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Member of the European Parliament · Ireland S&D

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

MEP for Ireland · Socialists & Democrats · Labour Party · official EP profile

As of 8 November 2026, Aodhán Ó Ríordáin (S&D, Ireland) has declared 111 lobby meetings this term - rank 238 of 720 MEPs by declared meetings, a place shared with 1 other MEP.

That sits close to the Parliament average of 100 meetings per MEP, and it ranks 64 of 135 in the S&D group, a place shared with 1 other member.

26% of this MEP's declared counterpart entries, including diplomatic and government entries, carry a declared EU Transparency Register link - below the like-for-like raw Parliament-wide share of 52%.

111
declared meetings
current term
111
records since 2016
full dataset
26%
all counterpart entries linked
incl. diplomacy; vs 52% EP‑wide
238/720
rank, all MEPs
tied with 1 other
64/135
rank in S&D
tied with 1 other

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Compared with the averages

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin, this term
111
Parliament average
100
S&D average
134

Transparency this term

Monthly declared meetings (bars) and the share of all counterpart entries carrying a declared Register link, including diplomatic and government entries (line), July 2024 to November 2026. This is the same current-term window as the figures above, beginning 16 July 2024.

Current month, partial through 6 Nov 2026: 0 declared meetings in Nov 2026. Peak: 13 in Oct 2024.

0%25%50%75%100%013July 2024: 0 declared meetingsAugust 2024: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2024: 4 declared meetingsOctober 2024: 13 declared meetingsNovember 2024: 4 declared meetingsDecember 2024: 2 declared meetingsJanuary 2025: 5 declared meetingsFebruary 2025: 5 declared meetingsMarch 2025: 6 declared meetingsApril 2025: 5 declared meetingsMay 2025: 9 declared meetingsJune 2025: 11 declared meetingsJuly 2025: 3 declared meetingsAugust 2025: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2025: 5 declared meetingsOctober 2025: 3 declared meetingsNovember 2025: 6 declared meetingsDecember 2025: 4 declared meetingsJanuary 2026: 3 declared meetingsFebruary 2026: 4 declared meetingsMarch 2026: 3 declared meetingsApril 2026: 6 declared meetingsMay 2026: 1 declared meetingJune 2026: 6 declared meetingsJuly 2026: 2 declared meetingsAugust 2026: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2026: 1 declared meetingOctober 2026: 0 declared meetingsNovember 2026: 0 declared meetingsnew termMonths with no declared meetings have no Register-share value; the dashes join the months either sideMonthly share of all counterpart entries carrying a declared Register linkSeptember 2026: 0% of all counterpart entries carry a declared Register link2024202520260%25%50%75%100%013July 2024: 0 declared meetingsAugust 2024: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2024: 4 declared meetingsOctober 2024: 13 declared meetingsNovember 2024: 4 declared meetingsDecember 2024: 2 declared meetingsJanuary 2025: 5 declared meetingsFebruary 2025: 5 declared meetingsMarch 2025: 6 declared meetingsApril 2025: 5 declared meetingsMay 2025: 9 declared meetingsJune 2025: 11 declared meetingsJuly 2025: 3 declared meetingsAugust 2025: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2025: 5 declared meetingsOctober 2025: 3 declared meetingsNovember 2025: 6 declared meetingsDecember 2025: 4 declared meetingsJanuary 2026: 3 declared meetingsFebruary 2026: 4 declared meetingsMarch 2026: 3 declared meetingsApril 2026: 6 declared meetingsMay 2026: 1 declared meetingJune 2026: 6 declared meetingsJuly 2026: 2 declared meetingsAugust 2026: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2026: 1 declared meetingOctober 2026: 0 declared meetingsNovember 2026: 0 declared meetingsnew termMonths with no declared meetings have no Register-share value; the dashes join the months either sideMonthly share of all counterpart entries carrying a declared Register linkSeptember 2026: 0% of all counterpart entries carry a declared Register link2024202520260%50%100%013202420252026
declared meetings per month (left axis)all counterpart entries carrying a declared Register link; diplomacy included (right axis)
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Declared meetings each month, and the share of all counterpart entries carrying a declared Register link.
MonthMeetingsLinked
Jul 20240-
Aug 20240-
Sep 2024425%
Oct 20241323.1%
Nov 2024450%
Dec 202420%
Jan 202550%
Feb 2025533.3%
Mar 2025612.5%
Apr 2025566.7%
May 2025933.3%
Jun 20251115.4%
Jul 202530%
Aug 20250-
Sep 2025520%
Oct 2025333.3%
Nov 202560%
Dec 2025460%
Jan 2026333.3%
Feb 2026440%
Mar 202630%
Apr 2026633.3%
May 202610%
Jun 2026633.3%
Jul 2026250%
Aug 20260-
Sep 202610%
Oct 20260-
Nov 20260-

