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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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Employment & Recruitment Federation
January–April
[Employment] letter of concern re the impact on business costs from labour Market Policies
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Peter Burke', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation)'}
🏢 Enterprise & Employment View on lobbying.ie →
Employment & Recruitment Federation
May–August
[Employment] Budget submission
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Simon Harris', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Paschal Donoghue', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Finance)'} {'name': 'Michael Martin', 'role': 'An Taoiseach (Department of the Taoiseach)'} {'name': 'James Lawless', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science)'} {'name': 'Marian Harkin', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science)'} {'name': 'Jack Chambers', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform)'}
🏢 Enterprise & Employment 🏦 Finance & Banking View on lobbying.ie →
Employment & Recruitment Federation
September–December
[Employment] Response to Public Consultation on Platform Work Directive
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Peter Burke', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment)'}
🏢 Enterprise & Employment View on lobbying.ie →
Employment & Recruitment Federation
January–April
[Employment] letter of concern re the impact on business costs from labour Market Policies
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Simon Coveney', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
🏢 Enterprise & Employment View on lobbying.ie →
Employment & Recruitment Federation
May–August
[Finance] Budget submission
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Peter Burke', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Simon Harris', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Micheál Martin', 'role': 'Tánaiste and Minister (Department of Foreign Affairs)'} {'name': 'Jack Chambers', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
🏢 Enterprise & Employment 🏦 Finance & Banking View on lobbying.ie →
Employment & Recruitment Federation
May–August
[Finance] Budget submission
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Paschal Donohoe', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Simon Coveney', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Neale Richmond', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Simon Harris', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
🏦 Finance & Banking View on lobbying.ie →
Employment & Recruitment Federation
May–August
[Employment] Response to the Government call out for submissions to the review of the Occupations Lists for Employment permits
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Leo Varadkar', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment)'}
🏢 Enterprise & Employment View on lobbying.ie →
Employment & Recruitment Federation
May–August
[Budgetary matters] Tackling the Housing crisis. Addressing Childcare provision and Costs. Building labour markets, reskilling and transition. Fairness for employment taxes.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Micheál Martin', 'role': 'Taoiseach (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Leo Varadkar', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment)'} {'name': 'Damien English', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment)'} {'name': 'Paschal Donohoe', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
🏢 Enterprise & Employment 🏦 Finance & Banking 🏠 Housing View on lobbying.ie →
Employment & Recruitment Federation
September–December
[Budgetary matters] Tackling the Housing crisis. Addressing Childcare provision and Costs. Building labour markets, reskilling and transition. Fairness for employment taxes.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Micheál Martin', 'role': 'Taoiseach (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Leo Varadkar', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment)'} {'name': 'Damien English', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment)'} {'name': 'Paschal Donohoe', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
🏢 Enterprise & Employment 🏦 Finance & Banking 🏠 Housing View on lobbying.ie →
Employment & Recruitment Federation
January–April
[Employment] The impending SSP legislation
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Damien English', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment)'}
🏢 Enterprise & Employment View on lobbying.ie →
Employment & Recruitment Federation
September–December
[Employment] The impending SSP legislation
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Clare Dunne', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation)'}
🏢 Enterprise & Employment View on lobbying.ie →
Employment & Recruitment Federation
January–April
[Employment] Consultation document submitted by the NRF offering support on Flexible Working and the Future of Jobs.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Regina Doherty', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Regina Doherty', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection)'}
🏢 Enterprise & Employment View on lobbying.ie →
Employment & Recruitment Federation
September–December
[Finance] budget submission
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Paschal Donohoe', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Michael McGrath', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Public Expenditure and Reform)'}
🏢 Enterprise & Employment 🏦 Finance & Banking View on lobbying.ie →
Employment & Recruitment Federation
January–April
