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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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Registered Lobbyists
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Bookselling Ireland
January–April
[Arts] Email requesting meeting to discuss library procurement
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Emer Higgins', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform)'}
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Bookselling Ireland
January–April
[Arts] Introductory emails to newly appointed ministers, including a copy of Bookselling Ireland's report "The Cultural Role and Value of Ireland's Indie Bookshops"
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Patrick O’Donovan', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media)'} {'name': 'Dara Calleary', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Rural and Community Development)'} {'name': 'Helen McEntee', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Education)'}
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Bookselling Ireland
May–August
[Arts] Email requesting a meeting to discuss the contribution of Irish bookshops to Irish language
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Dara Calleary', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Rural and Community Development)'}
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Bookselling Ireland
January–April
[Arts] Email introducing new Chair of Bookselling Ireland, Maria Dickenson, and requesting a meeting to discuss Culture Vouchers and the impact of Amazon.ie
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Patrick O’Donovan', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media)'} {'name': 'Dara Calleary', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Rural and Community Development)'} {'name': 'Helen McEntee', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Education)'}
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Bookselling Ireland
May–August
[Education and Training] Email requesting meeting with Chair of Oireachtas Committee for Education to discuss Culture Cards as outlined in latest Programme for Government
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Cathal Crowe', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
📚 Education View on lobbying.ie →
Bookselling Ireland
May–August
[Arts] Email requesting meeting with Chair of Oireachtas Committee for Arts, Media, Communication Culture and Sport to discuss Culture Cards as outlined in latest Programme for Government
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Alan Kelly', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
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Bookselling Ireland
May–August
[Trade] Email requesting meeting with Chair of Oireachtas Committee for Enterprise to discuss Culture Cards as outlined in latest Programme for Government
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': "James O'Connor", 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
🏢 Enterprise & Employment View on lobbying.ie →
Bookselling Ireland
May–August
[Trade] Pre-budget submission in relation to rates, funding for Foras na Gaeilge and school libraries and to include bookshops in the culture card scheme.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Pearse Doherty', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Rose Conway-Walsh', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Dermot Mulligan', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment)'} {'name': 'Alan Kelly', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'John Kennedy', 'role': 'Councillor (Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council)'} {'name': "James O'Connor", 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 10 more
📚 Education 🏢 Enterprise & Employment 🏦 Finance & Banking View on lobbying.ie →
Bookselling Ireland
May–August
[Agriculture] Email requesting a meeting to clarify requirements of new EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR).
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Martin Heydon', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'}
🌾 Agriculture 🌍 Climate & Energy View on lobbying.ie →
Bookselling Ireland
May–August
[Trade] Email to request a meeting in relation to challenges faced by bookshops and inclusion of bookshops in the planned culture card scheme.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Cathal Crowe', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': "James O'Connor", 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': "Patrick O'Donovan", 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media)'} {'name': 'Alan Kelly', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
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Bookselling Ireland
September–December
[Trade] Excluding books from the scope of EUDR legislation
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Michael McNamara', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': 'Kathleen Funchion', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': 'Luke Ming Flanagan', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': 'Lynn Boylan', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': 'Aodhán Ó Ríordáin', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': 'Regina Doherty', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} + 8 more
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Bookselling Ireland
September–December
[Trade] Meeting to discuss the including bookshops in the culture card scheme outlined in the programme for government
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'John Kennedy', 'role': 'Councillor (Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council)'}
📚 Education View on lobbying.ie →
Bookselling Ireland
January–April
[Gaeltacht] Management of Áisíneacht Dáileacháin Leabhar
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Thomas Byrne', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media)'}
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Bookselling Ireland
January–April
[EU Affairs] Impact of the Late Payment Regulation on the Irish Book Trade
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Catherine Martin', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media)'} {'name': "Patrick O'Donovan", 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media)'} {'name': 'Neale Richmond', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment)'} {'name': 'Paschal Donohoe', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform)'} {'name': 'Mick Wallace', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': 'Clare Daly', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} + 10 more
