Committees and delegations

Kathleen FUNCHION holds the committee and delegation roles listed below in the 10th term (2024–2029).

Committees

• Committee on Employment and Social Affairs (EMPL): Substitute, since 2024-07-19. Attended 19 of 38 committee meetings held during the membership
• Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality (FEMM): Substitute, since 2024-07-23. Attended 12 of 31 committee meetings held during the membership
• Committee on Regional Development (REGI): Member, since 2024-07-19. Attended 16 of 27 committee meetings held during the membership

Delegations

• Delegation to the EU-UK Parliamentary Partnership Assembly (D-UK): Member, since 2024-09-19
• Delegation for relations with the United States (D-US): Substitute, since 2024-09-19

Reports and opinions

Reports as shadow rapporteur

Most recent 5 of 6.

• 2026-06-11 A10-0168/2026 REPORT on an EU health workforce crisis plan: sustainability of healthcare systems and employment and working conditions in the healthcare sector (EMPL, SANT)
• 2026-04-08 A10-0083/2026 REPORT on advancing towards a care society: addressing the gender care gap (EMPL, FEMM)
• 2026-02-19 A10-0021/2026 REPORT on the gender pay and pension gap in the EU: state of play, challenges and the way forward, and developing guidelines for the better evaluation and fairer remuneration of work in female-dominated sectors (EMPL, FEMM)
• 2025-07-11 A10-0138/2025 REPORT on possibilities for simplification of cohesion funds (REGI)
• 2025-04-15 A10-0066/2025 REPORT on the ninth report on economic and social cohesion (REGI)

Opinions as rapporteur

All 1, most recent first.

• 2025-01-30 REGI_AD(2025)768059 OPINION on the European Social Fund Plus post-2027 (REGI)

Opinions as shadow rapporteur

Most recent 5 of 10.

• 2026-07-16 REGI_AD(2026)786678 OPINION on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on establishing the conditions for the implementation of the Union support to the Common Agriculture Policy for the period from 2028 to 2034 (REGI)
• 2026-07-15 REGI_AD(2026)785226 OPINION on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the European Social Fund as part of the National and Regional Partnership Plan set out in Regulation (EU) [NRPPlan] establishing conditions for the implementation of the Union support to quality employment, skills and social inclusion for the period from 2028 to 2034 (REGI)
• 2026-07-10 FEMM_AD(2026)785117 OPINION on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the European Social Fund as part of the National and Regional Partnership Plan set out in Regulation (EU) […] [NRPPlan] establishing conditions for the implementation of the Union support to quality employment, skills and social inclusion for the period from 2028 to 2034 (FEMM)
• 2026-06-03 EMPL_AD(2026)785297 OPINION on the implementation of the EU Youth Strategy 2019-2027 (EMPL)
• 2026-04-16 REGI_AD(2026)782352 OPINION on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the Connecting Europe Facility for the period 2028-2034, amending Regulation (EU) 2024/1679 and repealing Regulation (EU) 2021/1153 (REGI)

Amendments by procedure

Procedures with the most amendments Kathleen FUNCHION has tabled as author or co-author in the 10th term. Amendments are counted per procedure reference.

• 2024/0035(COD): 67 amendments, latest 2025-01-20 (FEMM)
  EP document title: REPORT on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on combating the sexual abuse and sexual exploitation of children and child sexual abuse material and replacing Council Framework Decision 2004/68/JHA (recast)
• 2025/2062(INI): 61 amendments, latest 2025-11-05 (EMPL, SANT)
  EP document title: REPORT on an EU health workforce crisis plan: sustainability of healthcare systems and employment and working conditions in the healthcare sector
• 2024/0068(COD): 35 amendments, latest 2025-03-27 (EMPL)
  EP document title: REPORT on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council improving and enforcing working conditions of trainees and combating regular employment relationships disguised as traineeships (‘Traineeships Directive’)
• 2025/0240(COD): 34 amendments, latest 2026-06-30 (CJ71)
  EP document title: OPINION on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the European Fund for economic, social and territorial cohesion, agriculture and rural, fisheries and maritime, prosperity and security for the period 2028-2034 and amending Regulation (EU) 2023/955 and Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509
• 2025/2014(INI): 32 amendments, latest 2025-03-28 (FEMM)
  EP document title: REPORT on implementation and delivery of the Sustainable Development Goals in view of the 2025 High-Level Political Forum

Questions, motions and explanations of vote

Records as published on the European Parliament website, including co-signed texts. Each list says how far its records reach.

Written questions

Most recent 20 of 87. Records up to 2026-09-09.

