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[[Seán Ó Neachtain]] (born 22 May 1947, Galway) is an Irish MEP from [[Fianna Fáil]].
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[[Image:Seán_Ó_Neachtain.jpg|right|thumb|Seán Ó Neachtain]]
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[[Seán Ó Neachtain]] (born 22 May 1947, Galway) is a former Irish MEP (''02.07.2002-13.07.2009'') from [[Fianna Fáil]].<ref>European Parliament, [http://www.europarl.europa.eu/members/archive/alphaOrder/view.do?language=EN&id=22861 MEP Directory: Seán Ó Neachtain], accessed 02 December 2010.</ref>
  
  
 
==Affiliations==
 
==Affiliations==
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*Chairman, Delegation for relations with Canada
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===Parliamentary Affiliations===
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*Member, Conference of Delegation Chairmen
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:'''Chair:'''
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*Member, [[Committee on Fisheries]]
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: 21.09.2004 / 13.03.2007 : Delegation for relations with Canada
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*Member, [[Committee on Transport and Tourism]]
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: 14.03.2007 / 13.07.2009 : Delegation for relations with Canada
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*Substitute, [[Committee on Budgets]]
 
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*Substitute, Delegation for relations with South Africa
 
  
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:'''Member:'''
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: 02.07.2002 / 19.07.2004 : Union for Europe of the Nations Group
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: 02.09.2002 / 19.07.2004 : Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy
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: 02.09.2002 / 30.04.2004 : Delegation to the EU-Hungary Joint Parliamentary Committee
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: 02.09.2002 / 19.07.2004 : Committee on Fisheries
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: 20.07.2004 / 13.07.2009 : Union for Europe of the Nations Group
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: 21.07.2004 / 14.01.2007 : Committee on Fisheries
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: 21.07.2004 / 14.01.2007 : Committee on Transport and Tourism
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: 15.09.2004 / 20.09.2004 : Delegation for relations with Canada
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: 22.09.2004 / 13.07.2009 : Conference of Delegation Chairmen
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: 19.01.2006 / 19.06.2007 : Committee of Inquiry into the crisis of the Equitable Life Assurance Society
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: 15.01.2007 / 30.01.2007 : Committee on Fisheries
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: 15.01.2007 / 30.01.2007 : Committee on Transport and Tourism
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: 31.01.2007 / 13.07.2009 : Committee on Fisheries
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: 31.01.2007 / 13.07.2009 : Committee on Transport and Tourism
  
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==Record of Controversies==
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:'''Substitute:'''
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: 03.07.2002 / 19.07.2004 : Committee on Budgets
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: 21.07.2004 / 14.01.2007 : Committee on Budgets
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: 15.09.2004 / 13.03.2007 : Delegation for relations with South Africa
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: 15.01.2007 / 30.01.2007 : Committee on Budgets
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: 31.01.2007 / 13.07.2009 : Committee on Budgets
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: 14.03.2007 / 13.07.2009 : Delegation for relations with South Africa<ref>European Parliament, [http://www.europarl.europa.eu/members/archive/alphaOrder/view.do?language=EN&id=22861 MEP Directory: Seán Ó Neachtain], accessed 02 December 2010.</ref>
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==Record and Controversies==
 
===Declaration of Financial Interests===
 
===Declaration of Financial Interests===
 
*Professional activities: Director of summer school<ref>[http://www.europarl.europa.eu/ep-dif/22861_04-12-2008.PDF European Parliament], Declaration of Members' Financial Interests: Seán Ó Neachtain, 04 December 2008, accessed 02 February 2009.</ref>
 
*Professional activities: Director of summer school<ref>[http://www.europarl.europa.eu/ep-dif/22861_04-12-2008.PDF European Parliament], Declaration of Members' Financial Interests: Seán Ó Neachtain, 04 December 2008, accessed 02 February 2009.</ref>
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*He was not present for the vote on the Data Retention Directive.
 
*He was not present for the vote on the Data Retention Directive.
 
*Voted in favour of the Lisbon Treaty.
 
*Voted in favour of the Lisbon Treaty.
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*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.<ref>[http://www.foeeurope.org/euvotewatch/support_docs/learnmore.php#gmos Friends of the Earth], EU Vote Watch, accessed 02 February 2009.</ref>
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*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.<ref>[http://www.foeeurope.org/euvotewatch/support_docs/learnmore.php#pesticides Friends of the Earth], EU Vote Watch, accessed 02 February 2009.</ref>
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*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.<ref>[http://www.foeeurope.org/euvotewatch/support_docs/learnmore.php#liability Friends of the Earth], EU Vote Watch, accessed 02 February 2009.</ref>
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*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.<ref>[http://www.foeeurope.org/euvotewatch/support_docs/learnmore.php#tax Friends of the Earth], EU Vote Watch, accessed 02 February 2009.</ref> Rejected due to lack of absolute majority.
  
 
==Personal Information==
 
==Personal Information==
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*Member of the European Parliament (since 2002).
 
*Member of the European Parliament (since 2002).
 
*In the Committee of the Regions: Member (1994-2002); Vice-President (1994-1995) and President (1998-2002) of the European Alliance Group.
 
