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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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Lobbying Returns
2580
Registered Lobbyists
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Aer Lingus
January–April
[Transport] Dublin Airport Passenger Cap
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': "Darragh O'Brien", 'role': 'Minister (Department of Transport)'} {'name': 'Helen McEntee', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Foreign Affairs)'} {'name': 'Jack Chambers', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform)'} {'name': 'Simon Harris', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Finance)'} {'name': 'Peter Burke', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment)'} {'name': 'Ethna Brogan', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Transport)'}
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Aer Lingus
January–April
[Transport] Dublin Airport infrastructure
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Ethna Brogan', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Transport)'}
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Aer Lingus
September–December
[Transport] Global Solidarity Levies Task Force (GSLTF)
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Ethna Brogan', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Transport)'}
🌍 Climate & Energy View on lobbying.ie →
Aer Lingus
September–December
[Transport] EU Air Passenger Rights
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Ethna Brogan', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Transport)'}
🏢 Enterprise & Employment View on lobbying.ie →
Aer Lingus
September–December
[Transport] Passenger cap at Dublin Airport
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Ethna Brogan', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Transport)'} {'name': 'Siobhan Russell', 'role': 'Adviser to Minister (Department of Transport)'}
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Aer Lingus
January–April
[Transport] Discussion on proposals for legislative amendments to address planning issues at Dublin Airport
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Ethna Brogan', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Transport)'} {'name': "Darragh O'Brien", 'role': 'Minister (Department of Transport)'}
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Aer Lingus
May–August
[Transport] Discuss government proposals for legislative action to address planning issues at Dublin Airport
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Peter Burke', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment)'} {'name': 'Simon Harris', 'role': 'Tánaiste and Minister (Department of Foreign Affairs)'} {'name': 'Martin Heydon', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'} {'name': 'Ethna Brogan', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Transport)'}
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Aer Lingus
January–April
[Transport] Dublin Airport passenger cap
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Jack Chambers', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Transport)'} {'name': 'Michael McGrath', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Finance)'} {'name': 'Paschal Donohoe', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform)'} {'name': 'Catherine Martin', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media)'} {'name': 'Micheál Martin', 'role': 'Tánaiste and Minister (Department of Foreign Affairs)'} {'name': 'Leo Varadkar', 'role': 'Taoiseach (Department of the Taoiseach)'} + 5 more
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Aer Lingus
January–April
[Transport] Energy Taxation Directive
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Michael McGrath', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Finance)'} {'name': 'Kevin Barrett', 'role': 'Special Adviser (Department of Finance)'}
🌍 Climate & Energy 🏦 Finance & Banking View on lobbying.ie →
Aer Lingus
May–August
[Transport] Dublin Airport passenger cap
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Jack Chambers', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Transport)'} {'name': 'Michael McGrath', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Finance)'} {'name': 'Paschal Donohoe', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform)'} {'name': 'Simon Coveney', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Catherine Martin', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media)'} {'name': 'Micheál Martin', 'role': 'Tánaiste and Minister (Department of Foreign Affairs)'} + 5 more
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Aer Lingus
May–August
[Transport] Sustainable Aviation Fuels (SAF)
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Jack Chambers', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Transport)'} {'name': 'Michael McGrath', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Finance)'}
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Aer Lingus
September–December
[Transport] Dublin Airport passenger cap
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Ethna Brogan', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Transport)'} {'name': 'James Lawless', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Transport)'} {'name': 'Jack Chambers', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Finance)'}
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Aer Lingus
September–December
[Transport] Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF)
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Jack Chambers', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Finance)'}
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Aer Lingus
January–April
[Transport] Aviation recovery; EU fit for 55 policy developments
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Jack Chambers', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Transport)'} {'name': 'Colm Markey', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': 'Barry Andrews', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': 'Barbara Cullinane', 'role': 'Deputy Permanent Representative of Ireland to the European Union (Department of Foreign Affairs)'}
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Aer Lingus
January–April
[Transport] EU policy
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Ethna Brogan', 'role': 'Acting Assistant Secretary (Department of Transport)'} {'name': 'Billy Kelleher', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': 'Colm Markey', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': 'Sean Kelly', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'}
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Irish Air Line Pilots Association (IALPA)