[Employment] Miscellaneous Bill
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Patricia Murphy', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Social Protection)'} {'name': "Willie O'Dea", 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Heather Humphreys', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation)'} {'name': 'Regina Doherty', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection)'}
🏢 Enterprise & Employment View on lobbying.ie →
Employment & Recruitment Federation
May–August
[Finance] Submission of a prebudget document request to Minister to consider the following areas when developing the budget. Reduce and or assist with more investment to childcare costs. look at the Social protection system to pay at an hourly rate rather than a day rate, more investment in skills and development
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Paschal Donohoe', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Finance)'} {'name': 'Richard Bruton', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Education and Skills)'} {'name': 'Mary Mitchell O’Connor', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Education and Skills)'} {'name': 'Joe McHugh', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Education and Skills)'}
🏦 Finance & Banking View on lobbying.ie →
Employment & Recruitment Federation
September–December
[Social Protection] Meeting to discuss the Bogus Self Employment
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Regina Doherty', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection)'}
🏢 Enterprise & Employment View on lobbying.ie →
Employment & Recruitment Federation
January–April
[Employment] Employment (Misc. Provisions) Bill, 2017
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Regina Doherty', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Patricia Murphy', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Social Protection)'} {'name': "Willie O'Dea", 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
🏢 Enterprise & Employment View on lobbying.ie →
Employment & Recruitment Federation
on behalf of Yes (client not named)
May–August
[Budgetary matters] Pre Budget Submission
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Regina Doherty', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Paschal Donohoe', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Public Expenditure and Reform)'} {'name': 'Richard Bruton', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Education and Skills)'} {'name': 'Heather Humphreys', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation)'}
📚 Education 🏦 Finance & Banking View on lobbying.ie →
Employment & Recruitment Federation
September–December
[Employment] Communciation and meetings with Ministers and members of Department of Social Protection re the Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2017.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Email All Oireachtas Members', 'role': ''} {'name': 'Heather Humphreys', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation)'}
🌍 Climate & Energy 🏢 Enterprise & Employment View on lobbying.ie →
Employment & Recruitment Federation
September–December
[Social Protection] Zero Hours and Banded Hours Bill. Lobbying activity to include meeting with heads of departments to highlight areas of bill that could portentially impact negatively on jobs of the future
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Regina Doherty', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Social Protection)'}
🌍 Climate & Energy ⚖️ Justice & Legal View on lobbying.ie →
Employment & Recruitment Federation
May–August
[Education and Training] Submisison to the National Skills strategy 2016-2018
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Richard Bruton', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Education and Skills)'}
📚 Education 🏢 Enterprise & Employment View on lobbying.ie →
Employment & Recruitment Federation
May–August
[Budgetary matters] Pre Budget Submission
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Michael Noonan', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Finance)'} {'name': "Mary Mitchell O'Connor", 'role': 'Minister (Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation)'} {'name': 'Richard Bruton', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Education and Skills)'} {'name': 'John Halligan', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
🏢 Enterprise & Employment 🏦 Finance & Banking View on lobbying.ie →
Employment & Recruitment Federation
September–December
[Foreign Affairs] Recruitment Industry position paper on potential impact of Brexit
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Richard Bruton', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Education and Skills)'} {'name': "Mary Mitchell O'Connor", 'role': 'Minister (Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation)'} {'name': 'Enda Kenny', 'role': 'Taoiseach (Department of the Taoiseach)'} {'name': 'Leo Varadkar', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Social Protection)'}
View on lobbying.ie →
Employment & Recruitment Federation
September–December
[Budgetary matters] Asked the minister to reduce the rate of Employers PRSI for low paid workers from 8.5% to 4.5%, Address the issue of holiday accrual whilst on extended sick leave for agency workers, move the daily social welfare rate to a daily rate to allow workers more flexibilty to take up work without being penalised, limit the national minimum wage to 915
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Ged Nash', 'role': 'Super Junior Minister (Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation)'}
🏢 Enterprise & Employment 🏦 Finance & Banking 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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