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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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Free Legal Advice Centres (FLAC)
May–August
[Housing] Housing and Residential Tenancies (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2026
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'James Browne', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)'} {'name': 'Norma Foley', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth)'} {'name': 'Micheál Carrigy', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Seamus McGrath', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Richard Boyd Barrett', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Paula Butterly', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 24 more
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Free Legal Advice Centres (FLAC)
May–August
[Foreign Affairs] Ireland’s Commitment to the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) and the proposed Council of Europe Political Declaration relating to migration and human rights.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Micheál Martin', 'role': 'Taoiseach (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Helen McEntee', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Foreign Affairs)'}
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Free Legal Advice Centres (FLAC)
May–August
[Justice and Equality] Reform of the scheme of civil legal aid and implementation of the civil legal aid review.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Matt Carthy', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': "Jim O'Callaghan", 'role': 'Minister (Department of Justice)'} {'name': 'Mark Ward', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Gary Gannon', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Anne Rabbitte', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'}
🏦 Finance & Banking ⚖️ Justice & Legal View on lobbying.ie →
Free Legal Advice Centres (FLAC)
May–August
[Justice and Equality] The General Scheme of the Civil Reform Bill
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Matt Carthy', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': "Jim O'Callaghan", 'role': 'Minister (Department of Justice)'}
⚖️ Justice & Legal View on lobbying.ie →
Free Legal Advice Centres (FLAC)
May–August
[Justice and Equality] To outline FLAC’s funding needs and to seek additional funding in Budget 2027.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': "Jim O'Callaghan", 'role': 'Minister (Department of Justice)'} {'name': "Doncha O'Sullivan", 'role': 'Secretary General (Department of Justice)'}
🏦 Finance & Banking ⚖️ Justice & Legal View on lobbying.ie →
Free Legal Advice Centres (FLAC)
May–August
[Justice and Equality] Discussion of Ireland's role in the Universal Periodic Process and to provide FLAC and ICCL's joint UPR submission containing policy and law reform recommendations in relation to Legal Aid, Non-Discrimination, Judicial Review, Human Rights and Traveller and Roma rights.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Laurence Simms', 'role': 'Joint Secretary (Department of Foreign Affairs)'}
⚖️ Justice & Legal View on lobbying.ie →
Free Legal Advice Centres (FLAC)
May–August
[Foreign Affairs] European Convention on Human Rights
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Micheál Martin', 'role': 'Taoiseach (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Helen McEntee', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Foreign Affairs)'}
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Free Legal Advice Centres (FLAC)
January–April
[Justice and Equality] Request for further information and a meeting to discuss the General Scheme of the Equality Bill 2024.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Carol Baxter', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth)'}
🌍 Climate & Energy ⚖️ Justice & Legal View on lobbying.ie →
Free Legal Advice Centres (FLAC)
January–April
[Social Protection] Providing relevant TDs with FLAC’s Preliminary Analysis to the Social Welfare (Bereaved Partner's Pension) Bill 2025.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': "Louise O'Reilly", 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Dara Calleary', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment)'} {'name': 'Emer Higgins', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Mark Wall', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Alan Kelly', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Liam Quaide', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 2 more
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Free Legal Advice Centres (FLAC)
May–August
[Justice and Equality] Request for a meeting to discuss the Review of the Civil Legal Aid Scheme
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': "Jim O'Callaghan", 'role': 'Minister (Department of Justice)'}
🌍 Climate & Energy ⚖️ Justice & Legal View on lobbying.ie →
Free Legal Advice Centres (FLAC)
May–August
[Justice and Equality] Pre-Legislative Scrutiny of the General Scheme of the Equality (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Kiera Keogh', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Sinéad Gibney', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Aidan Farrelly', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Claire Kerrane', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
⚖️ Justice & Legal View on lobbying.ie →
Free Legal Advice Centres (FLAC)
May–August
[Social Protection] Bereaved Partner’s Bill 2025
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Aidan Davitt', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Alice-Mary Higgins', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Alison Comyn', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Anne Rabbitte', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Aubrey McCarthy', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Cathal Byrne', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} + 71 more
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Free Legal Advice Centres (FLAC)
September–December
[Justice and Equality] Letter and Note to the Minister for Justice and the Secretary General of the Department of Justice seeking increased funding for FLAC in Budget 2026.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': "Jim O'Callaghan", 'role': 'Minister (Department of Justice)'} {'name': 'Oonagh McPhillips', 'role': 'Secretary General (Department of Justice)'}
🌍 Climate & Energy 🏦 Finance & Banking ⚖️ Justice & Legal View on lobbying.ie →
Free Legal Advice Centres (FLAC)
September–December
[Justice and Equality] Zoom meeting and follow-up email regarding the absence of funding for legal assistance services for victims of race discrimination.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Carol Baxter', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth)'}
