ICOS is the umbrella body for over 130 co-operatives in Ireland – including Irish dairy processing and milk purchasing co-operatives, livestock marts and other rural based enterprises – whose associated businesses have a combined turnover in the region of €14 billion, with some 150,000 individual members, employing 12,000 people in Ireland, and a further 24,000 people overseas.
ICO
Irish Cooperative Organisation Society
Industry association · Ireland · EU Transparency Register 99345863205-62
2
positions filed
in the 665 files tracked
2
legislative files
of 665 tracked
1
with a full position paper
attached to a submission
Counts here are a floor, never a total: they cover the 665 consultation files tracked so far (57,774 submissions, mostly 2021–26), so an organization's real filing history is larger, not smaller.
Who they are
Among the 1518 trade and business associations on this site, they rank #1126 by legislative files engaged, a count of participation, not a measure of influence.
1
declared lobbying FTE
self-declared
€50K+
declared costs / yr (floor)
1
EP accreditations
as declared to the register
2010
in the register since
Declares membership of
- ICOS is a member of COGECA, the General Confederation for Agriculture Co-operatives in the European Union.
- www.copa-cogeca.eu
- ICOS is also a member of U.E.C.B.V. – European Livestock and Meat Trading Union.
- www.uecbv.eu/
Self-declared to the EU Transparency Register (snapshot 14 Oct 2026).
- Register category
- Trade and business associations
- Registered as
- Irish Co-operative Organisation Society Ltd. (ICOS)
- Head office
- Dublin, Ireland
- EU office
- Brussels
Self-declared to the EU Transparency Register (snapshot 14 Oct 2026); cost bands are floors, not audited totals. Reused under Commission Decision 2011/833/EU.
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Their record over time
Irish Cooperative Organisation Society filed 2 positions between 14 Jul 2021 and 6 Mar 2025, across 2 of the 665 legislative files tracked here, attaching a full position paper 1 time.
2021 · 1 filed2025 · 1 filed
What they argued
The Irish Co-operative Organisation Society Ltd (ICOS) is the umbrella body for the Irish co-operative movement representing member owned and controlled co-operative businesses including 18 multi-purpose dairy processing and milk purchasing co-ops. There are 17,000 dairy farmers in Ireland, producing 8.5 bn litres of milk annually. ICOS welcomes the opportunity to give feedback.
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