Niall Collins (Limerick County, Fianna Fail)
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613. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government 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. [17991/18]

Eoghan Murphy (Dublin Bay South, Fine Gael)
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The Regulation of Lobbying Act 2015 requires a person carrying out lobbying activities to register and submit returns of such activity. The obligation to register and submit returns rests with the person lobbying, not the Designated Public Official. The returns register is publicly available to view and records relevant communication between a registered person and a Designated Public Official.

There is no obligation or facility under the Regulation of Lobbying Act for Designated Public Officials to record calls from lobbyists. However it is standard procedure within my Department, and in line with good practice as set out in the Register of Lobbying’s published Guidance for Designated Public Officials, to note important communications regarding official business.