• 2026-07-16 Sunbed controls (E-10-2026-003032)
• 2026-07-16 Transport access for people with disabilities (E-10-2026-003033)
• 2026-07-16 VAT rates for beauty professionals (E-10-2026-003034)
• 2026-07-14 European Care Deal (E-10-2026-002905)
• 2026-07-14 European Care Deal (E-10-2026-002906)
• 2026-07-14 Shortcomings in ECDC counting of Lyme disease cases (E-10-2026-002915)
• 2026-07-07 Transparency regarding EU-funded infrastructure destroyed in Gaza (E-10-2026-002805)
• 2026-06-18 Procedural irregularities surrounding the case of the ‘Ulm 5’ activists in Germany (E-10-2026-002533)
• 2026-06-11 EU funding for institutional care – data and safeguards (E-10-2026-002417)
• 2026-06-11 EU-funded deinstitutionalisation reforms in Romania and implementation of person-centred financing (E-10-2026-002419)
• 2026-06-11 Forced sterilisation of women with disabilities – data and safeguards in institutional settings (E-10-2026-002420)
• 2026-05-06 Common fisheries policy (E-10-2026-001833)
• 2026-04-21 Customs practices related to products imported from illegal Israeli settlements in the OPTs (E-10-2026-001633)
• 2026-03-27 Advertising of airline routes to non-self governing territories (E-10-2026-001300)
• 2026-03-24 Israeli attacks in Lebanon (E-10-2026-001228)
• 2026-03-19 Israel’s illegal attacks on Lebanon and consequences for violating the UN Charter (E-10-2026-001166)
• 2026-03-06 STEP Seal award (E-10-2026-000945)
• 2026-03-05 Clarification on Child Guarantee funding: detailed disbursements per Member State (E-10-2026-000933)
• 2026-02-18 European Committee of Social Rights ruling (E-10-2026-000695)
• 2026-02-10 A potential EU-UK sanitary and phytosanitary agreement (E-10-2026-000546)

Questions for oral answer

All 12, most recent first. Records up to 2026-09-07.

• 2026-09-07 Climate change, public health and the world of work: for a directive on maximum working temperatures (O-10-2026-000035)
• 2026-06-25 The recent coercive measures imposed by the United States against Cuba, their extraterritorial nature and the measures to be adopted to defend the interests of individuals and companies from EU countries (O-10-2026-000029)
• 2026-06-24 ECB’s decision to raise interest rates and its impact on the rising cost of living (O-10-2026-000028)
• 2026-03-09 Public procurement and deaths at work: choosing the best bidder in social terms and making social rights and safety at work a condition for access to contracts (O-10-2026-000011)
• 2025-12-08 Ban on the sale of nitrous oxide to the general public (O-10-2025-000046)
• 2025-07-07 Access to baby formula in Gaza (O-10-2025-000023)
• 2025-05-10 EU response to Israel’s planned illegal annexation and starvation of Gaza (O-10-2025-000015)
• 2025-03-13 Decision by the Court of Justice of the European Union on EU-Kingdom of Morocco trade agreements (O-10-2025-000008)
• 2025-03-13 Decision by the Court of Justice of the European Union on EU-Kingdom of Morocco trade agreements (O-10-2025-000009)
• 2025-02-18 Cuba on the so-called ‘list of state sponsors of terrorism’ (O-10-2025-000006)
• 2025-02-18 Cuba on the so-called ‘list of state sponsors of terrorism’ (O-10-2025-000007)
• 2024-11-26 ICC arrest warrants issued on 21 November 2024 (O-10-2024-000016)

Motions for resolutions

All 3, most recent first. Records up to 2026-09-11.

• 2026-01-14 MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION seeking an opinion from the Court of Justice on the compatibility with the Treaties of the proposed Partnership Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and the Common Market of the South, the Argentine Republic, the Federative Republic of Brazil, the Republic of Paraguay and the Oriental Republic of Uruguay, of the other part, and the proposed Interim Agreement on Trade between the European Union, of the one part, and the Common Market (B-10-2026-0060)
• 2025-11-05 MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION seeking an opinion from the Court of Justice on the compatibility with the Treaties of the proposed Agreement on Digital Trade between the European Union and the Republic of Singapore (B-10-2025-0479)
• 2025-09-15 MOTION OF CENSURE ON THE COMMISSION (B-10-2025-0402)

Individual motions for resolutions

All 2, most recent first. Records up to 2026-06-11.

• 2026-05-19 MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on holding Israel to account for breaches of human rights and international law (B-10-2026-0267)
• 2025-04-02 MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the immediate suspension of the EU-Israel Association Agreement (B-10-2025-0240)

Written explanations of vote

20 of 532, in alphabetical order. The EP lists explanations of vote without dates.

• 2023 and 2024 reports on Albania
• 2023 and 2024 reports on Bosnia and Herzegovina
• 2023 and 2024 reports on Georgia
• 2023 and 2024 reports on Kosovo
• 2023 and 2024 reports on Moldova
• 2023 and 2024 reports on Montenegro
• 2023 and 2024 reports on North Macedonia
• 2023 and 2024 reports on Serbia
• 2023 and 2024 reports on Türkiye
• 2023 and 2024 reports on Ukraine
• 2024 budget – assessing the implementation of the gender mainstreaming methodology in the EU budget
• 2025 budgetary procedure: Joint text
• 2025 Commission report on Albania
• 2025 Commission report on Bosnia and Herzegovina
• 2025 Commission report on Georgia
• 2025 Commission report on Kosovo
• 2025 Commission report on Montenegro
• 2025 Commission report on North Macedonia
• 2025 Commission report on Türkiye
• 2026 budgetary procedure: joint text

Comparison with group and country means

Counts of Kathleen FUNCHION set against the mean of all Members of the EP, of the The Left in the European Parliament group and of the Members from Ireland. The word in brackets says whether the count is higher than, lower than or equal to that mean.

Means are taken over all tracked Members of the 10th term, former Members included. Counts are raw and not adjusted for mandate length.