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Luke Ming FLANAGAN

Ireland Ireland GUE/NGL – The Left in the European Parliament Independent

Luke Ming FLANAGAN is a Member of the European Parliament from Ireland, representing Independent in the The Left in the European Parliament (GUE/NGL) group. In the 10th parliamentary term (2024–2029), Luke has submitted 943 amendments, delivered 26 speeches, authored 0 reports as rapporteur and 13 as shadow rapporteur, asked 18 questions, and filed 4 motions. Vote participation stands at 77.5% (4596 out of 5928 recorded roll-call votes within the Member's mandate period). All counts shown are raw figures from official European Parliament records, not adjusted for mandate length.

Parliamentary Activity

Activity Count EP Avg vs Avg EP Rank Country Group
Amendments 943 811.1 +132 244th/743 6th/14 13th/46
Speeches 26 44.4 -18 482nd/743 14th/14 34th/46
Reports (Rapporteur) 0 0.8 -1 263rd/743 4th/14 9th/46
Reports (Shadow) 13 3.8 +9 35th/743 1st/14 7th/46
Questions 18 39.7 -22 498th/743 10th/14 45th/46
Motions 4 19.6 -16 380th/743 4th/14 42nd/46
Opinions (Rapporteur) 0 0.6 -1 223rd/743 7th/14 12th/46
Opinions (Shadow) 8 2.7 +5 53rd/743 2nd/14 10th/46
Explanations of Vote 0 43.0 -43 394th/743 10th/14 27th/46
Vote Participation 77.5% 86.3% – 625th/745 12th/14 35th/47

Each row orders Members by a single recorded metric; tied values share the same rank. Counts are raw and are not adjusted for mandate length; vote participation is the share of roll-call votes cast within each Member's mandate period. EP Avg = mean across all 745 tracked Members of the 10th term, including former Members. Data: European Parliament term 10 (2024–2029).

Roles and Memberships

Committees

Substitute IMCO – Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection
Member AGRI – Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development
Substitute PECH – Committee on Fisheries

Delegations

Vice-Chair DMER – Delegation for relations with Mercosur
Member D-UK – Delegation to the EU-UK Parliamentary Partnership Assembly

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Committees and delegations

Luke Ming FLANAGAN holds the committee and delegation roles listed below in the 10th term (2024–2029).

Committees

  • Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development (AGRI): Member, since 2024-07-19. Attended 38 of 39 committee meetings held during the membership
  • Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection (IMCO): Substitute, since 2024-07-19. Attended 5 of 30 committee meetings held during the membership
  • Committee on Fisheries (PECH): Substitute, since 2024-07-19. Attended 26 of 29 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 Mercosur (DMER): Vice-Chair, since 2024-10-03

Reports and opinions

Reports as shadow rapporteur

Most recent 5 of 13.

  • 2026-05-08 A10-0136/2026 RECOMMENDATION FOR SECOND READING on the Council position at first reading with a view to the adoption of a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the production and marketing of forest reproductive material, amending Regulations (EU) 2016/2031 and (EU) 2017/625 of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Council Directive 1999/105/EC (FRM Regulation) (AGRI)
  • 2026-04-23 A10-0120/2026 REPORT on the impact of the implementation of Directive 2014/89/EU, the Maritime Spatial Planning Directive, on fisheries in selected fishing areas and sea basins (PECH)
  • 2025-12-22 A10-0275/2025 REPORT on the proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directives 2009/43/EC and 2009/81/EC, as regards the simplification of intra-EU transfers of defence-related products and the simplification of security and defence procurement (IMCO, SEDE)
  • 2025-12-18 A10-0271/2025 REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the acceleration of permit-granting for defence readiness projects (IMCO, SEDE)
  • 2025-11-12 A10-0227/2025 RECOMMENDATION FOR SECOND READING on the Council position at first reading with a view to the adoption of a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the safety of toys and repealing Directive 2009/48/EC (IMCO)

Opinions as shadow rapporteur

Most recent 5 of 8.

