Number 15 of 2023

An Act to amend and extend the Regulation of Lobbying Act 2015; to extend the relevant period for review of that Act; to extend the application of that Act to certain persons who carry on lobbying activities; to extend the range of excepted communications; to provide for the enhanced operation of the Register of Lobbying; to provide for further relevant contraventions; to make further provision relating to restrictions on involvement in lobbying by certain former designated public officials; to provide for a system of non-criminal enforcement of certain provisions of the Regulation of Lobbying Act 2015, including by the imposition of sanctions; to make further provision in respect of the allowances payable to members of either House of the Oireachtas and for that purpose to amend the Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) and Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices (Amendment) Act 1992; and to provide for related matters.

[22nd June, 2023]

Be it enacted by the Oireachtas as follows: