Mairead McGuinness

Mairead McGuinness, MEP

Mairead McGuinness (born 13 June 1959, Drogheda) is an Irish MEP from Fine Gael.

Affiliations

• Member, Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development
• Member, Delegation for relations with Australia and New Zealand
• Substitute, Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety
• Substitute, Committee on Petitions
• Substitute, Delegation for relations with the People's Republic of China

Former Affiliations

• Member, Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development
• Member, Committee on Petitions
• Member, Delegation for relations with India
• Substitute, Committee on Budgets
• Substitute, Delegation for relations with Australia and New Zealand
• Substitute, Delegation to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly

Record and Controversies

Declaration of Financial Interests

• Nothing to declare.

Record of Parliamentary Votes

• Abstained from voting the Data Retention Directive.
• Voted in favour of the EU Lisbon Reform Treaty.

Personal Information

Curriculum Vitae

• B.Agr.Sc.(Econ.), Agricultural Economics (1980).
• Diploma in Accounting and Finance (1984).
• Worked as a radio researcher/producer and national broadcaster with RTE (1980); then as a reporter.
• News reporter with the Irish Farmers Journal (1985); then agricultural producer with LMFM (local radio station).
• Presenter and agriculture editor, RTE TV (1993); agriculture editor, The Irish Independent (1997).
• Chairperson, Guild of Agricultural Journalists (1986).

Contact

Address:

Parlement européen

Bât. Altiero Spinelli

08F265

60, rue Wiertz / Wiertzstraat 60

B-1047 Bruxelles/Brussel

Phone:

+32 (0)2 28 45214

Fax:

+32 (0)2 28 49214

Email:

mairead.mcguinness AT europarl.europa.eu

Website:

http://www.maireadmcguinness.ie

This article is part of the MEPedia project of Spinwatch.

Resources

• European Parliament, Declaration of Members' Financial Interests: Mairead McGuinness, 09 December 2008, accessed 30 January 2009.
• European Parliament, MEP Directory: Mairead McGuinness, accessed 30 January 2009.