  • 2026-03-12 AGRI_AD(2026)782190 OPINION on the proposal for a Council regulation laying down the multiannual financial framework for the years 2028 to 2034 (AGRI)
  • 2026-02-27 IMCO_AD(2026)778089 OPINION on the impact of social media and the online environment on young people (IMCO)
  • 2025-11-07 AGRI_AD(2025)774500 OPINION on the proposal for a Council directive restructuring the Union framework for the taxation of energy products and electricity (recast) (AGRI)
  • 2025-09-24 AGRI_AD(2025)774421 OPINION on general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2026 – all sections (AGRI)
  • 2025-07-16 PECH_AD(2025)771909 OPINION on the implementation of the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement (PECH)

Amendments by procedure

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

  • 2025/0241(COD): 226 amendments, latest 2026-07-14 (AGRI)
    EP document title: OPINION on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the conditions for the implementation of the Union support to the Common Agriculture Policy for the period from 2028 to 2034
  • 2025/0240(COD): 167 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
  • 2025/0555(COD): 66 amendments, latest 2026-02-12 (AGRI)
    EP document title: OPINION on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the European Competitiveness Fund ('ECF’), including the specific programme for defence research and innovation activities, repealing Regulations (EU) 2021/522, (EU) 2021/694, (EU) 2021/697, (EU) 2021/783, and amending Regulations (EU) 2021/696, (EU) 2023/588, (EU)
  • 2025/2052(INI): 60 amendments, latest 2025-04-24 (AGRI)
    EP document title: REPORT on the future of agriculture and the post-2027 common agricultural policy
  • 2024/0319(COD): 43 amendments, latest 2025-05-14 (AGRI)
    EP document title: REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulations (EU) No 1308/2013, (EU) 2021/2115 and (EU) 2021/2116 as regards the strengthening of the position of farmers in the food supply chain

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

All 15, most recent first. Records up to 2026-09-09.

  • 2026-07-07 Transparency regarding EU-funded infrastructure destroyed in Gaza (E-10-2026-002805)
  • 2026-05-07 EU-Mercosur agreement: exposure of the European market to the JBS Group and the risks of geoeconomic dependence in agricultural supply chains (E-10-2026-001890)
  • 2026-03-25 Safety and labelling of citrus fruit treatments (E-10-2026-001266)
  • 2026-03-23 EU action to prevent krill populations from collapsing (E-10-2026-001188)
  • 2026-02-17 Sharp decline in EU milk prices and possible activation of a voluntary milk production reduction scheme (E-10-2026-000668)
  • 2025-10-20 Follow-up on the Commission’s answer to question E-001324/2025 on the compatibility with Community law of Italy’s Interministerial Decree Law No 688 of 24 May 2023 (P-10-2025-004127)
  • 2025-10-17 Accountability for war crimes and crimes against humanity in Gaza (E-10-2025-004109)
  • 2025-09-16 Obligations of the EU under the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (E-10-2025-003554)
  • 2025-07-17 Follow-up question (Written Question E-000942/2025) (E-10-2025-002978)
  • 2025-06-04 Commission roadmap for marine protected areas before the 2025 UN Ocean Conference (E-10-2025-002263)
  • 2025-04-01 Israeli demolitions of Palestinian homes in the Palestinian occupied West Bank (E-10-2025-001332)
  • 2025-03-05 European Care Deal (E-10-2025-000942)
  • 2025-01-14 Case of Dr Hussam Abu Safiya (E-10-2025-000129)
  • 2025-01-14 Request for urgent action concerning the inclusion of announced US sanctions against the ICC in the annex to Council Regulation (EC) No 2271/96 (Blocking Statute) (P-10-2025-000121)
  • 2024-10-16 Conditional loans to the Palestinian Authority (E-10-2024-002117)

Questions for oral answer

All 2, most recent first. Records up to 2026-09-07.

  • 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)

Motions for resolutions

All 4, most recent first. Records up to 2026-09-11.

  • 2026-09-09 MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the evaluation of the Common Fisheries Policy and follow-up (B-10-2026-0388)
  • 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 1, 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)

Comparison with group and country means

Counts of Luke Ming FLANAGAN 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.

ActivityCountEP meanGUE/NGL meanIreland mean
Amendments943811.1 (higher)769.3 (higher)893.3 (higher)
Speeches2644.4 (lower)52.8 (lower)61.0 (lower)
Reports (Rapporteur)00.8 (lower)0.5 (lower)0.2 (lower)
Reports (Shadow)133.8 (higher)8.3 (higher)4.0 (higher)
Questions1839.7 (lower)89.4 (lower)43.8 (lower)
Motions419.6 (lower)11.2 (lower)5.4 (lower)
Opinions (Rapporteur)00.6 (lower)0.3 (lower)0.9 (lower)
Opinions (Shadow)82.7 (higher)5.2 (higher)3.4 (higher)
Explanations of Vote043.0 (lower)93.4 (lower)101.8 (lower)
Vote Participation77.5%86.3% (lower)83.0% (lower)86.3% (lower)

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