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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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GIY Ireland
January–April
[Education and Training] Programme For Government Proposal
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'John Cummins', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
📚 Education View on lobbying.ie →
GIY Ireland
January–April
[Health] Programme For Government Proposal
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Mary Butler', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Health)'}
🏥 Health View on lobbying.ie →
GIY Ireland
May–August
[Education and Training] Lobbying around a pre-budget submission by GIY for support for a national rollout of GROW a School education programme
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Micheál Martin', 'role': 'Taoiseach (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Martin Heydon', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'} {'name': 'Michael Healy-Rae', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'}
📚 Education 🏦 Finance & Banking View on lobbying.ie →
GIY Ireland
September–December
[Education and Training] Lobbying around a pre-budget submission by GIY for support for a national rollout of GROW a School education programme
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Noel Grealish', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'} {'name': 'Helen McEntee', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Education)'}
📚 Education 🏦 Finance & Banking View on lobbying.ie →
GIY Ireland
September–December
[Education and Training] Requesting Gov support for national rollout of GROW at School
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Noel Grealish', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Helen McEntee', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
🌍 Climate & Energy 📚 Education View on lobbying.ie →
GIY Ireland
January–April
[Environment] Marc Ó Cathasaigh attended BWL event 'Bioregional Weaving - Why and How?
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Marc Ó Cathasaigh', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
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GIY Ireland
September–December
[Children and Youth Affairs] Letter sent to Marc Ó Cathasaigh on 11th October for the attention of Minister Roderic O'Gorman, to invite him to discuss how they could collaborate to bring this project to scale and support those who need it most.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Marc Ó Cathasaigh', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': "Roderic O'Gorman", 'role': 'Minister (Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth)'}
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GIY Ireland
January–April
[Education and Training] Email following report (JCEFHERIS Report on Mental Health Supports in Schools and Tertiary Education) that referenced GIY
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Mary Butler', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Health)'}
🌍 Climate & Energy 📚 Education 🏥 Health View on lobbying.ie →
GIY Ireland
January–April
[Education and Training] Letter to Joint Committee on Education, Further an Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Paul Kehoe', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
📚 Education View on lobbying.ie →
GIY Ireland
January–April
[Environment] GROW HQ event invitation
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Marc Ó Cathasaigh', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
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GIY Ireland
January–April
[Environment] Discussion about IEP Fund with DOJ
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'John Cummins', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'}
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GIY Ireland
January–April
[Environment] Enquiry about Shared Island Funding
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Barry Cassidy', 'role': 'Special Adviser (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'}
📚 Education View on lobbying.ie →
GIY Ireland
May–August
[Budgetary matters] Shared GIY's Pre Budget Submission with Minister and government officials & representatives
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Michael McGrath', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Finance)'} {'name': 'Paschal Donohoe', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform)'} {'name': 'Norma Foley', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Education)'} {'name': 'Bernie McNally', 'role': 'Secretary General (Department of Education)'} {'name': 'Aine Doyle', 'role': 'Special Adviser (Department of Education)'} {'name': 'Eamon Ryan', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Environment, Climate and Communications)'} + 21 more
📚 Education 🏦 Finance & Banking View on lobbying.ie →
GIY Ireland
May–August
[Education and Training] Hosted Holly Cairns at GROW HQ for a meet & greet at the request of Cllr. Mary Roche
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Holly Cairns', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Mary Roche', 'role': 'Councillor (Waterford City and County Council)'}
📚 Education 🏦 Finance & Banking View on lobbying.ie →
GIY Ireland
May–August
[Budgetary matters] TD Cullinane visited GROW HQ following a meeting request by Michael Kelly, and sharing of GIY's Pre Budget Submission proposal relating to GROW at School on 8th August.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'David Cullinane', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
📚 Education 🏦 Finance & Banking View on lobbying.ie →
GIY Ireland
September–December
[Budgetary matters] Requesting support for GIY's GROW at School programme as a co-curricular primary school programme - 27/10/2023
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': "Grace O'Sullivan", 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'}
📚 Education 🏦 Finance & Banking View on lobbying.ie →
GIY Ireland
September–December
[Environment] Grace O'Sullivan accepted invited to speak at Bioregional Weaving conference on 09/09/2023
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': "Grace O'Sullivan", 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'}
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GIY Ireland
September–December
[Environment] Meeting with Marc Ó Cathasaigh to update him on BWL work with DAFM/Climate-KIC Deep Demo project - 18/12/2023
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Marc Ó Cathasaigh', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
🌾 Agriculture 🌍 Climate & Energy View on lobbying.ie →
GIY Ireland
January–April
[Education and Training] Programme For Government
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Pippa Hackett', 'role': 'Super Junior Minister (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'} {'name': 'Malcolm Noonan', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
📚 Education View on lobbying.ie →
GIY Ireland
May–August
[Education and Training] Programme for Government; point 1.2: Theme 1 Action point 1.2 “Implement School Gardens"
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Mary Butler', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Health)'} {'name': 'Paul Kehoe', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Marc Ó Cathasaigh', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
📚 Education View on lobbying.ie →
GIY Ireland
May–August
[Environment] Climate Action Fund Application
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Brian Leddin', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Marc Ó Cathasaigh', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
🌍 Climate & Energy View on lobbying.ie →
GIY Ireland
May–August
[Environment] Invitations & discussions relating to EU Soil policy & the Bio Regional Weaving Lab (BWL) project in Waterford as an EU collaborative project
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': "Grace O'Sullivan", 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': 'Malcolm Noonan', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)'}
🌍 Climate & Energy View on lobbying.ie →
GIY Ireland
September–December
[Education and Training] Programme for Government; point 1.2: Theme 1 Action point 1.2 “Implement School Gardens"
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Marc Ó Cathasaigh', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Paul Kehoe', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Aisling Dolan', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'}
📚 Education 🏥 Health View on lobbying.ie →
GIY Ireland
September–December
[Environment] Discussion & Proposal to Dept of Agriculture to support the Bioregioal Weaving Lab (BWL) project to support the transition to organic farming as supported by the BWL project
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Pippa Hackett', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'} {'name': 'Marc Ó Cathasaigh', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
🌾 Agriculture 🌍 Climate & Energy View on lobbying.ie →
GIY Ireland
September–December
[Education and Training] Sent a summary (one page printed graphic) on GIY's GROW at School programme in addition to a copy of GIY Diaries book to public representatives who we had engaged in relation to this programme in 2022
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Marc Ó Cathasaigh', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Mary Butler', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Health)'} {'name': 'Norma Foley', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Education)'} {'name': 'Stephen Donnelly', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Health)'} {'name': 'Aisling Dolan', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Pippa Hackett', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'}
📚 Education View on lobbying.ie →
GIY Ireland
September–December
[Environment] Bioregional Weaving Lab Event invitation to attend. Provision of material (video) was provided to support the event in lieu of attendance by a DPO
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': "Grace O'Sullivan", 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': 'Marc Ó Cathasaigh', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Mary Butler', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Health)'}
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GIY Ireland
September–December
[Education and Training] Proposal and request for Programme support funding for GIY's GROW at School food education & sustainability programme for Primary Schools sent for the attention of Ministers of the Department of Health and Dept of Education.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Stephen Donnelly', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Health)'} {'name': 'Norma Foley', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Education)'} {'name': 'Frank Feighan', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Health)'} {'name': 'Mary Butler', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Health)'}
🌍 Climate & Energy 📚 Education 🏥 Health View on lobbying.ie →
GIY Ireland
September–December
[Children and Youth Affairs] Attended the Children's Right's Alliance Child Poverty event addressing solutions to food poverty and spoke about the GROW at School programme as a food-education programme with potential to mitigate food poverty in conjunction with other food education initiatives
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': "Joe O'Brien", 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth)'}
📚 Education View on lobbying.ie →
GIY Ireland
September–December
[Children and Youth Affairs] A Food Poverty Working Group
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': "Joe O'Brien", 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth)'}
📚 Education 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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