Updated to 23 February 2024 (Act No. 4 of 2024 and S.I. No. 63 of 2024)

Contents

Commencement

SectionCommencement DateCommencement Information
Ss. 1-7 1 September 2015 Regulation of Lobbying Act 2015 (Commencement) Order 2015 (S.I. No. 152 of 2015), art. 2
Ss. 8-15 1 September 2015 Regulation of Lobbying Act 2015 (Commencement) Order 2015 (S.I. No. 152 of 2015), art. 2
Ss. 16-17 1 September 2015 Regulation of Lobbying Act 2015 (Commencement) Order 2015 (S.I. No. 152 of 2015), art. 2
Ss. 18-21 1 January 2017 Regulation of Lobbying Act 2015 (Commencement) Order 2016 (S.I. No. 360 of 2016), art. 2
Ss. 22-27 1 September 2015 Regulation of Lobbying Act 2015 (Commencement) Order 2015 (S.I. No. 152 of 2015), art. 2
Sch. 1 September 2015 Regulation of Lobbying Act 2015 (Commencement) Order 2015 (S.I. No. 152 of 2015), art. 2

Amendments and other effects

How AffectedAffecting Provision
Whole Act (other than section 3 of that Act in so far as it relates to the sanctioning by the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform of certain expenses incurred in the administration of that Act). transfer of functions Standards in Public Office (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order 2023 (S.I. No. 89 of 2023), arts. 1(2), 2-4, schedule
S. 2(2)(c) substituted Regulation of Lobbying and Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) (Amendment) Act 2023 (15/2023), ss. 2, 25(2)
S. 4(3) amended Regulation of Lobbying and Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) (Amendment) Act 2023 (15/2023), ss. 3, 25(2)
S. 5(1)(c) substituted Regulation of Lobbying and Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) (Amendment) Act 2023 (15/2023), ss. 4(a), 25(2)
S. 5(2)(b) amended Regulation of Lobbying and Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) (Amendment) Act 2023 (15/2023), ss. 4(b)(i), 25(2)
S. 5(2)(c) amended Regulation of Lobbying and Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) (Amendment) Act 2023 (15/2023), ss. 4(b)(ii), 25(2)
S. 5(2)(d), (e) inserted Regulation of Lobbying and Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) (Amendment) Act 2023 (15/2023), ss. 4(b)(iii), 25(2)
S. 5(3)(b) substituted Regulation of Lobbying and Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) (Amendment) Act 2023 (15/2023), ss. 4(c), 25(2)
S. 5(5)(a) amended Regulation of Lobbying and Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) (Amendment) Act 2023 (15/2023), ss. 4(d)(i), 25(2)
S. 5(5)(o) amended Regulation of Lobbying and Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) (Amendment) Act 2023 (15/2023), ss. 4(d)(ii), 25(2)
S. 5(5)(p) inserted Regulation of Lobbying and Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) (Amendment) Act 2023 (15/2023), ss. 4(d)(iii), 25(2)
S. 5(9) amended Regulation of Lobbying and Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) (Amendment) Act 2023 (15/2023), ss. 4(e), 25(2)
S. 6(1)(f) designated public official prescribed Regulation of Lobbying Act 2015 (Designated Public Officials) Regulations 2016 (S.I. No. 362 of 2016), regs. 1(2), 2
S. 7 amended Regulation of Lobbying and Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) (Amendment) Act 2023 (15/2023), ss. 5, 25(2)
  Data Protection Act 2018 (7/2018), ss. 1(3), 228
S. 8(1A) inserted Regulation of Lobbying and Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) (Amendment) Act 2023 (15/2023), ss. 6(a), 25(2)
S. 8(2) substituted Regulation of Lobbying and Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) (Amendment) Act 2023 (15/2023), ss. 6(b), 25(2)
S. 11(1)(aa) inserted Regulation of Lobbying and Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) (Amendment) Act 2023 (15/2023), ss. 7(a)(i), 25(2)
S. 11(1)(b) substituted Regulation of Lobbying and Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) (Amendment) Act 2023 (15/2023), ss. 7(a)(ii), 25(2)
S. 11(4) amended Regulation of Lobbying and Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) (Amendment) Act 2023 (15/2023), ss. 7(b), 25(2)
S. 11(5) inserted Regulation of Lobbying and Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) (Amendment) Act 2023 (15/2023), ss. 7(c), 25(2)
S. 12(fa) inserted Regulation of Lobbying and Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) (Amendment) Act 2023 (15/2023), ss. 8(c), 25(2)
S. 12(2) amended Regulation of Lobbying and Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) (Amendment) Act 2023 (15/2023), ss. 8(a), 25(2)
S. 12(4)(f) amended Regulation of Lobbying and Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) (Amendment) Act 2023 (15/2023), ss. 8(b), 25(2)
S. 18(a) substituted Regulation of Lobbying and Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) (Amendment) Act 2023 (15/2023), ss. 9(a), 25(2)
S. 18(e) amended Regulation of Lobbying and Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) (Amendment) Act 2023 (15/2023), ss. 9(b), 25(2)
S. 18(f), (g) inserted Regulation of Lobbying and Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) (Amendment) Act 2023 (15/2023), ss. 9(c), 25(2)
S. 20(2) amended Regulation of Lobbying and Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) (Amendment) Act 2023 (15/2023), ss. 10, 25(2)
S. 21(2)(a) form prescribed Regulation of Lobbying Act 2015 (Fixed Payment Notice) Regulations 2016 (S.I. No. 361 of 2016), regs. 2, 3, schedule
S. 21(3) substituted Regulation of Lobbying and Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) (Amendment) Act 2023 (15/2023), ss. 11, 25(2)
S. 22A inserted Regulation of Lobbying and Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) (Amendment) Act 2023 (15/2023), ss. 13, 25(2)
S. 22B inserted Regulation of Lobbying and Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) (Amendment) Act 2023 (15/2023), ss. 14, 25(2)
S. 22C inserted Regulation of Lobbying and Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) (Amendment) Act 2023 (15/2023), ss. 15, 25(2)
S. 22D inserted Regulation of Lobbying and Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) (Amendment) Act 2023 (15/2023), ss. 16, 25(2)
S. 22E inserted Regulation of Lobbying and Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) (Amendment) Act 2023 (15/2023), ss. 17, 25(2)
S. 22F inserted Regulation of Lobbying and Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) (Amendment) Act 2023 (15/2023), ss. 18, 25(2)
S. 22G inserted Regulation of Lobbying and Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) (Amendment) Act 2023 (15/2023), ss. 19, 25(2)
S. 22(1) amended Regulation of Lobbying and Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) (Amendment) Act 2023 (15/2023), ss. 12(a), 25(2)
S. 22(4A) inserted Regulation of Lobbying and Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) (Amendment) Act 2023 (15/2023), ss. 12(b), 25(2)
S. 22(5) substituted Regulation of Lobbying and Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) (Amendment) Act 2023 (15/2023), ss. 12(c), 25(2)
S. 22(6), (7) inserted Regulation of Lobbying and Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) (Amendment) Act 2023 (15/2023), ss. 12(d), 25(2)
S. 23(1) amended Regulation of Lobbying and Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) (Amendment) Act 2023 (15/2023), ss. 20, 25(2)
S. 25(2)(d) amended Regulation of Lobbying and Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) (Amendment) Act 2023 (15/2023), ss. 21(a)(i), 25(2)
S. 25(2)(e) amended Regulation of Lobbying and Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) (Amendment) Act 2023 (15/2023), ss. 21(a)(ii), 25(2)
S. 25(2)(f)-(h) inserted Regulation of Lobbying and Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) (Amendment) Act 2023 (15/2023), ss. 21(a)(iii), 25(2)
S. 25(3) inserted Regulation of Lobbying and Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) (Amendment) Act 2023 (15/2023), ss. 21(b), 25(2)
S. 26 designated as s. 26(1) Regulation of Lobbying and Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) (Amendment) Act 2023 (15/2023), ss. 22(a), 25(2)
S. 26(1) amended Regulation of Lobbying and Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) (Amendment) Act 2023 (15/2023), ss. 22(b), 25(2)
S. 26(2) inserted Regulation of Lobbying and Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) (Amendment) Act 2023 (15/2023), ss. 22(c), 25(2)
Sch., para. 11 deleted Regulation of Lobbying and Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) (Amendment) Act 2023 (15/2023), ss. 23(a), 25(2)
Sch. para. 18A inserted Water Services (Amendment) Act 2022 (39/2022), ss. 1(3), 31, schedule
Schedule, item 2, reference to "Bord na gCon" construed Greyhound Racing Act 2019 (Act. No. 15 of 2019), s. 8(2)
Schedule, functions transferred and references construed Roads Act 2015 (14/2015, s. 7(2)

