Comparing the Evolution of Lobbying Legislation in Lithuania and Ireland, Whither Regulatory Robustness?

Hogan, John (2025) Comparing the Evolution of Lobbying Legislation in Lithuania and Ireland, Whither Regulatory Robustness? INSTITUTIONES ADMINISTRATIONIS - JOURNAL OF ADMINISTRATIVE SCIENCES, 5 (1). pp. 6-24. ISSN 2786-1929

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Abstract

This paper examines the evolution of the laws regulating lobbying in Lithuania and Ireland usingthe Centre for Public Integrity’s (CPI) “Hired Guns” quantitative index for assessing/evaluatingthe robustness of lobbying legislation. This index, measuring transparency, accountabilityand enforcement, is a scoring system developed in 2003 to assess lobbying disclosure laws inUnited States (US) states that has since been applied in many other countries and jurisdictions.Employing the CPI’s index enables the findings here to be compared with those of othercountries, states and territories that possess lobbying regulations. The paper shows that, first,Lithuanian legislation initially scores higher on the CPI index than Irish legislation; second,Lithuania’s CPI score declines longitudinally, whereas Ireland’s remains unchanged; and third,amendments introduce additional rules, sanctions and close loopholes – representing incrementalimprovements to lobbying regulations – often too subtle for the CPI index to capture.

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