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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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Registered Lobbyists
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IS&WFPO CLG
January–April
[Marine] Mackerel, Coastal States, Visas for A Typical Workers, Fuel, Hague Preferences/Quotas, Taxation
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Danny Healy-Rae', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Michael Healy-Rae', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Michael Collins', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Martin Heydon', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Timmy Dooley', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': "Noel O'Donovan", 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} + 11 more
🏢 Enterprise & Employment 🏦 Finance & Banking View on lobbying.ie →
IS&WFPO CLG
January–April
[Marine] CFP, Access to Irish Waters, UN Convention on Law of the Sea, Quotas/Fish Stocks in Irish Waters, Fishing Opportunities and Fisheries Control
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Billy Kelleher', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': 'Nina Carberry', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': 'Maria Walsh', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': 'Luke Ming Flanagan', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': 'Barry Cowen', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': 'Kathleen Funchion', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} + 1 more
🌾 Agriculture View on lobbying.ie →
IS&WFPO CLG
May–August
[Marine] Visas for A Typical Workers, Review of CFP, Access to Irish Waters, Quotas/Fish Stocks in Irish Waters, Coastal States Access, Fishing Opportunities and Fisheries Control
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Timmy Dooley', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'} {'name': 'Maria Walsh', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': 'Nina Carberry', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': 'Cynthia Ní Mhurchú', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': 'Manus Boyle', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'}
🌾 Agriculture 🏢 Enterprise & Employment View on lobbying.ie →
IS&WFPO CLG
September–December
[Marine] Quotas, Fishing Opportunities, Emergency Funding for Organisations, Representtion and A Typical Scheme
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Thomas Byrne', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Timmy Dooley', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Micheál Martin', 'role': 'Taoiseach (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Martin Heydon', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Michael Collins', 'role': 'Councillor (Limerick City and County Council)'} {'name': 'Padráig Mac Lochlainn', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 1 more
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IS&WFPO CLG
January–April
[Marine] ATypical Workers Scheme
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Peadar Tóibín', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
🏢 Enterprise & Employment View on lobbying.ie →
IS&WFPO CLG
September–December
[Marine] Watch Keepers Certificate, Fishing Opportunities 2025, Save Our Industry-Election Points and Control Regulation
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Email All TDs', 'role': 'All MEPs also'} {'name': 'Email All MEPs', 'role': ''}
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IS&WFPO CLG
January–April
[Marine] Blue Whiting, Quota Balancing, Fuel Aid Package and an increase in compensation for Decommissioning
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Charlie McConalogue', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'} {'name': 'Peadar Tóibín', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Simon Coveney', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Micheál Martin', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Defence)'}
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IS&WFPO CLG
May–August
[Marine] Fuel Subsidy, Tie-Up Scheme, Fishing Opportunities 2024 and BAR Funding
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Charlie McConalogue', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'} {'name': 'Peadar Tóibín', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
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IS&WFPO CLG
September–December
[Marine] Fishing Opportunities, Energy Subsidies and Brexit Pelagic Fisheries Support Scheme
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Peadar Tóibín', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Charlie McConalogue', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'} {'name': 'Holly Cairns', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
🌾 Agriculture 🌍 Climate & Energy View on lobbying.ie →
IS&WFPO CLG
January–April
[Marine] Penalty Points, Decommissioning of Fishing Vessels, CFP Review and Revoking Article 60 - Weighing on the Pier
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Email All TDs', 'role': ''} {'name': 'Email All MEPs', 'role': ''}
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IS&WFPO CLG
May–August
[Marine] Fuel Crisis - Aid and Decommissioning
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Micheál Martin', 'role': 'Taoiseach (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Charlie McConalogue', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'John McGuinness', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
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IS&WFPO CLG
September–December
[Marine] Fuel Crisis and Parliamentary Questions thereon, December Council 2022, Decommissioning/Tie-Up Schemes, Quotas and A Typical Workers Scheme
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Charlie McConalogue', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'} {'name': 'Michael Collins', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Peadar Tóibín', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': "Grace O'Sullivan", 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': 'Simon Coveney', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Foreign Affairs)'} {'name': 'Seán Sherlock', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 1 more
🏢 Enterprise & Employment View on lobbying.ie →
IS&WFPO CLG
January–April
[Marine] Saving Seafood and Harnessing Our Ocean Wealth. ATypical Crew. Seafood Sector Taskforce.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Email All TDs', 'role': 'Senators also informed'}
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IS&WFPO CLG
May–August
[Marine] CFP, Penalty Points, TCA, Seafood Task Force, Rockhall, ATypical Scheme, Brexit
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': "Christopher O'Sullivan", 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Michael Collins', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Padráig Mac Lochlainn', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Holly Cairns', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Micheál Martin', 'role': 'An Taoiseach (Department of the Taoiseach)'} {'name': 'Charlie McConalogue', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'} + 3 more
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IS&WFPO CLG
