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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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Irish Association of Youth Orchestras Company Limited by Guarantee
May–August
[Arts] Contact with TDs in Cork South Central and Cork North Central and emails to the relevant ministers and other TDs on the matter of funding for the Arts Council and funding for youth work.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Micheál Martin', 'role': 'Tánaiste and Minister (Department of Foreign Affairs)'} {'name': 'Simon Coveney', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Michael McGrath', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Mick Barry', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': "Pádraig O'Sullivan", 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 4 more
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Irish Association of Youth Orchestras Company Limited by Guarantee
September–December
[Children and Youth Affairs] Contact with TDs in Cork South Central and Cork North Central and emails to the relevant ministers and other TDs on the matter of funding for the Arts Council and funding for youth work.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Micheál Martin', 'role': 'Tánaiste and Minister (Department of Foreign Affairs)'} {'name': 'Michael McGrath', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': "Roderic O'Gorman", 'role': 'Minister (Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth)'} {'name': 'Simon Coveney', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
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Irish Association of Youth Orchestras Company Limited by Guarantee
May–August
[Arts] Provision of funding and policy support for youth orchestras and music schools reopening.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Norma Foley', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Education)'} {'name': 'Catherine Martin', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media)'} {'name': "Roderic O'Gorman", 'role': 'Minister (Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth)'} {'name': 'Micheál Martin', 'role': 'Taoiseach (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Micheál Martin', 'role': 'An Taoiseach (Department of the Taoiseach)'}
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Irish Association of Youth Orchestras Company Limited by Guarantee
January–April
[Arts] Campaigning to stop the merger of the two RTÉ orchestras
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Email All Oireachtas Members', 'role': 'Oireacthas members and other public officials are on emailing lists used to connect with all our stakeholders and would have received emails targeted at grassroots supporters requesting them to lobby.'} {'name': 'Micheál Martin', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Simon Coveney', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Jerry Buttimer', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Michael McGrath', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 2 more
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Irish Association of Youth Orchestras Company Limited by Guarantee
September–December
[Arts] Communications regarding the process of transfer of the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra to the National Concert Hall and regarding the hearing of the petition in relation to the RTÉ NSO.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Jerry Buttimer', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Josepha Madigan', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht)'}
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Irish Association of Youth Orchestras Company Limited by Guarantee
September–December
[Arts] Campaigning to stop the merger of the two RTÉ orchestras
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Email All Oireachtas Members', 'role': 'Not all Oireachtas members - the dropdown does not allow limitation on this. However, there are quite a number of TDs and MEPs on our general mailing lists that receive invitations to events etc. These were included in mass mailings to our members and stakeholders.'} {'name': 'Heather Humphreys', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht)'} {'name': 'Josepha Madigan', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Denis Naughten', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Environment, Climate and Communications)'} {'name': 'Michael McGrath', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Micheál Martin', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 6 more
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Irish Association of Youth Orchestras Company Limited by Guarantee
May–August
[Arts] European funding for the European Union Youth Orchestra
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Deirdre Clune', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': 'Katherine Zappone', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Micheál Martin', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Michael McGrath', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Simon Coveney', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government)'} + 13 more
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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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