Avril Doyle

Avril Doyle, MEP

Avril Doyle (born 18 April 1949) is an Irish MEP from Fine Gael. She recently announced that she won't be running in this summer's European elections.

Affiliations

• Vice-Chairwoman, Committee on Fisheries
• Vice-Chairwoman, Delegation for relations with the Gulf States, including Yemen
• Member, Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety
• Member, Temporary Committee on Climate Change
• Substitute, Committee on Industry, Research and Energy
• Substitute, Delegation for relations with the People's Republic of China

Record of Controversies

Declaration of Financial Interests

Professional Activities:

• MEP
• Director of REPAK Ltd, Ireland (http://www.repak.ie/) - an industry funded organisation whose aim it is to facilitate and grow packaging recycling. Repak was established to help businesses meet their legal obligations to fund the recovery and recycling of the packaging on the goods or services they supply, as set out in the Waste Management (Packaging) Regulations 2007. As stated on their website, Repak is solely funded from packaging levies, as charged to its participating businesses, and operates on a not for profit basis.
• Drystock & bloodstock farming
• Member of sub-committee of F.E.I. (Federation Equestre Internationale) (www.fei.org)

Paid Functions or Activities:

• Director of REPAK Ltd
• Rental property income

Controversies

According to The Irish Times (30 June 2000), register of Avril Doyle's interests are as follows:

Occupational Income:

• Public Representative (MEP)
• Drystock farming: KiteMown, Crossabeg, Wexford

Shares:

• Belfield Trust
• Limerick Race Course Ltd. (http://www.limerickraces.ie)
• Eircom (http://www.eircom.net) - Ireland's leading broadband and content provider. On 29 January 2004, Avril Doyle presented a written question to the Commission considering the telephone line rental increase that would increase the rental charges at Eircom.

Directorships:

• Eventing Ireland (l.H.T.S. Ltd.) (http://www.eventingireland.com)
• Director: Equestrian Federation of Ireland (EEl) (http://www.horsesportireland.ie) - an agency responsible for devising and implementing strategies for the development and promotion of an internationally competitive Irish sport horse industry

Land:

• C, 150 ac. @ Kitestown & Saunderscourt Wexford: farming & bloodstock interests

Record of Parliamentary Votes

• Abstained from voting the Data Retention Directive.
• Voted in favour of the reports on fluorinated greenhouse gases and emissions from motor vehicles air-conditioning systems, of which she was also the rapporteur.
• Voted in favour of the Lisbon Treaty.

Personal Information

Curriculum Vitae

• B.Sc. (Biochemistry), University College Dublin (1971).
• Elected to local county council and local town council (1974-1995).
• Mayor of Wexford (1976-1977). Member of Dáil or Seanad (1982-2002).
• Minister of State (1986-1987, 1995-1997).
• Member of the European Parliament (since 1999).
• Leader of the Irish Delegation in EPP-ED Group, (since 1999).
• Vice-President of SME Women.
• President of the Equestrian Federation of Ireland (2001- ).

Contact

Address:

Parlement européen

Bât. Altiero Spinelli

08F349

60, rue Wiertz / Wiertzstraat 60

B-1047 Bruxelles/Brussel

Phone:

+32 (0)2 28 45784

Email:

avril.doyle@europarl.europa.eu

Website:

http://www.avrildoyle.ie

Resources

• European Parliament, Declaration of Members' Financial Interest: Avril Doyle, 18 December 2008, accessed 30 January 2009.</ref>
• European Parliament, MEP Directory: Avril Doyle, accessed 30 January 2009.</ref>
• Independent, "Tributes being paid to FG MEP Avril Doyle," 07 January 2009, accessed 30 January 2009.
• Official Journal of the European Union, (2004/C 84 E/0387) WRITTEN QUESTION E-0184/04 by Avril Doyle (PPE-DE) to the Commission (29 January 2004), accessed 30 January 2009.
• The Irish Times, "Register of Senators' Interests," 30 June 2000, accessed 30 January 2009.