Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour) | Oireachtas source

First, we need to have absolute transparency about, and a record of, what is happening in the area of lobbying. The forthcoming legislation will provide that when somebody walks in the door to see a Minister or a departmental official, there will be a record of what was asked for, who asked for it and on whose behalf.

Second, where people are lobbying on a professional basis, whether paid or remunerated in some way, there will be a register of those lobbyists which will identify who the lobbyists are, on whose behalf they are acting, how much they are getting paid, who they are lobbying, what they are asking for and who stands to benefit from it. That is the transparency we need to have around lobbying.

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