Richard Boyd Barrett (Dún Laoghaire, People Before Profit Alliance) | Oireachtas source

While people can of course go chasing stuff through the lobbying register, freedom of information requests and all sorts of avenues, the ask here is that details relating to all of those who make representations in respect of a particular policy or policy statement would be made fully visible as a matter of course in order that the public can see what sort of lobbying and representation has taken place. Deputy Ó Broin already made the point. This is to save the suspicion that there are untoward things happening and to have information such as that relating to the people who have lobbied, who met with who, what representations were made available up front, and that we list those out as a matter of course in the context of policies or policy statements.