September–December
[Marine] TCA Deal, Quota Loss, Burden Sharing, Financial Compensation, Review of the CFP, A Typical Scheme and Decommissioning Scheme
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Email All TDs', 'role': ''}
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IS&WFPO CLG
January–April
[Marine] Meeting request, communication prior to General Election, assistance fir Fishing Industry during Covid 19 - Tie up Scheme/Storage Aid
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Holly Cairns', 'role': 'Councillor (Cork County Council)'} {'name': 'Michael Collins', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Michael Creed', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'} {'name': 'Pearse Doherty', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Alan Kelly', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'James Lawless', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 4 more
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IS&WFPO CLG
May–August
[Marine] Covid 19 Tie Up Scheme, Brexit, Six Mile Exclusion Zone
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Michael Creed', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'} {'name': "Christopher O'Sullivan", 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Holly Cairns', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Michael Collins', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Tim Lombard', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'}
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IS&WFPO CLG
September–December
[Marine] Brexit, Penalty Points, TACs and Quotas and Six Mile Exclusion Zone
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Michael Collins', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Micheál Martin', 'role': 'Taoiseach (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Holly Cairns', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': "Christopher O'Sullivan", 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Charlie McConalogue', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Simon Coveney', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 2 more
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IS&WFPO CLG
January–April
[Marine] Review of Trawling inside the 6 NM, Landing Obligation, Brexit, Pelagics/Blue Whiting, ICES and Scientific Data
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Michael Creed', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'} {'name': 'Simon Coveney', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'} {'name': 'Jim Daly', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
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IS&WFPO CLG
May–August
[Marine] Blue Whiting. Rockall Issue
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Email All TDs', 'role': ''}
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IS&WFPO CLG
September–December
[Marine] Blue Whiting, ILO Convention, Six Mile Exclusion Zone, Our Views/consultation on 2020 Mackerel Fishery and Ireland's 2020 stocks outcome after 2019 Dec Council
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Email All TDs', 'role': ''}
🏢 Enterprise & Employment View on lobbying.ie →
IS&WFPO CLG
January–April
[Marine] Brexit, Porcupine Bank Nephrops, A Typical Scheme U15m FVs and Dundalk Bay Cockle Fishery
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Michael Creed', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'} {'name': 'Liadh Ní Riada', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'}
🏦 Finance & Banking View on lobbying.ie →
IS&WFPO CLG
May–August
[Marine] A Typical Scheme, Tuna, Nephrops Porcupine Bank and Dundalk Bay Cockle Fisheries
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Leo Varadkar', 'role': 'Taoiseach (Department of the Taoiseach)'} {'name': 'Simon Coveney', 'role': 'Tánaiste and Minister (Department of Foreign Affairs)'} {'name': 'Michael Creed', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'}
🌾 Agriculture 🏦 Finance & Banking View on lobbying.ie →
IS&WFPO CLG
September–December
[Marine] Brexit and Bluefin Tuna
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Michael Creed', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'}
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IS&WFPO CLG
January–April
[Marine] Quota, Mackerel, Brexit, Voisinage, A Typical Scheme, Designated Ports
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Jim Daly', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Michael Creed', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'} {'name': 'Michael Collins', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': "Margaret Murphy O'Mahony", 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Bobby Aylward', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Pat Deering', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 45 more
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IS&WFPO CLG
May–August
[Marine] A Typical Scheme, Quotas, Mackerel Distribution, Rural Survival
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Michael Creed', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'} {'name': 'Ged Nash', 'role': 'Super Junior Minister (Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation)'} {'name': 'Peadar Tóibín', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Michael Healy-Rae', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Danny Healy-Rae', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Martin Ferris', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 8 more
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IS&WFPO CLG
September–December
[Marine] Designated Ports, Tuna Fishery, SPFA views, Porcupine Nephrops, A Typical Scheme
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Michael Creed', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'} {'name': 'Frances Fitzgerald', 'role': 'Tánaiste and Minister (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Charles Flanagan', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Foreign Affairs)'}
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IS&WFPO CLG
January–April
[Marine] Penalty Points, Sea Farers Allowance, severe weather
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Simon Coveney', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'} {'name': 'Tom Hayes', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'}
🌍 Climate & Energy 🏠 Housing View on lobbying.ie →
IS&WFPO CLG
on behalf of Yes (client not named)
May–August
[Marine] Capacity Rules and Penalty Points
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Michael Creed', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'} {'name': "Margaret Murphy O'Mahony", 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
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IS&WFPO CLG
September–December
[Marine] Irish Quotas - Mackerel Quotas
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Michael Creed', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Jim Daly', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Brendan Griffin', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Seán Kyne', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
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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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