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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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Early Childhood Ireland
January–April
[Children and Youth Affairs] Early Childhood Ireland's '4 Asks for Children' and our policy priorities
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Norma Foley', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth)'} {'name': 'Michael Brennan', 'role': 'Special Adviser (Department of Education)'} {'name': 'Anne-Marie Brooks', 'role': 'Acting Assistant Secretary (Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth)'}
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Early Childhood Ireland
January–April
[Children and Youth Affairs] Early Childhood Ireland's policy priorities
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Email All TDs', 'role': ''}
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Early Childhood Ireland
January–April
[Children and Youth Affairs] Early Childhood Ireland's Barometer 2025
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Email All Oireachtas Members', 'role': ''}
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Early Childhood Ireland
January–April
[Children and Youth Affairs] Early Childhood Ireland's '4 Asks for Children' and other priorities
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Claire Kerrane', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Mark Wall', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'James Geoghegan', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Aidan Farrelly', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
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Early Childhood Ireland
January–April
[Children and Youth Affairs] Pay and professionalisation matters in the Early Years and School Age Care system
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Claire Kerrane', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Mark Wall', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
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Early Childhood Ireland
January–April
[Children and Youth Affairs] Recommendations by the Judicial Council on insurance
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Norma Foley', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth)'}
🏦 Finance & Banking ⚖️ Justice & Legal View on lobbying.ie →
Early Childhood Ireland
January–April
[Children and Youth Affairs] Current issues affecting Early Years and School Age Care settings
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': "Naoise O'Cearúil", 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Mary Lou McDonald', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Anne-Marie Brooks', 'role': 'Acting Assistant Secretary (Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth)'}
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Early Childhood Ireland
May–August
[Children and Youth Affairs] Budget 2026
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Email All Oireachtas Members', 'role': ''} {'name': 'Grace Boland', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Emer Currie', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Anne Marie Brooks', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth)'} {'name': 'Paschal Donohoe', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Finance)'} {'name': 'Jack Chambers', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform)'} + 19 more
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Early Childhood Ireland
May–August
[Children and Youth Affairs] Proposed increase to Personal Injury awards
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Micheál Martin', 'role': 'An Taoiseach (Department of the Taoiseach)'} {'name': 'Simon Harris', 'role': 'Tánaiste and Minister (Department of Defence)'}
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Early Childhood Ireland
May–August
[Public Expenditure and Reform] Early Childhood Ireland's submission on the National Development Plan (NDP) review
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Micheál Martin', 'role': 'An Taoiseach (Department of the Taoiseach)'} {'name': 'Simon Harris', 'role': 'Tánaiste and Minister (Department of Defence)'} {'name': 'Paschal Donohoe', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Finance)'} {'name': 'Jack Chambers', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform)'} {'name': 'Norma Foley', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth)'} {'name': 'Aisling Dempsey', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 12 more
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Early Childhood Ireland
May–August
[Children and Youth Affairs] Capacity in Early Years and School Age Care settings
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Aiden Farrelly', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Lower House of the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Natasha Newsome Drennan', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
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Early Childhood Ireland
May–August
[Children and Youth Affairs] Improved terms and conditions for Early Years and School Age Care graduates
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Emer Currie', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
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Early Childhood Ireland
September–December
[Children and Youth Affairs] Budget 2026
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Email All Oireachtas Members', 'role': ''} {'name': 'Norma Foley', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth)'} {'name': 'Emer Currie', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Brian Brennan', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Anne Marie Brooks', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth)'}
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Early Childhood Ireland
September–December
[Children and Youth Affairs] National Convention on Education
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Bernie McNally', 'role': 'Secretary General (Department of Education)'}
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Early Childhood Ireland
September–December
[Children and Youth Affairs] Early Years and School Age Care matters including Workforce Planning and Investment
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Emer Currie', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
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Early Childhood Ireland
January–April
[Children and Youth Affairs] Early Childhood Ireland Policy Proposal: A Single Agency for Early Years and School Age Care
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Email All Oireachtas Members', 'role': ''} {'name': "Roderic O'Gorman", 'role': 'Minister (Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth)'} {'name': 'Eamon Ryan', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Environment, Climate and Communications)'} {'name': 'Leo Varadkar', 'role': 'Taoiseach (Department of the Taoiseach)'} {'name': 'Micheál Martin', 'role': 'Tánaiste and Minister (Department of Foreign Affairs)'} {'name': 'Kathleen Funchion', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 12 more
