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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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Aughinish Alumina Limited
January–April
[EU Affairs] To provide a further business update of the ongoing risks to employment
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Niall Collins', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Justice)'} {'name': "Patrick O'Donovan", 'role': 'Minister (Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media)'} {'name': 'Deirdre Gillane', 'role': 'Chief of Staff (Department of the Taoiseach)'}
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Aughinish Alumina Limited
September–December
[EU Affairs] To provide a further business update of the ongoing risks to employment as a result of the Russian invasion of Ukraine
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'John Newham', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment)'}
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Aughinish Alumina Limited
January–April
[Energy and Natural Resources] Renewable Heat Obligation
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Brian Carroll', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Environment, Climate and Communications)'} {'name': 'Declan Hughes', 'role': 'Secretary General (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment)'}
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Aughinish Alumina Limited
January–April
[Energy and Natural Resources] Renewable Heat Obligation
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': "Darragh O'Brien", 'role': 'Minister (Department of Climate, Energy and the Environment)'}
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Aughinish Alumina Limited
May–August
[Energy and Natural Resources] Renewable Heat Obligation
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': "Darragh O'Brien", 'role': 'Minister (Department of Climate, Energy and the Environment)'}
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Aughinish Alumina Limited
May–August
[Energy and Natural Resources] Aughinish's participation in the electricity market
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': "Patrick O'Donovan", 'role': 'Minister (Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media)'} {'name': 'Niall Collins', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Justice)'} {'name': 'Billy Kelleher', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': 'Declan Hughes', 'role': 'Secretary General (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment)'}
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Aughinish Alumina Limited
January–April
[EU Affairs] To provide a further update of the ongoing risks to employment as a result of the Russian invasion of Ukraine
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Niall Collins', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science)'} {'name': "Patrick O'Donovan", 'role': 'Minister of State (The Office of Public Works)'} {'name': 'Declan Hughes', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment)'} {'name': 'Billy Kelleher', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': 'Michael McGrath', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Finance)'} {'name': 'Micheál Martin', 'role': 'Tánaiste and Minister (Department of Foreign Affairs)'}
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Aughinish Alumina Limited
January–April
[Energy and Natural Resources] the barriers to electrification of heat in industrial processes.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Simon Coveney', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment)'}
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Aughinish Alumina Limited
May–August
[EU Affairs] To provide a further update of the ongoing risks to employment as a result of the Russian invasion of Ukraine
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Niall Collins', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science)'} {'name': "Patrick O'Donovan", 'role': 'Minister (Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science)'} {'name': 'Declan Hughes', 'role': 'Secretary General (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment)'} {'name': 'Sonja Hyland', 'role': 'Deputy Secretary General (Department of Foreign Affairs)'}
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Aughinish Alumina Limited
May–August
[EU Affairs] To provide a further business update of the ongoing risks to employment as a result of the Russian invasion of Ukraine
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Sonja Hyland', 'role': 'Deputy Secretary General (Department of Foreign Affairs)'} {'name': 'Declan Hughes', 'role': 'Secretary General (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment)'}
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Aughinish Alumina Limited
January–April
[EU Affairs] To provide an update and raise further awareness of the risk to employment at Aughinish as result of the Russian invasion of the Ukraine
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Declan Hughes', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment)'} {'name': "Patrick O'Donovan", 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Public Expenditure and Reform)'} {'name': 'Niall Collins', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science)'} {'name': 'Billy Kelleher', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'}
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Aughinish Alumina Limited
January–April
[EU Affairs] The European Critical Raw Material Act
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Sean Kelly', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': 'Billy Kelleher', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': 'Deirdre Clune', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'}
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Aughinish Alumina Limited
May–August
[EU Affairs] To provide a further update of the ongoing risks to employment as a result of the Russian invasion of Ukraine
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Simon Coveney', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment)'} {'name': 'Niall Collins', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science)'} {'name': "Patrick O'Donovan", 'role': 'Minister of State (The Office of Public Works)'} {'name': 'Declan Hughes', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment)'} {'name': 'Michael McGrath', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Finance)'} {'name': 'Billy Kelleher', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'}
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Aughinish Alumina Limited
May–August
[EU Affairs] Discussion on European Critical Raw Material Act.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Billy Kelleher', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': 'Deirdre Clune', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': 'Niall Collins', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science)'} {'name': 'Sean Kelly', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'}
