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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
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Registered Lobbyists
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AerCap Holdings N.V.
January–April
[Foreign Affairs] General exchange on policy developments including tariffs/trade.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': "Darragh O'Brien", 'role': 'Minister (Department of Transport)'} {'name': 'Aingeal O’Donoghue', 'role': 'Permanent Representative of Ireland to the European Union (Department of Foreign Affairs)'} {'name': 'Helen Blake', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of the Taoiseach)'} {'name': 'Colm Hayes', 'role': 'Director General (Department of Foreign Affairs)'} {'name': 'Maeve von Heynitz', 'role': 'Director General (Department of Foreign Affairs)'}
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AerCap Holdings N.V.
May–August
[Foreign Affairs] General exchange on policy developments including tariffs/trade.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': "Darragh O'Brien", 'role': 'Minister (Department of Transport)'} {'name': 'Aingeal O’Donoghue', 'role': 'Permanent Representative of Ireland to the European Union (Department of Foreign Affairs)'} {'name': 'Helen Blake', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of the Taoiseach)'} {'name': 'Geraldine Byrne Nason', 'role': 'Ambassador (Department of Foreign Affairs)'} {'name': 'Maeve von Heynitz', 'role': 'Ambassador (Department of Foreign Affairs)'}
🏦 Finance & Banking View on lobbying.ie →
AerCap Holdings N.V.
September–December
[Foreign Affairs] General exchange on policy developments including taxation, tariffs/trade.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Aingeal O’Donoghue', 'role': 'Permanent Representative of Ireland to the European Union (Department of Foreign Affairs)'} {'name': 'Geraldine Byrne Nason', 'role': 'Ambassador (Department of Foreign Affairs)'} {'name': 'Maeve von Heynitz', 'role': 'Ambassador (Department of Foreign Affairs)'}
🏦 Finance & Banking View on lobbying.ie →
AerCap Holdings N.V.
January–April
[Transport] General industry discussions and updates.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Ethna Brogan', 'role': 'Acting Assistant Secretary (Department of Transport)'} {'name': 'Jennifer Carroll MacNeill', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Finance)'} {'name': 'Jack Chambers', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media)'}
🏦 Finance & Banking View on lobbying.ie →
AerCap Holdings N.V.
May–August
[Transport] General exchange on AerCap business activities, including update on sanctions mitigation.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Geraldine Byrne Nason', 'role': 'Ambassador (Department of Foreign Affairs)'}
🏦 Finance & Banking View on lobbying.ie →
AerCap Holdings N.V.
May–August
[Taxation] General exchange on industrial strategy and taxation policy pertaining to large Irish corporations, including the aircraft leasing sector.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Jack Chambers', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Finance)'}
🌍 Climate & Energy 🏦 Finance & Banking View on lobbying.ie →
AerCap Holdings N.V.
January–April
[Transport] General industry discussions and updates including the impact of Russia's invasion of Ukraine and related sanctions on aviation/aviation insurance.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Ethna Brogan', 'role': 'Acting Assistant Secretary (Department of Transport)'} {'name': 'Tom Hanney', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Foreign Affairs)'} {'name': 'Ronnie Downes', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment)'}
🏦 Finance & Banking View on lobbying.ie →
AerCap Holdings N.V.
May–August
[Transport] General industry discussions and updates including the impact of Russia's invasion of Ukraine and related sanctions on aviation/aviation insurance.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Ethna Brogan', 'role': 'Acting Assistant Secretary (Department of Transport)'} {'name': 'Tom Hanney', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Foreign Affairs)'} {'name': 'Helen Blake', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of the Taoiseach)'} {'name': 'Aingeal O’Donoghue', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of the Taoiseach)'}
🏦 Finance & Banking View on lobbying.ie →
AerCap Holdings N.V.
