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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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Cavanagh Communications
on behalf of Yes (client not named)
January–April
[Health] 23/3/2025 – Association of Optometrists Ireland: Issue of news release ‘Expanding Optometrists role would cut eyecare waiting lists’ to all TDs and Senators.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Email All Oireachtas Members', 'role': "Association of Optometrists news release 'Expanding Optometrists role would cut eyecare waiting lists’ emailed to all TDs and Senators as an eyecare policy and funding position and call."}
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Association of Optometrists Ireland
January–April
[Health] 20/2/2025: Association of Optometrists (Optometry Ireland) met with Department of Health Officials re eyecare funding and policy, inc. fees for public eyecare schemes.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Email All Oireachtas Members', 'role': ''}
🌍 Climate & Energy 🏥 Health View on lobbying.ie →
Association of Optometrists Ireland
May–August
[Health] 6/8/2025: Association of Optometrists (Optometry Ireland) – correspondence with Office of Jennifer Carroll MacNeill to inform upcoming meeting with Optometry Ireland re level of payments to Optometrists for public eyecare schemes. The meeting was at that time set for late August but was subsequently cancelled by the Minister.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Jennifer Carroll MacNeill', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Health)'}
🌍 Climate & Energy 🏥 Health View on lobbying.ie →
Association of Optometrists Ireland
May–August
[Health] 21/5/2025: Association of Optometrists (Optometry Ireland) – Notice issued to Minister for Social Protection and Minister for Health of a number of accounts of breach of Optometrists' contract regarding the Medical Card and PRSI eyecare schemes.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Jennifer Carroll MacNeill', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Health)'} {'name': 'Dara Calleary', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Social Protection)'}
🌍 Climate & Energy 🏥 Health View on lobbying.ie →
Cavanagh Communications
on behalf of Yes (client not named)
January–April
[Health] 19/3/2024 – Association of Optometrists Ireland: Issue of news release ‘Optometrists want to end geographic lottery in children’s eye-care’ to all TDs and Senators.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Email All Oireachtas Members', 'role': 'News release emailed to all TDs and Senators as a policy and funding position and call.'}
🏦 Finance & Banking 🏥 Health View on lobbying.ie →
Association of Optometrists Ireland
January–April
[Health] 15/2/2024 & 26/3/2024 & 8/4/20204: Association of Optometrists (Optometry Ireland) met with Department of Health Officials to highlight issues to be addressed with Optometrists contract and public eyecare services provided.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Stephen Donnelly', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Health)'}
🌍 Climate & Energy 🏥 Health View on lobbying.ie →
Association of Optometrists Ireland
January–April
[Health] 26/3.2024: Association of Optometrists (Optometry Ireland) met with Department of Health Officials Michael Holton, Carl O’Gorman and Conor Gallagher.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Stephen Donnelly', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Health)'}
🌍 Climate & Energy 🏥 Health View on lobbying.ie →
Association of Optometrists Ireland
January–April
[Health] 8/4/2024: Association of Optometrists (Optometry Ireland) met with Department of Health Officials Michael Holton, Carl O’Gorman and Conor Gallagher
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Stephen Donnelly', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Health)'}
🌍 Climate & Energy 🏥 Health View on lobbying.ie →
Association of Optometrists Ireland
May–August
[Health] 26/7/2024: Association of Optometrists (Optometry Ireland) wrote letter to Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly re Optometrists public Contract and funding of a public Over 8s eyecare programme.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Stephen Donnelly', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Health)'}
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Association of Optometrists Ireland
May–August
[Health] July, June and August – Meetings with Officials in HSE and Department of Social Protection.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Stephen Donnelly', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Health)'} {'name': 'Heather Humphreys', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Social Protection)'}
🌍 Climate & Energy 📚 Education 🏥 Health View on lobbying.ie →
Cavanagh Communications
on behalf of Yes (client not named)
September–December
[Health] 13/11/2024 – Association of Optometrists Ireland: Issue of news release ‘Optometrists urge candidates commitment to an over 8s public eyecare programme’ to all TDs and Senators.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Email All Oireachtas Members', 'role': "Optometry Ireland news release 'Optometrists urge candidates commitment to an over 8s public eyecare programme' emailed to all TDs and Senators as a policy and funding position and call."}
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Cavanagh Communications
on behalf of Yes (client not named)
September–December
[Health] 2/9/2024 – Association of Optometrists Ireland: Issue of news release ‘Parents urged to ensure children are ‘eye-ready’ for the classroom’ to all TDs and Senators.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Email All Oireachtas Members', 'role': "Association of Optometrists news release 'Parents urged to ensure children are ‘eye-ready’ for the classroom' emailed to all TDs and Senators as a policy and funding position and call."}
🏦 Finance & Banking 🏥 Health View on lobbying.ie →
Association of Optometrists Ireland
September–December
[Health] 16/12/2024: Association of Optometrists (Optometry Ireland) wrote letter to the two lead negotiators in Programme for Government Jack Chambers (Fianna Fáil) and Helen McEntee (Fine Gael) setting out its asks for public policy and investment in eyecare in the term of the next Government.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Jack Chambers', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Finance)'} {'name': 'Helen McEntee', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Justice)'}
🌍 Climate & Energy 🏦 Finance & Banking 🏥 Health View on lobbying.ie →
Association of Optometrists Ireland
September–December
[Health] 6/11/2024: Association of Optometrists (Optometry Ireland) wrote and emailed a one page manifesto document to all sitting TDs and Senators, and all political parties, setting out its asks for public policy and investment in eyecare for the November General Election and next Government.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Email All Oireachtas Members', 'role': ''}