May–August
[Social Protection] Letter regarding Aer Lingus DAC data breach on the weekend 2nd June 2023 due to a third party software located in the UK
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Heather Humphreys', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Social Protection)'} {'name': 'Heather Humphreys', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Rural and Community Development)'}
🌍 Climate & Energy View on lobbying.ie →
Aer Lingus
May–August
[Transport] Aviation recovery; EU fit for 55 policy developments
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Jack Chambers', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Transport)'} {'name': 'Ethna Brogan', 'role': 'Acting Assistant Secretary (Department of Transport)'}
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Aer Lingus
May–August
[Transport] North Runway
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Leo Varadkar', 'role': 'Taoiseach (Department of the Taoiseach)'} {'name': 'Micheál Martin', 'role': 'Tánaiste and Minister (Department of Foreign Affairs)'} {'name': 'Eamonn Ryan', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport)'} {'name': 'Michael McGrath', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Finance)'} {'name': 'Paschal Donohoe', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform)'} {'name': 'Catherine Martin', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media)'} + 1 more
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Aer Lingus
September–December
[Transport] Aer Lingus update
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Jack Chambers', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Transport)'} {'name': 'Ethna Brogan', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Transport)'} {'name': 'Michael McGrath', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Finance)'} {'name': "Darren O'Rourke", 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
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Aer Lingus
September–December
[Transport] Briefing ahead of the 3rd International Aviation Organisation (ICAO) Conference on Aviation and Alternative Fuels (CAAF/3)
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Ethna Brogan', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Transport)'}
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Aer Lingus
September–December
[Transport] EU 'Fit for 55' proposals
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Jack Chambers', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Transport)'} {'name': 'Ethna Brogan', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Transport)'} {'name': 'Michael McGrath', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Finance)'} {'name': "Darren O'Rourke", 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
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Aer Lingus
January–April
[Transport] Transport legislation
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Hildegarde Naughton', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Transport)'}
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Aer Lingus
January–April
[Transport] Transport security policy
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Micheál Martin', 'role': 'Taoiseach (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Leo Varadkar', 'role': 'An Tánaiste (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Helen McEntee', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Justice)'} {'name': 'Eamon Ryan', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Transport)'}
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Aer Lingus
January–April
[Transport] Travel restrictions, aviation recovery, supports for aviation sector
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Fintan Towey', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Transport)'} {'name': 'Ken Spratt', 'role': 'Secretary General (Department of Transport)'}
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Aer Lingus
May–August
[Transport] Aviation recovery, SAF proposals for aviation sector
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Billy Kelleher', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': 'Seán Kelly', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'}
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Aer Lingus
May–August
[Transport] Travel restrictions, aviation recovery, supports for aviation sector.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Fintan Towey', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Transport)'} {'name': 'Eamon Ryan', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Transport)'} {'name': 'Hildegarde Naughton', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Transport)'}
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Aer Lingus
May–August
[Transport] Aviation policies
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Michael McGrath', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Public Expenditure and Reform)'} {'name': 'Paschal Donohoe', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Finance)'}
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Aer Lingus
September–December
[Transport] Travel restrictions, aviation recovery and supports for aviation sector.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Ethna Brogan', 'role': 'Acting Assistant Secretary (Department of Transport)'}
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Grant Thornton
on behalf of Yes (client not named)
January–April
[Sports and Recreation] Irish American Events Limited (IAEL) and Aer Lingus College Football Classic Ireland - Five Game Series 2022 - 2026: Steering committee sought support from various government agencies to assist in funding the costs of these games
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Jack Chambers', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media)'}
📚 Education View on lobbying.ie →
Aer Lingus
January–April
[Transport] Travel restrictions, aviation recovery taskforce, aviation restart plan, supports for aviation sector
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Micheál Martin', 'role': 'An Taoiseach (Department of the Taoiseach)'} {'name': 'Leo Varadkar', 'role': 'An Tánaiste (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Paschal Donohoe', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Finance)'} {'name': 'Michael McGrath', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Public Expenditure and Reform)'} {'name': 'Hildegarde Naughton', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Transport)'} {'name': 'Paul Melia', 'role': 'Special Adviser (Department of Transport)'} + 4 more
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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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