John Coleman’s diary shows meetings with a cast of players, from AHBs to developers such as Hines, Hibernia REIT, and Cairn Homes – all of which fall outside the scope of the Lobbying Act.
Apparently, very few of Owen Keegan’s meetings count as lobbying under new legislation designed to bring more transparency to who is influencing our public officials.
As of late on Tuesday night, 20 organisations had filed returns to say that they lobbied Dublin city officials or councillors in the last months of 2015.
