Brian Crowley

Brian Crowley, MEP

Brian Crowley (born 04 March 1964, Dublin) is an Irish MEP for South from Fianna Fáil since 19.07.1994.

Affiliations

• Member, Committee on Industry, Research and Energy
• Member, Delegation for relations with the United States
• Substitute, Committee on Legal Affairs

Former Affiliations

• Member, Conference of Presidents
• Member, Committee on Constitutional Affairs
• Member, Delegation for relations with the United States
• Substitute, Committee on Fisheries
• Substitute, Committee on Petitions
• Substitute, Committee on Legal Affairs
• Substitute, Delegation for relations with the Maghreb countries and the Arab Maghreb Union (including Libya)

Record and Controversies

Declaration of Financial Interests

• Received donations for election campaign under Irish law. The information is available from the Standard in Public Office Commission in Ireland.

Record of Parliamentary Votes

• Abstained from voting the Data Retention Directive.
• Voted in favour of the directive on "establishing a framework for Community action in the field of water policy" (A5-0027/2000). The directive covers all water management aspects in order to achieve a 'good status' of all waters by 2015.
• Voted in favour of the directive on "national emission ceilings for certain atmospheric pollutants" (A5-0063/2000). The amendment allows setting less ambitious national emission ceilings for sulphur dioxide (SO2), nitrogen oxides (NOx), ammonia (NH3) and volatile organic compounds (VOC), which would result in more damage to human health and the environment.
• Voted in favour of the Commission White Paper on "Strategy for a future Chemicals Policy" (A5-0356/2001). The amandment helps avoid the necessary precautionary approach towards some chemical substances that are not proven to be completely safe.
• Voted against the directive on "waste electrical and electronic equipment" (A5-0100/2002). The amendment sets higher reuse and recycling rates for IT and telecommunication equipment. Rejected due to lack of absolute majority.
• Voted in favour of the regulation concerning "traceability and labelling of genetically modified organisms and traceability of food and feed products produced from genetically modified organisms" (A5-0229/2002). The amendment allows customers the right to choose GM free food.
• Voted against the report towards a "thematic strategy on the sustainable use of pesticides" (A5-0061/2003). The amendment proposes to ban or severely restrict use of pesticides in areas around sources of drinking water and nature protected zones.
• Voted in favour of the directive on "environmental liability with regard to the prevention and remedying of environmental damage" (A5-0145/2003). According to the amendment, polluters have to pay for environmental clean-up, and it supports an EU-wide regime which makes polluters liable for the damage they cause to wildlife, water and land.
• Voted against the directive on restructuring the "Community framework for the taxation of energy products and electricity" (A5-0302/2003). The amendment aims at giving tax benefits to environmentally friendly sources of energy, which would make them cheaper and more competitive to conventional (more polluting) sources of energy. It also gives tax benefits to environmentally friendly uses of energy for transport, for instance trains. Rejected due to lack of absolute majority.
• Voted in favour of the amendment on Bulgaria’s progress towards accession (A5-0105/2004). The report objects to extending the life of the nuclear power stations in Bulgaria.

Personal Information

Curriculum Vitae

• Diploma in Law (1993).
• Senator (1993-1994); government spokesman on justice, equality and law reform (1993-1994).
• Member of the Council of State (1997- ).
• Member of the European Parliament (since 1994).

Contact

Address:

Parlement européen

Bât. Altiero Spinelli

04F365

60, rue Wiertz / Wiertzstraat 60

B-1047 Bruxelles/Brussel

Phone:

+32 (0)2 28 45751

Fax:

+32 (0)2 28 49751

Email:

briancrowleymep AT eircom.net

Website:

http://www.briancrowleymep.ie

This article is part of the MEPedia project of Spinwatch.

Resources

• European Parliament, Declaration of Members' Financial Interests: Brian Crowley, 22 January 2008, accessed 03 February 2009.
• European Parliament, [http://www.europarl.europa.eu/ep-dif/2109_19-06-2009.pdf Declaration of Members' Financial Interests: Brian Crowley, 19 June 2009, accessed 15 October 2009.
• European Parliament, MEP Directory: Brian Crowley, accessed 03 February 2009.
• European Parliament, MEP Directory: Brian Crowley, accessed 07 October 2010.
• Friends of the Earth, EU Vote Watch, accessed 02 February 2009.