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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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Claire Ryan
January–April
[Development and Zoning] Use of old railway bridge
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Sean MCKeown', 'role': 'Director of Services or Equivalent (Kilkenny County Council)'} {'name': 'Ger Frisby', 'role': 'Councillor (Kilkenny County Council)'} {'name': 'Fidelis Doherty', 'role': 'Councillor (Kilkenny County Council)'} {'name': 'Tomás Breathnach', 'role': 'Councillor (Kilkenny County Council)'} {'name': 'Pat Dunphy', 'role': 'Councillor (Kilkenny County Council)'}
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Claire Ryan
January–April
[Development and Zoning] Location of greenway car park
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Sean MCKeown', 'role': 'Director of Services or Equivalent (Kilkenny County Council)'} {'name': 'Fidelis Doherty', 'role': 'Councillor (Kilkenny County Council)'} {'name': 'Pat Dunphy', 'role': 'Councillor (Kilkenny County Council)'} {'name': 'Tomás Breathnach', 'role': 'Councillor (Kilkenny County Council)'} {'name': 'Ger Frisby', 'role': 'Councillor (Kilkenny County Council)'}
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Claire Ryan
May–August
[Development and Zoning] Response to public consultation on proposed temporary development by KCC
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Sean MCKeown', 'role': 'Director of Services or Equivalent (Kilkenny County Council)'}
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Claire Ryan
September–December
[Development and Zoning] Fencing of old railway bridge
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Sean MCKeown', 'role': 'Director of Services or Equivalent (Kilkenny County Council)'}
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Claire Ryan
May–August
[Development and Zoning] Proposal for car park and access point to New Ross Waterford Greenway
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Sean MCKeown', 'role': 'Director of Services or Equivalent (Kilkenny County Council)'} {'name': 'Tomás Breathnach', 'role': 'Councillor (Kilkenny County Council)'} {'name': 'Ger Frisby', 'role': 'Councillor (Kilkenny County Council)'} {'name': 'Fidelis Doherty', 'role': 'Councillor (Kilkenny County Council)'} {'name': 'Pat Dunphy', 'role': 'Councillor (Kilkenny County Council)'} {'name': 'Eamon Aylward', 'role': 'Councillor (Kilkenny County Council)'}
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Claire Ryan
May–August
[Development and Zoning] Proposal for car park and access point to New Ross Waterford Greenway
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Sean MCKeown', 'role': 'Director of Services or Equivalent (Kilkenny County Council)'} {'name': 'Tomás Breathnach', 'role': 'Councillor (Kilkenny County Council)'} {'name': 'Ger Frisby', 'role': 'Councillor (Kilkenny County Council)'} {'name': 'Fidelis Doherty', 'role': 'Councillor (Kilkenny County Council)'} {'name': 'Pat Dunphy', 'role': 'Councillor (Kilkenny County Council)'} {'name': 'Eamon Aylward', 'role': 'Councillor (Kilkenny County Council)'} + 2 more
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Claire Ryan
September–December
[Development and Zoning] Regarding the location of the car park and access point to the new Greenway at Ferrybank
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Eamon Aylward', 'role': 'Councillor (Kilkenny County Council)'} {'name': 'Sean MCKeown', 'role': 'Director of Services or Equivalent (Kilkenny County Council)'} {'name': 'Ger Frisby', 'role': 'Councillor (Kilkenny County Council)'} {'name': 'Pat Dunphy', 'role': 'Councillor (Kilkenny County Council)'} {'name': 'Tomás Breathnach', 'role': 'Councillor (Kilkenny County Council)'} {'name': 'Fidelis Doherty', 'role': 'Councillor (Kilkenny County Council)'}
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Claire Ryan
September–December
[Children and Youth Affairs] The proposed Constitutional amendment
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Lynn Ruane', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'David Norris', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Ivana Bacik', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'John Paul Phelan', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'John McGuinness', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Kathleen Funchion', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 2 more
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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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