SIs made under the Act

SectionSIs made under the Act
S. 4 Regulation of Lobbying Act 2015 (Designated Public Officials) Regulations 2019 (S.I. No. 144 of 2019)
  Regulation of Lobbying Act 2015 (Designated Public Officials) Regulations 2016 (S.I. No. 362 of 2016)
  Regulation of Lobbying Act 2015 (Fixed Payment Notice) Regulations 2016 (S.I. No. 361 of 2016)
  Regulation of Lobbying Act 2015 (Designated Public Officials) Regulations 2015 (S.I. No. 367 of 2015)
  Regulation of Lobbying Act 2015 (Appeals) Regulations 2015 (S.I. No. 366 of 2015)
S. 6(2) Regulation of Lobbying Act 2015 (Designated Public Officials) Regulations 2019 (S.I. No. 144 of 2019)
  Regulation of Lobbying Act 2015 (Designated Public Officials) Regulations 2016 (S.I. No. 362 of 2016)
  Regulation of Lobbying Act 2015 (Designated Public Officials) Regulations 2015 (S.I. No. 367 of 2015)
S. 21 Regulation of Lobbying Act 2015 (Fixed Payment Notice) Regulations 2016 (S.I. No. 361 of 2016)
S. 23(7) Regulation of Lobbying Act 2015 (Appeals) Regulations 2015 (S.I. No. 366 of 2015)