Busiest month: 13 declared in October 2024. Months with no declared meetings have no Register-share value; a dashed stretch of the line joins the months either side.

Who Aodhán Ó Ríordáin meets most

Declared counterpartMeetings
EUROPEAN TRADE UNION CONFEDERATION5
Eurodiaconia3
European Youth Forum3
Banking & Payments Federation Ireland2
Advisory Committee of Correlation – European Harm Reduction Network2

Counterparts are merged by resolved Transparency Register identity where possible. An entry counts as register-linked above only when the MEP declaration itself carries a Register link.

Where the meetings cluster

Both lists count this term. Sector pages count the full 2016–2026 record, and committee pages show each member's current-term total across all subjects, so their figures for this member can be higher.

Most-met sectors this term

Human rights & humanitarian (8), Democracy & civil society (7), Labour & trade unions (7)

Meetings by committee or delegation this term

Employment and Social Affairs (13), Housing Crisis in the EU (12), Delegation to the EU-UK Parliamentary Partnership Assembly (1)

Most recent declared meetings

DateCounterpartCapacitySubject
9 Sep 2026Irish Environmental NetworkMemberCAP Reform
10 Jul 2026Safe IrelandMemberDomestic, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence
3 Jul 2026Dogs Trust⁠↗MemberAnimal Welfare
18 Jun 2026European Youth Forum⁠↗Shadow rapporteurYouth Policy
10 Jun 2026Sustainable Water Network (SWAN) CLG⁠↗MemberWater, Nature, Environmental Protections
9 Jun 2026All Together in Dignity IrelandShadow rapporteurPoverty
8 Jun 2026Advisory Committee of Correlation – European Harm Reduction NetworkMemberDrug Policy
5 Jun 2026AkiDwA, Network of Migrant WomenMemberMigrant Supports, FGM, Forced Marriage
3 Jun 2026UCC Hub in Active European CitizenshipMemberEU outreach to Irish primary schools
25 May 2026Before We DieMemberDisability rights and provisions
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DateCounterpartCapacitySubject
28 Apr 2026B'TselemMemberHuman Rights in Israeli Occupied Territories
22 Apr 2026Irish Farmers' Association⁠↗MemberAgriculture
15 Apr 2026Northern Ireland AssemblyMemberEU-Northern Ireland Relations
13 Apr 2026Crosscare IrelandMemberHousing, Poverty, Drug Policy
13 Apr 2026Advisory Committee of Correlation – European Harm Reduction NetworkMemberDrug Policy
8 Apr 2026Eurodiaconia⁠↗Shadow rapporteurPoverty
18 Mar 2026Coimisiún na MeánMemberMedia
3 Mar 2026Youth Affairs and Education & Skills Attaché to Ireland's Permanent RepresentationShadow rapporteurYouth Policy
2 Mar 2026National Youth Council of IrelandShadow rapporteurYouth Policy
26 Feb 2026International Union of Tenants⁠↗Shadow rapporteurHousing
18 Feb 2026European Economic and Social Committee; European Youth ForumShadow rapporteurYouth Policy
11 Feb 2026Minister Timmy Dooley TD Minister Seán Canney TDMemberTransport, Fisheries
3 Feb 2026European Pride Business Network⁠↗MemberSupports to LGBTQIA+ people in the workplace
27 Jan 2026President Seamus Boland, EESCMemberIreland's Presidency of the Council of the EU
22 Jan 2026Welsh GovernmentMemberUniversal Basic Income
7 Jan 2026Kingspan Group PLC⁠↗Shadow rapporteurHousing
10 Dec 2025Greenpeace European Unit⁠↗; Avaaz Foundation⁠↗Shadow rapporteurHousing and Environment
3 Dec 2025Sean Canney TD, Minister for TransportMemberTransport
3 Dec 2025UNITE Trade UnionShadow rapporteurHousing
2 Dec 2025EUROPEAN TRADE UNION CONFEDERATION⁠↗MemberJust Transition Directive

