
Member of the European Parliament · Ireland The Left
Kathleen Funchion
MEP for Ireland · The Left · Sinn Féin · official EP profile
As of 12 September 2026, Kathleen Funchion (The Left, Ireland) has declared 55 lobby meetings this term - rank 363 of 719 MEPs by declared meetings.
That is somewhat below the Parliament average of 85 meetings per MEP, and 21 of 45 within The Left.
28% 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 51%.
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Compared with the averages
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 September 2026. This is the same current-term window as the figures above, beginning 16 July 2024.
Current month, partial through 11 Sep 2026: 0 declared meetings in Sep 2026. Peak: 10 in Sep 2024.
Busiest month: 10 declared in September 2024. Months with no declared meetings have no Register-share value.
Who Kathleen Funchion meets most
| Declared counterpart | Meetings |
|---|---|
| British Mission to the EU | 4 |
| EUROCADRES - THE COUNCIL OF EUROPEAN PROFESSIONAL AND MANAGERIAL STAFF | 3 |
| European Federation of Public Service Unions | 2 |
| European Alliance of Associations for Rheumatology | 2 |
| Irish Farmers' Association | 2 |
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
Most-met sectors
Labour & trade unions (6), Health & pharma (5), Human rights & humanitarian (3)
Meetings by committee topic
Employment and Social Affairs (14), D-UK (7), Women's Rights and Gender Equality (5), Regional Development (4)
Most recent declared meetings
| Date | Counterpart | Capacity | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|
| 30 Jun 2026 | European Public Service Union (EPSU) | Member | EU Care Strategy |
| 17 Jun 2026 | Irelands Future | Member | Irish/EU Affairs |
| 9 Jun 2026 | Siel Bleu Ireland | Member | Active Ageing/Health Policy |
| 16 Apr 2026 | World Employment Confederation-Europe ↗ | Member | Women in the labour market |
| 15 Apr 2026 | Eurofound | Shadow rapporteur | Reinforced Youth Guarantee |
| 24 Feb 2026 | Osez le féminisme | Member | Women's Rights |
| 18 Feb 2026 | ASOP EU | Shadow rapporteur | EMPL Healthcare Workers |
| 17 Feb 2026 | European Youth Forum ↗ | Shadow rapporteur | Youth Guarantee |
| 16 Feb 2026 | British Mission to the EU | Member | Parliamentary Partnership Assembly (PPA) |
| 4 Feb 2026 | BIAZA | Member | SPS |
Show 20 more meetings
| Date | Counterpart | Capacity | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|
| 27 Jan 2026 | National Youth Council of Ireland | Shadow rapporteur | Youth Guarantee |
| 20 Jan 2026 | Alcon Ireland | Member | EU policy landscape for medical technologies |
| 20 Jan 2026 | Irish Farmers' Association ↗ | Member | Mercosur Trade Deal |
| 20 Jan 2026 | British Mission to the EU | Member | British-EU Relations |
| 14 Jan 2026 | Depaul | Member | Housing and Poverty |
| 16 Dec 2025 | DEM-PARTÍ | Member | Introductory Meeting |
| 3 Dec 2025 | the European Alliance of Associations for Rheumatology | Shadow rapporteur | Healthcare Workers |
| 3 Dec 2025 | European Alliance of Associations for Rheumatology ↗ | Shadow rapporteur | EMPL Healthcare Workers |
| 5 Nov 2025 | EPSU | Member | Care Workers (Conference) |
| 16 Oct 2025 | EUROCADRES - THE COUNCIL OF EUROPEAN PROFESSIONAL AND MANAGERIAL STAFF ↗ | Member | Spoke at conference on Gender and Pension Pay Gap |
| 3 Sep 2025 | My Voice, My Choice | Member | Women's healthcare |
| 3 Sep 2025 | European Public Service Union | Shadow rapporteur | EMPL |
| 3 Sep 2025 | Representatives of Irelands Fisheries Sector | Member | Coastal and Fishing Communities |
| 11 Jun 2025 | Carlow County Development Partnership CLG IRD Duhallow - Carlow Kilkenny Leadership Programme South Kerry Development Partnership CLG Research Ireland | Member | EU Funds |
| 11 Jun 2025 | EUROCADRES - THE COUNCIL OF EUROPEAN PROFESSIONAL AND MANAGERIAL STAFF ICTU | Member | General EMPL Work/Introductory meeting |
| 27 May 2025 | British Mission to the EU | Member | EU-British relations |
| 21 May 2025 | Europe Region of World Physiotherapy | Member | Cancer Prevention |
| 20 May 2025 | Save the Children Europe | Member | Child Guarantee Working Group |
| 11 Feb 2025 | Atlantic Arc Commission | Member | Atlantic Arc |
| 11 Feb 2025 | British Mission to the EU | Member | EU-British relations |
The full record is in the official EP declarations.
Roll-call voting record
Recorded votes only. Parliament held 5,568 roll-call votes while Kathleen Funchion held the seat, 537 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.
How they voted on final texts
Share of the 537 final votes held while seated.
With and against the group
On the 458 final texts where more than half of The Left members casting a vote went one way, and Kathleen Funchion 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.
Final texts where Kathleen Funchion differed from the The Left majority
| Date | Text | Their vote | The Left majority |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17 June 2026 | A10-0166/2026 – Riho Terras – Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | Abstained | Against |
| 16 June 2026 | A10-0142/2026 – Hannah Neumann – Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | For | Abstained |
| 21 May 2026 | RC-B10-0260/2026 – Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | For | Abstained |
| 20 May 2026 | A10-0103/2026 – Andrey Kovatchev – Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | Abstained | Against |
| 20 May 2026 | A10-0090/2026 – Moritz Körner – Draft Council decision | Abstained | Against |
| 30 April 2026 | RC-B10-0217/2026 – Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | Abstained | Against |
| 30 April 2026 | A10-0124/2026 – Michalis Hadjipantela – Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | For | Abstained |
| 30 April 2026 | A10-0088/2026 – Carlo Fidanza – Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | Abstained | Against |
| 30 April 2026 | A10-0082/2026 – Lídia Pereira – Motion for a resolution | For | Abstained |
| 29 April 2026 | A10-0042/2026 – Anna Strolenberg – Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | For | Abstained |
44 further instances are not listed. All roll-call votes.
Unlinked but matchable
12 counterpart entrys in Kathleen Funchion's declarations appear to match an EU Transparency Register entry without being linked in the declaration:
- “BIAZA” - likely British and Irish Association of Zoos and Aquariums (1 counterpart entry)
- “EPSU” - likely European Federation of Public Service Unions (1 counterpart entry)
- “ESB” - likely Electricity Supply Board (1 counterpart entry)
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.