🌍 Climate & Energy 🏦 Finance & Banking 🏥 Health View on lobbying.ie →
Cavanagh Communications
on behalf of Yes (client not named)
January–April
[Health] 22/3/2023 – Association of Optometrists Ireland: Issue of news release ‘Geographic lottery in children’s eye-care must end’ to all TDs and Senators.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Email All Oireachtas Members', 'role': 'News release emailed to all Oireachtas members as an FYI.'}
🏥 Health View on lobbying.ie →
Cavanagh Communications
on behalf of Yes (client not named)
January–April
[Health] 20/2/2023 – Association of Optometrists Ireland: Issue of news release ‘Optometry Ireland Announces New President’ to all TDs and Senators.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Email All Oireachtas Members', 'role': 'News release emailed to all Oireachtas members as an FYI.'}
🏥 Health View on lobbying.ie →
Cavanagh Communications
on behalf of Yes (client not named)
January–April
[Health] 27/2/2023 – Association of Optometrists Ireland: Issue of news release ‘Eyecare list unacceptable at 43, 300’ to all TDs and Senators.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Email All Oireachtas Members', 'role': 'News release emailed to all Oireachtas members as an FYI.'}
🏥 Health View on lobbying.ie →
Association of Optometrists Ireland
January–April
[Health] AOI wrote a series of specific letters to different key decision makers in the HSE during Jan-April 2023, and copied one of them to An Taoiseach & the Min for Health, re the need for a greater role for Optometrists in Public eye-care
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Leo Varadkar', 'role': 'Taoiseach (Department of the Taoiseach)'} {'name': 'Stephen Donnelly', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Health)'}
🏥 Health 🏠 Housing View on lobbying.ie →
Cavanagh Communications
on behalf of Yes (client not named)
May–August
[Health] 1/6/2023 – Association of Optometrists Ireland: Issue of news release ‘Optometrists call for end to inequality in children’s eye-care’ to all TDs and Senators.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Email All Oireachtas Members', 'role': 'News release emailed to all Oireachtas members as an FYI.'}
🏥 Health View on lobbying.ie →
Association of Optometrists Ireland
May–August
[Health] 28.8.2023: Association of Optometrists (Optometry Ireland) met with Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly in person to discuss role of Optometrists in public eye-care and advance a number of ongoing issues.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Stephen Donnelly', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Health)'}
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Association of Optometrists Ireland
September–December
[Health] 7.9.2023: Association of Optometrists (Optometry Ireland) sent a letter to Minister for Higher Education Simon Harris re level of capitation payment for Optometry students, calling for this to be raised.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Simon Harris', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Further and Higher Education, Innovation and Science)'}
📚 Education 🏥 Health View on lobbying.ie →
Cavanagh Communications
on behalf of Yes (client not named)
September–December
[Health] 11/10/2023 – Association of Optometrists Ireland: Issue of news release ‘Optometrists highlight importance of eye health in the workplace’ to all TDs and Senators.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Email All Oireachtas Members', 'role': 'News release emailed to all TDs and Senators as a policy and funding position and call.'}
🏢 Enterprise & Employment 🏦 Finance & Banking 🏥 Health View on lobbying.ie →
Association of Optometrists Ireland
September–December
[Health] 5.12.2023: Association of Optometrists (Optometry Ireland) met with newly appointed Chief Health and Social Care Professional (HSCP) Officer in the Department of Health, Fiona Steed
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Fiona Steed', 'role': 'Chief Information Officer (Department of Health)'}
🌍 Climate & Energy 🏥 Health View on lobbying.ie →
Cavanagh Communications
on behalf of Yes (client not named)
January–April
[Health] 24/1/2022 – Association of Optometrists Ireland: Issue of news release ‘Eye-care waiting lists unacceptable at 46,000’ issued to all TDs and Senators.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Email All Oireachtas Members', 'role': 'News release emailed to all Oireachtas members as an FYI.'}
🏥 Health View on lobbying.ie →
Association of Optometrists Ireland
January–April
[Health] 12/1/22 – AOI wrote to Min for Health Stephen Donnelly re 'ring-fencing' or funding for children's eye-care programmes, and inconsistency of these programmes in different CHO areas.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Stephen Donnelly', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Health)'}
🏥 Health 🏠 Housing View on lobbying.ie →
Association of Optometrists Ireland
January–April
[Health] 17/2/22 – AOI wrote to Min for Health Stephen Donnelly re need to develop more community based eye-care and develop a new 'fit-for-purpose' Optometrists contract.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Stephen Donnelly', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Health)'}
🏥 Health View on lobbying.ie →
Association of Optometrists Ireland
January–April
[Health] 24/3/22 – AOI wrote to Min for Health Stephen Donnelly re GMS codes and requesting authorising Optometrists to provide more routine eye-care such as dry or foreign body removal.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Stephen Donnelly', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Health)'}
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Association of Optometrists Ireland
January–April
[Health] 25/4/22 – AOI wrote to Min for Health Stephen Donnelly re Optometrists' contract and need for it to be updated to better reflect current practice.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Stephen Donnelly', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Health)'}
🏥 Health 🏠 Housing View on lobbying.ie →
Association of Optometrists Ireland
May–August
[Health] 9/8/22 – Optometry Ireland (OI formerly Association of Optometrists AOI) wrote to Min for Health Stephen Donnelly re need for increased collaboration with the HSE to design and deliver services for patients.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Stephen Donnelly', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Health)'}
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Cavanagh Communications
on behalf of Yes (client not named)
May–August
[Health] 13/5/2022 – Association of Optometrists Ireland: Issue of news release ‘Optometrists call for expansion of eye-care services in the Community’ issued to all TDs and Senators.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Email All Oireachtas Members', 'role': 'News release emailed to all Oireachtas members as an FYI.'}
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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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