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Aughinish Alumina Limited
September–December
[EU Affairs] Discussion in relation Critical Raw Material Act and also the EU Emissions allocation for next phase of the scheme.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Billy Kelleher', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': 'Sean Kelly', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'}
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Aughinish Alumina Limited
January–April
[EU Affairs] To raise awareness of the risk to employment at Aughinish and the impact on the EU aluminium industry as a result of the Russian invasion of Ukraine
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Leo Varadkar', 'role': 'An Tánaiste (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Simon Coveney', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Foreign Affairs)'} {'name': 'Niall Collins', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': "Patrick O'Donovan", 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Paschal Donohoe', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Finance)'} {'name': 'Declan Hughes', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment)'} + 11 more
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Aughinish Alumina Limited
May–August
[EU Affairs] To raise awareness of the risk to employment at Aughinish and the impact on the EU aluminium industry as a result of the Russian invasion of Ukraine and very high energy prices
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Declan Hughes', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment)'} {'name': 'Simon Coveney', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Foreign Affairs)'} {'name': "Patrick O'Donovan", 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Public Expenditure and Reform)'}
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Aughinish Alumina Limited
September–December
[EU Affairs] To provide an update and raise further awareness of the risk to employment at Aughinish and the impact on the EU aluminium industry as a result of the Russian invasion of Ukraine and very high energy prices
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Declan Hughes', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment)'} {'name': "Patrick O'Donovan", 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Public Expenditure and Reform)'} {'name': 'Niall Collins', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science)'}
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Aughinish Alumina Limited
January–April
[Environment] Decarbonisation
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Leo Varadkar', 'role': 'An Tánaiste (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
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Aughinish Alumina Limited
September–December
[Environment] Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Seán Kelly', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'}
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Aughinish Alumina Limited
January–April
[Social Protection] Retention of tax relief to support employee pension contributions
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': "Patrick O'Donovan", 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Public Expenditure and Reform)'}
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Aughinish Alumina Limited
January–April
[Energy and Natural Resources] Support for local gas infrastructure development to minimise energy cost for the country
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Niall Collins', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
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Aughinish Alumina Limited
May–August
[EU Affairs] Lobbying the treatment of Aughinish Alumina under the EU ETS scheme
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Mairead McGuinness', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': 'Seán Kelly', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': "Patrick O'Donovan", 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Niall Collins', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Richard Bruton', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Environment, Climate and Communications)'} {'name': 'Heather Humphreys', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation)'} + 1 more
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Aughinish Alumina Limited
January–April
[Foreign Affairs] US Sanctions on Aughinish Alumina
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Simon Coveney', 'role': 'Tánaiste and Minister (Department of Foreign Affairs)'}
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Aughinish Alumina Limited
January–April
[Environment] EU ETS Phase IV Discussion
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Seán Kelly', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': 'Deirdre Clune', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'}
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Aughinish Alumina Limited
January–April
[EU Affairs] Proposed new REACH legislation and classifications
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Seán Kelly', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': 'Deirdre Clune', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'}
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Aughinish Alumina Limited
May–August
[Environment] EU ETS Phase IV Discussion
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': "Patrick O'Donovan", 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Public Expenditure and Reform)'} {'name': 'Richard Bruton', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Environment, Climate and Communications)'} {'name': 'Eamonn Molloy', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of the Taoiseach)'}
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Aughinish Alumina Limited
September–December
[Trade] Update on the alumina industry
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Eamonn Molloy', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of the Taoiseach)'}
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Aughinish Alumina Limited
January–April
[EU Affairs] Impact of Brexit on Irish Industry
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Eamonn Molloy', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of the Taoiseach)'}
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Aughinish Alumina Limited
January–April
[Foreign Affairs] US sanctions imposed by the US Treasury Department
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Eamonn Molloy', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of the Taoiseach)'} {'name': 'Leo Varadkar', 'role': 'Taoiseach (Department of the Taoiseach)'} {'name': 'Heather Humphreys', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation)'} {'name': 'Niall Collins', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Alan Kelly', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Michael Noonan', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 10 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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