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Bookselling Ireland
May–August
[Education and Training] Extension of Free Schoolbook Scheme to cover Secondary School Books up to Junior Cycle.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Holly Cairns', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
🌍 Climate & Energy 📚 Education View on lobbying.ie →
Bookselling Ireland
May–August
[Budgetary matters] Pre Budget 2025 Submission
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Paschal Donohoe', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform)'} {'name': 'Jack Chambers', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Finance)'}
📚 Education 🏦 Finance & Banking View on lobbying.ie →
Bookselling Ireland
September–December
[Arts] Launch of Bookselling Ireland Report "Bringing Culture into the Heart of Communities - The Cultural Role and Value of Ireland's Bookshops"
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Emer Higgins', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment)'}
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Bookselling Ireland
September–December
[Budgetary matters] Budget Submission outlining recommendations for providing support to bookshops
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Jack Chambers', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Finance)'} {'name': 'Paschal Donohoe', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform)'}
📚 Education 🏦 Finance & Banking View on lobbying.ie →
Bookselling Ireland
January–April
[Economic Development and Industry] Distribution of newly published Bookselling Ireland Manifesto
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Neale Richmond', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment)'}
🌍 Climate & Energy 📚 Education 🏦 Finance & Banking View on lobbying.ie →
Bookselling Ireland
January–April
[Education and Training] Provision of free schoolbooks to primary school children, as announced in September 2022 in Budget 2023
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Deirdre Shanley', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Education)'} {'name': 'Josepha Madigan', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Education)'} {'name': 'Norma Foley', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Education)'} {'name': 'Neale Richmond', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment)'} {'name': 'Dara Calleary', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment)'} {'name': 'Eamon Ryan', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Environment, Climate and Communications)'} + 5 more
📚 Education 🏦 Finance & Banking View on lobbying.ie →
Bookselling Ireland
May–August
[Economic Development and Industry] Meeting with Minister Neale Richmond to discuss newly published Bookselling Ireland Manifesto
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Neale Richmond', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment)'}
🌍 Climate & Energy 📚 Education 🏦 Finance & Banking View on lobbying.ie →
Bookselling Ireland
May–August
[Budgetary matters] Budget Submission
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Michael McGrath', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Finance)'}
🏦 Finance & Banking View on lobbying.ie →
Bookselling Ireland
May–August
[Public Expenditure and Reform] Introduction of delivery charge for Government Publications
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': "Patrick O'Donovan", 'role': 'Minister of State (The Office of Public Works)'}
📚 Education View on lobbying.ie →
Bookselling Ireland
September–December
[Budgetary matters] Extension of Free Schoolbook Scheme to cover Secondary School Books up to Junior Cycle.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Catherine Martin', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media)'} {'name': 'Simon Coveney', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment)'} {'name': 'Neale Richmond', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment)'} {'name': 'Norma Foley', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Education)'}
📚 Education 🏦 Finance & Banking View on lobbying.ie →
Bookselling Ireland
September–December
[Public Expenditure and Reform] Followup to Previous Email Regarding Introduction of Delivery Charge for Government Publications
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': "Patrick O'Donovan", 'role': 'Minister of State (The Office of Public Works)'}
📚 Education View on lobbying.ie →
Bookselling Ireland
September–December
[Budgetary matters] Extension of Free Schoolbook Scheme to cover Secondary School Books up to Junior Cycle.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Pa Daly', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
📚 Education 🏦 Finance & Banking View on lobbying.ie →
Bookselling Ireland
May–August
[Budgetary matters] (1)Feedback on Costs of Doing Business Survey conducted amongst Bookselling Ireland Members (June 2022), including energy cost pressures; (2)targeted recommendations on the 2023 budget.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Damien English', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment)'} {'name': 'Paschal Donohoe', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Finance)'} {'name': 'Michael McGrath', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Public Expenditure and Reform)'}
🌍 Climate & Energy 🏢 Enterprise & Employment 🏦 Finance & Banking View on lobbying.ie →
Bookselling Ireland
September–December
[Education and Training] Provision of free schoolbooks to primary school children, as announced in September 2022 in Budget 2023.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Norma Foley', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Education)'} {'name': 'Bernie McNally', 'role': 'Secretary General (Department of Education)'} {'name': 'Deirdre Shanley', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Education)'}
📚 Education 🏦 Finance & Banking View on lobbying.ie →
Bookselling Ireland
September–December
[Economic Development and Industry] Pre-Budget Submission
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Leo Varadkar', 'role': 'An Tánaiste (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Catherine Martin', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media)'} {'name': 'Damien English', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment)'}
🏦 Finance & Banking View on lobbying.ie →
Bookselling Ireland
September–December
[Economic Development and Industry] Range of targeted measures to support bookshops/SMEs
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Damien English', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment)'}
🏢 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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