Niall Collins (Limerick County, Fianna Fail)
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111. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade 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. [17988/18]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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As the Deputy will be aware, the obligation to record and submit lobbying returns to the lobbying register rests with those carrying out lobbying activity, not with those who are lobbied, such as the Designated Public Officials of my Department.

While it is the case that Designated Public Officials of my Department have no formal obligation to make a record of telephone calls from lobbyists or others, they may decide that it is appropriate to do so in the course of their work.