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Abstract

This paper compares the amendments introduced by the Regulation ofLobbying and Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) (Amendment) Act 2023with the original regulations of the Regulation of Lobbying Act 2015. Thestudy was conducted using the Hired Guns Method for assessing therobustness of lobbying legislation, developed by the Centre for Public Integrity(CPI), allowing findings to be compared with lobbying regulationsinternationally. The 2015 legislation was introduced after years of tribunals,scandals, unfulfilled political promises, and economic crisis, in an effort toincrease the public’s trust in politicians, representative institutions, democracyand the wider bureaucracy. The 2023 Amendment came in the wake of a 2020lobbying scandal. The paper finds that, despite the CPI score remainingunchanged, in-depth examination of the legislation showed that theamendment introduced more rules and sanctions, particularly in relation todesignated public officials, and closed off outstanding legislative loopholes.

Keywords

lobbying, Regulation, Accountability, transparency, ireland, Lithuania, Comparative

Publication Date

2025-05-15

Publication Title

Journal of Administrative Sciences

Volume

5

Issue

1

ISSN

2786-1929

First Page

6

Last Page

6

Deposit Date

2026-05-01

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Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

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