Proinsias de Rossa
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Proinsias De Rossa (born 15 May 1940, Dublin) is an Irish MEP from Labour Party. He is a member of the Socialist Group in the European Parliament.[1]
Record of Controversies
Declaration of Financial Interests
Proinsias De Rossa states in his Declaration of Financial Interests that he has nothing to declare.[2]
Record of Parliamentary Votes
- Proinsias De Rossa voted against the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the patentability of computer-implemented inventions.[3] He stated that "[the Commission, Council and the Member states] were over influenced by Microsoft" and "adopting an unbalanced approach ... would have favoured Big Business."[4]
- He was the only Irish MEP to vote in favour of the Data Retention Directive[5] (the report on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the retention of data processed in connection with the provision of public electronic communication services and amending Directive 2002/58/EC), passed in November 2005.[6]
Affiliations
- Vice-Chairman, Delegation for relations with the Palestinian Legislative Council
- Member, Committee on Petitions
- Member, Committee on Employment and Social Affairs
- Substitute, Subcommittee on Security and Defence
Personal Information
Curriculum Vitae
- Leader, Democratic Left Party (1992-2002).
- President, Irish Labour Party (2002-2004).
- Vice-President, Party of European Socialists (1999-2004).
- Member of Irish Parliament (1982-2002).
- Minister for Social Welfare (1994-1997).
- Member of the European Constitutional Convention (2002-2003).
- Member of the European Parliament (1989-1992 and since 1999).
- Vice-Chairman, Committee on Petitions (1999-2004).
- Member of Trade Union Coordination Intergroup.
- Member of Disability Intergroup.
- Member of ATD Fourth World Intergroup.
Contact
- Address:
- Bât. Altiero Spinelli
- 12G146
- 60, rue Wiertz / Wiertzstraat 60
- B-1047 Bruxelles/Brussel
- Phone:
- +32 (0)2 28 45681
- Email:
- proinsias.derossa@europarl.europa.eu
- Website:
- http://www.derossa.com
References
- European Parliament, Daily Notebook on Patentability of computerised inventions, 24 September 2003, accessed 26 January 2009.
- European Parliament, Declaration of Members' Financial Interests: Proinsias De Rossa, accessed 22 January 2009.
- European Parliament, MEP Directory: Proinsias De Rossa, accessed 26 January 2009.
- European Parliament, Minutes on Data Retention, accessed 26 January 2009.
- Proinsias De Rossa, "Software Patents," 07 July 2005, accessed 26 January 2009.
- Tuppenceworth, "Data Retention: How Your MEPs Voted," 15 December 2005, accessed 26 January 2009.
Notes
- ↑ European Parliament, MEP Directory: Proinsias De Rossa, accessed 26 January 2009.
- ↑ European Parliament, Declaration of Members' Financial Interests: Proinsias De Rossa, accessed 22 January 2009.
- ↑ European Parliament, Daily Notebook on Patentability of computerised inventions, 24 September 2003, accessed 26 January 2009.
- ↑ Proinsias De Rossa, "Software Patents," 07 July 2005, accessed 26 January 2009.
- ↑ Tuppenceworth, "Data Retention: How Your MEPs Voted," 15 December 2005, accessed 26 January 2009.
- ↑ European Parliament, Minutes on Data Retention, accessed 26 January 2009.