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Regulation of Lobbying Act 2015

From: Department of Education and Youth
Published on: 19 July 2019
Last updated on: 2 December 2025

Introduction

The Regulation of Lobbying Act 2015 is designed to provide information to the public about who is lobbying whom about what. Standards in Public Office Commission have established an online register of lobbying at https://www.lobbying.ie/.

Section 6(4) of the Act requires each public body to publish a list of designated public officials of the body.

The purpose of the list is twofold:

to allow members of the public identify those persons who are designated public officials
as a resource for lobbyists filing a return to the Register who may need to source a designated public official’s details

Name	Organisation	Job title
Hildegarde Naughton TD	Department of Education and Youth	Minister for Education and Youth
Michael Moynihan	Department of Education and Youth	Minister of State with responsibility for Special Education and Inclusion
Paul Melia	Department of Education and Youth	Special Adviser to Minister Naughton
Denise Duffy	Department of Education and Youth	Special Adviser to Minister Naughton
Noel Byrne	Department of Education and Youth	Special Advisor to Minister Moynihan
Bernie McNally	Department of Education and Youth	Secretary General
Martina Mannion	Department of Education and Youth	Assistant Secretary, Social Inclusion, Special Education, NEPS and Early Years Education Policy
Cliodhna O’Neill	Department of Education and Youth	Assistant Secretary (acting), Schools Division
Gavan O’Leary	Department of Education and Youth	Assistant Secretary, Corporate Services, Finance, HR, Communications and Gaeltacht Education Unit
Dalton Tattan	Department of Education and Youth	Assistant Secretary, Curriculum & Assessment Policy, Teacher Education
Tomás Ó Ruairc	Department of Education and Youth	Assistant Secretary, Data Compliance & Support, Statistics, Public Service Reform, Central Policy/Legal Services and International
Aoife Conduit	Department of Education and Youth	Assistant Secretary, Teachers, SNA T&C, External HR, School Transport, RIRU
Hubert Loftus	Department of Education and Youth	Assistant Secretary, Planning & Building Unit
Yvonne Keating	Department of Education and Youth	Chief Inspector, Inspectorate
Anne-Marie Sherkle	Department of Education and Youth	Chief Information Officer (acting)
Martin Clohessy	Department of Education and Youth	Assistant Secretary for Major Operations

Further information

In line with the principles of openness and transparency, a number of groups and committees in the Department of Education and Youth operate under the guidelines set out in the Transparency Code. This means that the groups' membership, work programme, and the minutes and agendas of all meetings are published here on this website.

Groups and Committees exempted under the Transparency Code.

Regulation of Lobbying Act 2015

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