The full record is in the official EP declarations.

Roll-call voting record

Recorded votes only. Parliament held 6,412 roll-call votes while Aodhán Ó Ríordáin held the seat, 606 of them the final vote on a text. A member with no vote recorded may have been on parliamentary business, ill, on leave, or present without voting - the published record does not distinguish these and gives no reason. Votes taken by show of hands or by secret ballot are not recorded by name and are absent here.

78%
roll-calls with a vote recorded
of 6,412 held while seated
447
final texts voted on
of 606
97%
voted with the S&D majority
on 445 final texts
14
differed from S&D
listed below

How they voted on final texts

Share of the 606 final votes held while seated.

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin606 final votes
65%26%
For 396Against 42Abstained 9No vote recorded 159

With and against the group

On the 445 final texts where more than half of S&D members casting a vote went one way, and Aodhán Ó Ríordáin also voted. Groups are not bound to vote together: a Member's mandate is personal and exercised freely, so neither figure is a measure of performance.

Voted with the S&D majority43197%
Voted differently143%

Final texts where Aodhán Ó Ríordáin differed from the S&D majority

DateTextTheir voteS&D majority
21 October 2026Guidelines for the employment policies of the Member States A10-0260/2026 · Li Andersson · Commission proposal to the CouncilAgainstFor
8 October 2026Motion for a resolution on the pilot project on European Schools Alliances B10-0436/2026 · Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AgainstFor
7 July 2026The financial activities of the European Investment Bank Group – annual report 2025 A10-0170/2026 · Joachim Streit · Motion for a resolution (as a whole)ForAgainst
10 March 2026Public access to documents – report covering the years 2022 - 2024 A10-0011/2026 · Veronika Cifrová Ostrihoňová · Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AgainstFor
22 January 2026Drones and new systems of warfare – the EU’s need to adapt to be fit for today’s security challenges A10-0270/2025 · Reinis Pozņaks · Motion for a resolutionAbstainedFor
21 January 2026Motion for a resolution seeking an opinion from the Court of Justice on the compatibility with the Treaties of the proposed Partnership Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and the Common Market of the South, the Argentine Republic, the Federative Republic of Brazil, the Republic of Paraguay and the Oriental Republic of Uruguay, of the other part, and the proposed Interim Agreement on Trade between the European Union, of the one part, and the Common Market of the South, the Argentine Republic, the Federative Republic of Brazil, the Republic of Paraguay and the Oriental Republic of Uruguay, of the other part B10-0060/2026 · Motion for a resolutionForAgainst
9 October 2025Motion of censure on the Commission B10-0402/2025 · Motion for a resolutionForAgainst
9 October 2025Motion of censure on the Commission B10-0400/2025 · Motion for a resolutionAbstainedAgainst
10 July 2025Motion of censure on the Commission B10-0319/2025 · Motion for a resolutionAbstainedAgainst
3 April 2025C10-0038/2025 - Commission proposalAgainstFor

4 further instances are not listed. All roll-call votes.

Unlinked but matchable

20 counterpart entries in Aodhán Ó Ríordáin's declarations appear to match an EU Transparency Register entry without being linked in the declaration:

These are the 3 most frequent matches, covering 4 of the 20 entries; the other 16 are not listed.

Matching is automated and can be wrong - see how matching works. Linking the register entry is the fix, and it is the MEP office's to make.