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Michael MCNAMARA

Ireland Ireland RE – Renew Europe Independent

Michael MCNAMARA is a Member of the European Parliament from Ireland, representing Independent in the Renew Europe (RE) group. In the 10th parliamentary term (2024–2029), Michael has submitted 437 amendments, delivered 41 speeches, authored 1 report as rapporteur and 2 as shadow rapporteur, asked 40 questions, and filed 1 motion. Vote participation stands at 84.3% (4997 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 437 811.1 -374 493rd/743 13th/14 71st/79
Speeches 41 44.4 -3 279th/743 11th/14 33rd/79
Reports (Rapporteur) 1 0.8 +0 134th/743 1st/14 21st/79
Reports (Shadow) 2 3.8 -2 370th/743 6th/14 55th/79
Questions 40 39.7 +0 276th/743 6th/14 21st/79
Motions 1 19.6 -19 589th/743 13th/14 68th/79
Opinions (Rapporteur) 0 0.6 -1 223rd/743 7th/14 36th/79
Opinions (Shadow) 2 2.7 -1 273rd/743 9th/14 48th/79
Explanations of Vote 0 43.0 -43 394th/743 10th/14 48th/79
Vote Participation 84.3% 86.3% – 526th/745 8th/14 54th/79

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 ITRE – Committee on Industry, Research and Energy
Member LIBE – Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs

Delegations

Vice-Chair DSAS – Delegation for relations with the countries of South Asia
Substitute D-UK – Delegation to the EU-UK Parliamentary Partnership Assembly
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Committees and delegations

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

Committees

  • Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE): Substitute, since 2024-07-19. Attended 14 of 37 committee meetings held during the membership
  • Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE): Member, since 2024-07-19. Attended 26 of 36 committee meetings held during the membership

Delegations

  • Delegation to the EU-UK Parliamentary Partnership Assembly (D-UK): Substitute, since 2024-09-19
  • Delegation for relations with the countries of South Asia (DSAS): Vice-Chair, since 2025-07-03

Reports and opinions

Reports as rapporteur

All 1, most recent first.

  • 2026-03-19 A10-0073/2026 REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulations (EU) 2024/1689 and (EU) 2018/1139 as regards the simplification of the implementation of harmonised rules on artificial intelligence (Digital Omnibus on AI) (IMCO, LIBE)

Reports as shadow rapporteur

All 2, most recent first.

  • 2025-11-26 A10-0241/2025 REPORT on the proposal for a Council regulation on amending Council Regulation (EU) 2021/1173 of 13 July 2021 on establishing the European High Performance Computing Joint Undertaking and repealing Regulation (EU) 2018/1488 (ITRE)
  • 2024-02-20 A9-0045/2024 REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down additional procedural rules relating to the enforcement of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (LIBE)

Opinions as shadow rapporteur

All 2, most recent first.

  • 2025-09-26 LIBE_AD(2025)775432 OPINION Digitalisation, artificial intelligence and algorithmic management in the workplace – shaping the future of work (LIBE)
  • 2025-07-16 LIBE_AD(2025)773306 OPINION on the implementation of the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement (LIBE)

Amendments by procedure

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

  • 2025/0360(COD): 186 amendments, latest 2026-07-27 (ITRE)
  • 2025/0221(COD): 51 amendments, latest 2026-04-24 (ITRE)
    EP document title: BUDGETARY ASSESSMENT 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
  • 2025/0359(COD): 36 amendments, latest 2026-02-14 (CJ40)
    EP document title: REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulations (EU) 2024/1689 and (EU) 2018/1139 as regards the simplification of the implementation of harmonised rules on artificial intelligence (Digital Omnibus on AI)
  • 2025/2080(INL): 30 amendments, latest 2025-07-24 (LIBE)
    EP document title: REPORT with recommendations to the Commission on digitalisation, artificial intelligence and algorithmic management in the workplace – shaping the future of work
  • 2025/0241(COD): 28 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

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 37. Records up to 2026-09-09.

  • 2026-09-07 Extraterritorial impact of the US designation of Autistici/Inventati as a terrorist entity (P-10-2026-003526)
  • 2026-08-25 Pre-frontier intelligence in EU border management (E-10-2026-003331)
  • 2026-07-08 Impact of the recent US Supreme Court ruling on the EU–US Data Privacy Framework and European data sovereignty (E-10-2026-002823)
  • 2026-06-11 Small modular reactors (E-10-2026-002408)
  • 2026-06-10 Potential conflict of interest in the appointment of the Special Envoy for Industrial AI (P-10-2026-002401)
  • 2026-06-08 Compatibility of ‘zero-log’ AI systems with EU digital legislation – case of WhatsApp Meta AI incognito mode (E-10-2026-002350)
  • 2026-05-28 Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (E-10-2026-002171)
  • 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)
  • 2026-04-21 Immediate suspension of the EU-Israel Trade Agreement following the adoption of a death penalty law by the Israeli Parliament (E-10-2026-001634)
  • 2026-03-31 Dynamic pricing, competition concerns and consumer protection in FIFA World Cup 2026 ticket sales (E-10-2026-001336)
  • 2026-03-24 Compliance costs of the AI Act (E-10-2026-001210)
  • 2026-02-09 Knesset bills to legalise the death penalty for use against Palestinians (P-10-2026-000517)
  • 2026-01-22 Concerns about freedom of religion or belief in Sri Lanka (E-10-2026-000261)
  • 2026-01-20 Revision of Regulation (EC) N° 1831/2003 on feed additives (E-10-2026-000201)
  • 2026-01-20 Ban AI-powered nudity and undressing applications from the EU market (E-10-2026-000202)
  • 2025-12-23 Freedom of expression and of activity of journalists in Lebanon (E-10-2025-005059)
  • 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)
  • 2025-10-13 Follow-up: protection of Hungarian citizens against biometric surveillance: follow-up of question for written answer E-002415/2025 (E-10-2025-004013)
  • 2025-10-10 Amendment to the delegated regulation in relation to third countries which have strategic deficiencies in their national anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism regimes (high-risk third countries) (E-10-2025-003986)
  • 2025-10-01 EU-Uzbekistan Partnership and Cooperation Agreement (E-10-2025-003826)

Questions for oral answer

All 3, most recent first. Records up to 2026-09-07.

Motions for resolutions

All 1, 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)

Individual motions for resolutions

All 1, most recent first. Records up to 2026-06-11.

  • 2026-06-03 MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the quality and timeliness of the European Commission’s replies to Members’ written questions (B-10-2026-0271)

Comparison with group and country means

Counts of Michael MCNAMARA set against the mean of all Members of the EP, of the Renew Europe 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 meanRE meanIreland mean
Amendments437811.1 (lower)1225.9 (lower)893.3 (lower)
Speeches4144.4 (lower)50.9 (lower)61.0 (lower)
Reports (Rapporteur)10.8 (higher)1.1 (lower)0.2 (higher)
Reports (Shadow)23.8 (lower)5.0 (lower)4.0 (lower)
Questions4039.7 (higher)29.1 (higher)43.8 (lower)
Motions119.6 (lower)42.1 (lower)5.4 (lower)
Opinions (Rapporteur)00.6 (lower)0.8 (lower)0.9 (lower)
Opinions (Shadow)22.7 (lower)3.9 (lower)3.4 (lower)
Explanations of Vote043.0 (lower)30.0 (lower)101.8 (lower)
Vote Participation84.3%86.3% (lower)88.0% (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.