The Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, has decided the Act will come into effect on 1 September 2015
- 1 May 2015 – Online Register of Lobbying goes live at www.lobbying.ie
- 1 September 2015 – This marks the date from when you must record all your lobbying activity and return to RCSI Communications Dept.
- 31 January 2016 – This date marks the deadline the first returns of RCSI lobbying ‘returns’ to the Standards in Public Office Commission (SIPO). This is for all communications engaged in between the dates of 01/09/2015 to 31/01/2016.