Niall Collins (Limerick County, Fianna Fail)
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522. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if under the lobbyist register it is expected that calls from lobbyists are recorded; if this is the practice in his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17997/18]

Shane Ross (Dublin Rathdown, Independent)
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The Regulation of Lobbying Act 2015 requires a person carrying out lobbying activities to register and submit returns of lobbying activity. The returns register is publicly available to view and records relevant communication (whether written or oral) between a registered person and a designated public official. The specificiation of the Act and its requirements are not areas for which I have a statutory function.

More generally within my Department, it is standard procedure to note important communications, whether written or oral, regarding official business.