular Economy, Waste Management (Amendment) and Minerals Development (Amendment) Bill 2022 (‘the Bill’)
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Stephen Fitzpatrick (Former DPO)', 'role': 'Councillor (Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council)'} {'name': 'Email All Senators', 'role': ''} {'name': 'Barry Ward', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'}
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Disability Federation of Ireland
May–August
[Social Protection] Social Wage negotiations
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Eamon Ryan', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Environment, Climate and Communications)'} {'name': 'Leo Varadkar', 'role': 'An Tánaiste (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Micheál Martin', 'role': 'An Taoiseach (Department of the Taoiseach)'} {'name': 'Anne Rabbitte', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth)'} {'name': 'Michael McGrath', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Public Expenditure and Reform)'} {'name': 'Paschal Donohoe', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Finance)'}
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Sustainable Water Network (SWAN)
May–August
[Heritage] River Basin Management Plan (RBMP) 2022-2027
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Steven Matthews', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
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Sustainable Water Network (SWAN)
May–August
[Heritage] Protection Schemes for Pristine Rivers
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': "Darragh O'Brien", 'role': 'Minister (Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)'}
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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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