Many lobbyists ducking new rules
The one-year-old law has to be reviewed with four key factors in mind, writes John Carroll
There will be no cake, but on September 1, the Regulation of Lobbying Act will celebrate its first birthday. Despite only occasional media interest, it has been a fairly successful year.
If you visit lobbying.ie, you can review more than 4,500 returns published by almost 1,400 organisations. It is a meaningful window into who is lobbying our ministers, TDs, senators, councillors, MEPs and senior public servants in order to influence policy, legislation, expenditure ...