🌍 Climate & Energy ⚖️ Justice & Legal View on lobbying.ie →
Free Legal Advice Centres (FLAC)
September–December
[Justice and Equality] The proposed Civil Reform Bill.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Andrew Munro', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Justice)'}
⚖️ Justice & Legal View on lobbying.ie →
Free Legal Advice Centres (FLAC)
September–December
[Justice and Equality] Review of the Scheme of Civil Legal Aid
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Matt Carthy', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Paula Butterly', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Tom Brabazon', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Michael Cahill', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Catherine Callaghan', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Gary Gannon', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 11 more
⚖️ Justice & Legal View on lobbying.ie →
Free Legal Advice Centres (FLAC)
January–April
[Justice and Equality] 5 October 2023 Letter issued by email and post setting out FLAC’s submissions to the consultation on the new Department of Justice Statement of Strategy.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Helen McEntee', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Justice)'}
🌍 Climate & Energy ⚖️ Justice & Legal View on lobbying.ie →
Free Legal Advice Centres (FLAC)
January–April
[Justice and Equality] Eilis Barry (FLAC Chief Executive) & Christopher Bowes (FLAC Legal Officer) met Senator Alice-Mary Higgins to discuss the Referendum Bills setting out constitutional amendments in relation to “family” and “care”.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Alice-Mary Higgins', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'}
⚖️ Justice & Legal View on lobbying.ie →
Free Legal Advice Centres (FLAC)
January–April
[Justice and Equality] 16th January 2024 Zoom meeting with Sorca Clarke TD in relation to the Referendum Bills re ‘family’ and ‘care’ amendments to the Constitution.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Sorca Clarke', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
⚖️ Justice & Legal View on lobbying.ie →
Free Legal Advice Centres (FLAC)
January–April
[Justice and Equality] January 2024 Emails issued about the proposed referendums on ‘family’ and ‘care’, enclosing FLAC’s recommendations for strengthening and clarifying the proposals for constitutional reform
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Kathleen Funchion', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Patrick Costello', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'John Brady', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Holly Cairns', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Michael Creed', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Alan Dillon', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 26 more
⚖️ Justice & Legal View on lobbying.ie →
Free Legal Advice Centres (FLAC)
January–April
[Justice and Equality] A letter was sent by email on 19 April 2024 to Minister Roderic O'Gorman and Ms Carol Baxter of his Department in relation to the Review of the Equality Acts.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': "Roderic O'Gorman", 'role': 'Minister (Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth)'} {'name': 'Carol Baxter', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth)'}
🌍 Climate & Energy ⚖️ Justice & Legal View on lobbying.ie →
Free Legal Advice Centres (FLAC)
May–August
[Justice and Equality] To bring FLAC's submission to the Courts Service on their Strategic Plan for the period 2024 to 2027 to the attention of the Committee and state our willingness to present to them on the issues discussed in the submission.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'James Lawless', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
⚖️ Justice & Legal View on lobbying.ie →
Free Legal Advice Centres (FLAC)
May–August
[Justice and Equality] Family Courts Bill 2022
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Helen McEntee', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Justice)'}
⚖️ Justice & Legal View on lobbying.ie →
Free Legal Advice Centres (FLAC)
May–August
[Justice and Equality] Review of the Equality Acts
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Carol Baxter', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth)'}
🌍 Climate & Energy ⚖️ Justice & Legal View on lobbying.ie →
Free Legal Advice Centres (FLAC)
May–August
[Social Protection] Pre-Legislative Scrutiny of the Bereaved Partner’s Contributory Pension Bill 2024.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Denis Naughten', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
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Free Legal Advice Centres (FLAC)
May–August
[Justice and Equality] The Review of the Equality Acts
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': "Roderic O'Gorman", 'role': 'Minister (Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth)'} {'name': 'Carol Baxter', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth)'}
⚖️ Justice & Legal View on lobbying.ie →
Free Legal Advice Centres (FLAC)
September–December
[Justice and Equality] Maternity Protection (Amendment) and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2024.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': "Roderic O'Gorman", 'role': 'Minister (Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth)'}
🌍 Climate & Energy 🏥 Health ⚖️ Justice & Legal View on lobbying.ie →
Free Legal Advice Centres (FLAC)
September–December
[Justice and Equality] The Review of the Equality Acts
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Claire Kerrane', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
⚖️ Justice & Legal View on lobbying.ie →
Free Legal Advice Centres (FLAC)
September–December
[Justice and Equality] Request for feedback on grant application.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Carol Baxter', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth)'}
⚖️ Justice & Legal View on lobbying.ie →
Free Legal Advice Centres (FLAC)
January–April
[Children and Youth Affairs] 16.01.23 FLAC wrote to Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth in relation to the current Review of the Equality Acts to seek an update on the status of the Review and the next steps of the Review process.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': "Roderic O'Gorman", 'role': 'Minister (Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth)'} {'name': 'Carol Baxter', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth)'}
🏥 Health 🏠 Housing View on lobbying.ie →
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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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