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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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Financial Justice Ireland
May–August
[Foreign Affairs] Civil society consultation (as part of Dochas network delegation) with Irish Aid on foot of the publication of the Compromiso de Sevilla outcome text from the UN Financing for Development Conference (FFD4); Attendance at Civil society meeting with Minister of State for International Development and Diaspora, Neale Richmond TD on the side of the FFD4 conference
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Neale Richmond', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Foreign Affairs)'}
Financial Justice Ireland
January–April
[Taxation] Urging the minister to accept their recommendation from Ireland’s recent assessments by two UN Human Rights Treaty Bodies, in particular we want to you to conduct a new, comprehensive and independent analysis of the impacts of Ireland’s tax policies on the economies of developing countries and to support the development of an effective UN Tax Convention.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Michael McGrath', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Finance)'}
Financial Justice Ireland
January–April
[Finance] We wrote to the Ministers for Finance and Foreign Affairs, and their counterparts in other parties, calling for permanent debt cancellation for developing countries in the light of the Covid-19 epidemic
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Paschal Donohoe', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Finance)'} {'name': 'Simon Coveney', 'role': 'Tánaiste and Minister (Department of Foreign Affairs)'} {'name': 'Róisín Shorthall', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': "Cian O'Callaghan", 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Paul Murphy', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Alan Kelly', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 5 more
Financial Justice Ireland
May–August
[Finance] We wrote to the Minister for Finance to follow up on previous correspondence calling for permanent debt cancellation for developing countries in the light of the Covid-19 epidemic
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Paschal Donohoe', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Finance)'}
Financial Justice Ireland
September–December
[Finance] We wrote to the Minister for Finance to follow up on previous correspondence calling for permanent debt cancellation for developing countries in the light of the Covid-19 epidemic
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Paschal Donohoe', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Finance)'}
Financial Justice Ireland
January–April
[Environment] Policy Briefing for TDs and Senators - 'A Perfect Storm: Climate Change and Sovereign Debt in the Global South: An unearned burden'
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Catherine Connolly', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Thomas Pringle', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Eamon Ryan', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Bríd Smith', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Seán Crowe', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Eoin Ó Broin', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 1 more
Financial Justice Ireland
May–August
[EU Affairs] We ran a campaign in advance of the MEP elections to ask MEP candidates to support policies that support financial justice, if elected to the European Parliament.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Email All MEPs', 'role': 'We contacted all MEP candidates by email and through social media.'}
Financial Justice Ireland
September–December
[Finance] Changing policies at European level to tackle financial injustice: specifically calling on MEPS to publicly support a comprehensive and effective reform of national and European economic institutions in order to confront financialisation as a key driver of inequalities and promote active de-financialisation. Three main pillars for action were proposed: 1) EU economic and fiscal policies, 2) development finance and EU policies towards the global South, and 3) thematic policies.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': "Grace O'Sullivan", 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': 'Billy Kelleher', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'}
Financial Justice Ireland
May–August
[Taxation] Spoke at Irish Tax Justice Network event ‘How to address corporate tax avoidance in Ireland’, which had an external speaker and outlined specific proposals to address the gaps in Irish corporation tax code that leave Ireland vulnerable to accusations of operating as a corporate tax haven.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Pearse Doherty', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': "Kevin O'Keeffe", 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
Financial Justice Ireland
September–December
[Taxation] The effects of international taxation policy on developing countries; the way Ireland's taxation policies effect developing countries
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': "Grace O'Sullivan", 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Colette Kelleher', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Frances Black', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Lynn Ruane', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Joan Burton', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Richard Boyd Barrett', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 2 more
Financial Justice Ireland
January–April
[Finance] DDCI spoke before the Public Accounts Committee to express concerns about gaps in Ireland’s corporate taxation and incentives system, along with its transfer-pricing regime, which facilitate multinational corporations to operate aggressive tax dodging schemes from Ireland that reduce their global liabilities and deny much-needed tax revenues to low-income countries.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'John Deasy', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Robert Dowds', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Áine Collins', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Paul Connaughton Jr.', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'John Perry', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'John McGuinness', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 1 more
Financial Justice Ireland
January–April
[Finance] Ensure the Register of Beneficial Owners of companies is made publicly available.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Michael Noonan', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Finance)'} {'name': 'Derek Moran', 'role': 'Secretary General (Department of Finance)'}
Financial Justice Ireland
May–August
[Housing] We shared a report about the role of vulture funds in the Irish housing market as well as internationally and steps the government should take to address these, including: 1. support more effective collective action clauses 2. Participate in negotiations to develop a sovereign debt resolution mechanism, 3. Participate actively in multilateral framework negotiations, 4. bring about a more equitable financial system with greater transparency
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': "Maureen O'Sullivan", 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Ruth Coppinger', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Mary Butler', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Catherine Byrne', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Seán Canney', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Barry Cowen', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 7 more
Financial Justice Ireland
September–December
[Taxation] EU negotiations on public country by country reporting for multinational corporations under the Shareholders Rights Directive
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Richard Bruton', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Education and Skills)'} {'name': 'Michael Noonan', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Finance)'} {'name': 'Declan Kelleher', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Foreign Affairs)'} {'name': 'Tom Hanney', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Foreign Affairs)'}
Financial Justice Ireland
September–December
[Foreign Affairs] country access to automatic information exchange
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Michael Noonan', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Finance)'}
Financial Justice Ireland
September–December
[Taxation] Impact of Irish Tax policies towards multinationals on developing countries
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': "Maureen O'Sullivan", 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Olivia Mitchell', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Bernard Durkan', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Seán Crowe', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Jim Walsh', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Anthony Lawlor', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
Financial Justice Ireland
September–December
[Taxation] EU negotiations on public country by country reporting for multinational corporations under the Shareholders Rights Directive
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Richard Bruton', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Education and Skills)'} {'name': 'Michael Noonan', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Finance)'} {'name': 'Declan Kelleher', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Foreign Affairs)'} {'name': 'Tom Hanney', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Foreign Affairs)'}
Financial Justice Ireland
September–December
[Foreign Affairs] Letter
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Michael Noonan', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Finance)'}
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