*In the Committee of the Regions: Member (1994-2002); Vice-President (1994-1995) and President (1998-2002) of the European Alliance Group.
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===Contact===
 
===Contact===
 
:Address:
 
:Address:
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:Parlement européen
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:Bât. Altiero Spinelli
 
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:04F361
 
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:60, rue Wiertz / Wiertzstraat 60
 
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:B-1047 Bruxelles/Brussel
 
  
 
:Phone:
 
:Phone:
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:+32 (0)2 28 45611
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:Email:
 
:Email:
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:http://www.oneachtain.com
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:Website:  
 
:Website:  
 
:http://www.oneachtain.com
 
:http://www.oneachtain.com
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==Resources==
 
==Resources==
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*[http://www.europarl.europa.eu/ep-dif/22861_04-12-2008.PDF European Parliament], Declaration of Members' Financial Interests: Seán Ó Neachtain, 04 December 2008, accessed 02 February 2009.
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*European Parliament, [http://www.europarl.europa.eu/ep-dif/22861_04-12-2008.PDF Declaration of Members' Financial Interests: Seán Ó Neachtain], 04 December 2008, accessed 02 February 2009.
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*[http://www.europarl.europa.eu/members/public/geoSearch/view.do?country=IE&partNumber=1&zone=North+West&language=EN&id=22861 European Parliament], MEP Directory: Seán Ó Neachtain, accessed 02 February 2009.
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*European Parliament, [http://www.europarl.europa.eu/members/public/geoSearch/view.do?country=IE&partNumber=1&zone=North+West&language=EN&id=22861 MEP Directory: Seán Ó Neachtain], accessed 02 February 2009.
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*European Parliament, [http://www.europarl.europa.eu/members/archive/alphaOrder/view.do?language=EN&id=22861 MEP Directory: Seán Ó Neachtain], accessed 02 December 2010.
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*Friends of the Earth, [http://www.foeeurope.org/euvotewatch/support_docs/learnmore.php EU Vote Watch], accessed 02 February 2009.
  
 
==Notes==
 
==Notes==
 
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Seán Ó Neachtain

Seán Ó Neachtain (born 22 May 1947, Galway) is a former Irish MEP (02.07.2002-13.07.2009) from Fianna Fáil.[1]


Affiliations

Parliamentary Affiliations

Chair:
21.09.2004 / 13.03.2007 : Delegation for relations with Canada
14.03.2007 / 13.07.2009 : Delegation for relations with Canada
Member:
02.07.2002 / 19.07.2004 : Union for Europe of the Nations Group
02.09.2002 / 19.07.2004 : Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy
02.09.2002 / 30.04.2004 : Delegation to the EU-Hungary Joint Parliamentary Committee
02.09.2002 / 19.07.2004 : Committee on Fisheries
20.07.2004 / 13.07.2009 : Union for Europe of the Nations Group
21.07.2004 / 14.01.2007 : Committee on Fisheries
21.07.2004 / 14.01.2007 : Committee on Transport and Tourism
15.09.2004 / 20.09.2004 : Delegation for relations with Canada
22.09.2004 / 13.07.2009 : Conference of Delegation Chairmen
19.01.2006 / 19.06.2007 : Committee of Inquiry into the crisis of the Equitable Life Assurance Society
15.01.2007 / 30.01.2007 : Committee on Fisheries
15.01.2007 / 30.01.2007 : Committee on Transport and Tourism
31.01.2007 / 13.07.2009 : Committee on Fisheries
31.01.2007 / 13.07.2009 : Committee on Transport and Tourism
Substitute:
03.07.2002 / 19.07.2004 : Committee on Budgets
21.07.2004 / 14.01.2007 : Committee on Budgets
15.09.2004 / 13.03.2007 : Delegation for relations with South Africa
15.01.2007 / 30.01.2007 : Committee on Budgets
31.01.2007 / 13.07.2009 : Committee on Budgets
14.03.2007 / 13.07.2009 : Delegation for relations with South Africa[2]

Record and Controversies

Declaration of Financial Interests

  • Professional activities: Director of summer school[3]

Record of Parliamentary Votes

  • He was not present for the vote on the Data Retention Directive.
  • Voted in favour of the Lisbon Treaty.
  • 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.[4]
  • 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.[5]
  • 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.[6]
  • 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.[7] Rejected due to lack of absolute majority.

Personal Information

Curriculum Vitae

  • BA (Hons.) (1969); ATO (Hons.).
  • Secondary teacher (1969-2000).
  • Member of Galway County Council (1991-2002).
  • Member of the Western Regional Authority (1994-2002).
  • Member of the Border, Midland and Western Regional Assembly (1998-2002).
  • Member of Údarás na Gaeltachta (1979-2004); Chairman (1991-1996).
  • Member of the European Parliament (since 2002).
  • In the Committee of the Regions: Member (1994-2002); Vice-President (1994-1995) and President (1998-2002) of the European Alliance Group.

Contact

Address:
Phone:
Email:
Website:
http://www.oneachtain.com
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Resources

Notes

  1. ↑ European Parliament, MEP Directory: Seán Ó Neachtain, accessed 02 December 2010.
  2. ↑ European Parliament, MEP Directory: Seán Ó Neachtain, accessed 02 December 2010.
  3. ↑ European Parliament, Declaration of Members' Financial Interests: Seán Ó Neachtain, 04 December 2008, accessed 02 February 2009.
  4. ↑ Friends of the Earth, EU Vote Watch, accessed 02 February 2009.
  5. ↑ Friends of the Earth, EU Vote Watch, accessed 02 February 2009.
  6. ↑ Friends of the Earth, EU Vote Watch, accessed 02 February 2009.
  7. ↑ Friends of the Earth, EU Vote Watch, accessed 02 February 2009.
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