September–December
[Transport] General industry discussions and updates including the impact of Russia's invasion of Ukraine and related sanctions on aviation/aviation insurance.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Ethna Brogan', 'role': 'Acting Assistant Secretary (Department of Transport)'} {'name': 'Aingeal O’Donoghue', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of the Taoiseach)'}
🏦 Finance & Banking View on lobbying.ie →
AerCap Holdings N.V.
September–December
[Taxation] Proposed tax changes in the Finance Bill which impacted on (i) interest deductibility, (ii) the tax treatment of operating leases and (iii) the tax treatment of certain non-trading companies.
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 →
AerCap Holdings N.V.
January–April
[Transport] Discussions to raise challenges and issues faced by the aviation and aviation finance industries arising on foot of the Russian invasion on Ukraine and the consequent sanctions issued by the EU / UK & US.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Simon Coveney', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Foreign Affairs)'} {'name': 'Paschal Donohoe', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Finance)'} {'name': 'Tom Hanney', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Foreign Affairs)'} {'name': 'John Callinan', 'role': 'Second Secretary General (Department of the Taoiseach)'} {'name': 'Fintan Towey', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Transport)'}
🌍 Climate & Energy 🏦 Finance & Banking View on lobbying.ie →
AerCap Holdings N.V.
May–August
[Transport] Meeting held with AerCap/Hume Brophy to discuss general aspects of aircraft leasing in Ireland.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Caitriona Fitzpatrick (Former DPO)', 'role': 'Special Adviser (Department of Foreign Affairs)'} {'name': 'Damien English', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment)'} {'name': 'Stephen Foley', 'role': 'Special Adviser (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment)'} {'name': 'Timmy Dooley', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'}
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AerCap Holdings N.V.
September–December
[Transport] General industry discussions and updates including the impact of Russia's invasion of Ukraine and related sanctions on aviation/aviation insurance as well as industry discussions on the role of aviation in sustainability.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Ethna Brogan', 'role': 'Acting Assistant Secretary (Department of Transport)'} {'name': 'Helen Blake', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of the Taoiseach)'} {'name': 'Tom Hanney', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Foreign Affairs)'} {'name': 'Ronnie Downes', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment)'} {'name': 'Michael McGrath', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
🏦 Finance & Banking View on lobbying.ie →
AerCap Holdings N.V.
September–December
[Transport] Following on from participation in the Irish government-established Aviation Recovery Task Force, correspondence and discussions in relation to considerations arising in connection with the potential re-opening by the US government of transatlantic commercial airline traffic for passengers from Europe.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Leo Varadkar', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment)'} {'name': 'Simon Coveney', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Foreign Affairs)'} {'name': 'Dan Mulhall', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Foreign Affairs)'}
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AerCap Holdings N.V.
September–December
[Transport] Following on from participation in the Irish government-established Aviation Recovery Task Force, correspondence and discussions in relation to the implication of Covid-19 on the aviation sector and the best practice responses being observed globally.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Fintan Towey', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport)'} {'name': 'Ken Spratt', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport)'} {'name': 'Hildegarde Naughton', 'role': 'Super Junior Minister (Department of Climate Action, Communication Networks and Transport)'} {'name': 'Eamon Ryan', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Climate Action, Communication Networks and Transport)'} {'name': 'Michael McGrath', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Public Expenditure and Reform)'} {'name': 'Micheál Martin', 'role': 'An Taoiseach (Department of the Taoiseach)'} + 1 more
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AerCap Holdings N.V.
May–August
[Employment] Letter with recommendations to enhance the efficacy of the existing Special Assignee Relief Program (SARP), enabling spouses to obtain work visas, and expanding international educational offerings.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Michael Noonan', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Finance)'} {'name': 'Paul Ryan', 'role': 'Director (Department of Finance)'} {'name': 'Sean Kinsella', 'role': 'Special Advisor (Department of Finance)'}
📚 Education 🏢 Enterprise & Employment View on lobbying.ie →

Most Lobbied TDs

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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