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Early Childhood Ireland
January–April
[Children and Youth Affairs] Early Childhood Ireland Policy Proposal on Closures
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Kathleen Funchion', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Patrick Costello', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': "Jennifer Murnane O'Connor", 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Holly Cairns', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'John Brady', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Erin McGreehan', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} + 7 more
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Early Childhood Ireland
January–April
[Children and Youth Affairs] Early Childhood Ireland position on the Early Years and School Age Care workforce
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Chris MacManus', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'}
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Early Childhood Ireland
January–April
[Children and Youth Affairs] Early Childhood Ireland - Barometer 2024
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Email All Oireachtas Members', 'role': ''} {'name': 'Richard Boyd Barrett', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Jennifer Whitmore', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Emer Currie', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Kathleen Funchion', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Emer Higgins', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 12 more
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Early Childhood Ireland
January–April
[Children and Youth Affairs] Early Childhood Ireland's proposals for Early Years and School Age Care
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Brendan Griffin', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Richard Boyd Barrett', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Niamh Smyth', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Mairéad Farrell', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Kathleen Funchion', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
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Early Childhood Ireland
January–April
[Children and Youth Affairs] Specific Early Childhood Ireland's proposals for Early Years and School Age Care
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Anne Marie Brooks', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth)'} {'name': 'Bernie McNally', 'role': 'Secretary General (Department of Education)'} {'name': 'Simon Harris', 'role': 'An Taoiseach (Department of the Taoiseach)'} {'name': 'Elizabeth Canavan', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of the Taoiseach)'}
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Early Childhood Ireland
January–April
[Children and Youth Affairs] Childminding Regulations (draft)
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Denis Naughten', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
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Early Childhood Ireland
January–April
[Children and Youth Affairs] Accounting requirements for Early Years and School Age Care settings
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Aodhán Ó Ríordáin', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
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Early Childhood Ireland
January–April
[Education and Training] Citizens Assembly on Education
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Dónall Geoghegan', 'role': 'Joint Chief of Staff (Department of the Taoiseach)'}
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Early Childhood Ireland
January–April
[Children and Youth Affairs] Funding for national organisations
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Kevin McCarthy', 'role': 'Secretary General (Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth)'}
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Early Childhood Ireland
May–August
[Children and Youth Affairs] Early Childhood Ireland's '4 Asks for Children'
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Email All Oireachtas Members', 'role': ''} {'name': 'Emer Currie', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Erin McGreehan', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'David Stanton', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Jennifer Whitmore', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Simon Coveney', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 10 more
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Early Childhood Ireland
May–August
[Children and Youth Affairs] Early Childhood Ireland's Budget 2025 Submission
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Email All Oireachtas Members', 'role': ''} {'name': 'Simon Harris', 'role': 'An Taoiseach (Department of the Taoiseach)'} {'name': 'Micheál Martin', 'role': 'Tánaiste and Minister (Department of Foreign Affairs)'} {'name': "Roderic O'Gorman", 'role': 'Minister (Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth)'} {'name': 'Jack Chambers', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Finance)'} {'name': 'John Lahart', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 1 more
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Early Childhood Ireland
May–August
[Children and Youth Affairs] Childminding
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Email All Oireachtas Members', 'role': ''} {'name': 'Eamon Ryan', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Environment, Climate and Communications)'} {'name': 'Simon Harris', 'role': 'An Taoiseach (Department of the Taoiseach)'} {'name': 'Micheál Martin', 'role': 'Tánaiste and Minister (Department of Foreign Affairs)'} {'name': 'Michael Fitzmaurice', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Seán Canney', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 7 more
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Early Childhood Ireland
May–August
[Children and Youth Affairs] Future developments in Early Years and School Age Care sector
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Claire Kerrane', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
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Early Childhood Ireland
May–August
[Children and Youth Affairs] Funding
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Kevin McCarthy', 'role': 'Secretary General (Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth)'}
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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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