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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%.

55
declared meetings
current term
55
records since 2019
full dataset
28%
all counterpart entries linked
incl. diplomacy; vs 51% EP-wide
363/719
rank, all MEPs
by declared meetings
21/45
rank in The Left

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Compared with the averages

Kathleen Funchion, this term
55
Parliament average
85
The Left average
58

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.

0%25%50%75%100%July 2024: 0 declared meetingsAugust 2024: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2024: 10 declared meetingsOctober 2024: 8 declared meetingsNovember 2024: 3 declared meetingsDecember 2024: 1 declared meetingJanuary 2025: 1 declared meetingFebruary 2025: 4 declared meetingsMarch 2025: 0 declared meetingsApril 2025: 0 declared meetingsMay 2025: 3 declared meetingsJune 2025: 2 declared meetingsJuly 2025: 0 declared meetingsAugust 2025: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2025: 3 declared meetingsOctober 2025: 1 declared meetingNovember 2025: 1 declared meetingDecember 2025: 3 declared meetingsJanuary 2026: 5 declared meetingsFebruary 2026: 5 declared meetingsMarch 2026: 0 declared meetingsApril 2026: 2 declared meetingsMay 2026: 0 declared meetingsJune 2026: 3 declared meetingsJuly 2026: 0 declared meetingsAugust 2026: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2026: 0 declared meetingsnew termMonthly share of all counterpart entries carrying a declared Register linkApril 2026: 50% of all counterpart entries carry a declared Register linkJune 2026: 0% of all counterpart entries carry a declared Register link202420252026
declared meetings per monthall counterpart entries carrying a declared Register link; diplomacy included (right axis)

Busiest month: 10 declared in September 2024. Months with no declared meetings have no Register-share value.

Who Kathleen Funchion meets most

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

DateCounterpartCapacitySubject
30 Jun 2026European Public Service Union (EPSU)MemberEU Care Strategy
17 Jun 2026Irelands FutureMemberIrish/EU Affairs
9 Jun 2026Siel Bleu IrelandMemberActive Ageing/Health Policy
16 Apr 2026World Employment Confederation-Europe MemberWomen in the labour market
15 Apr 2026EurofoundShadow rapporteurReinforced Youth Guarantee
24 Feb 2026Osez le féminismeMemberWomen's Rights
18 Feb 2026ASOP EUShadow rapporteurEMPL Healthcare Workers
17 Feb 2026European Youth Forum Shadow rapporteurYouth Guarantee
16 Feb 2026British Mission to the EUMemberParliamentary Partnership Assembly (PPA)
4 Feb 2026BIAZAMemberSPS
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DateCounterpartCapacitySubject
27 Jan 2026National Youth Council of IrelandShadow rapporteurYouth Guarantee
20 Jan 2026Alcon IrelandMemberEU policy landscape for medical technologies
20 Jan 2026Irish Farmers' Association MemberMercosur Trade Deal
20 Jan 2026British Mission to the EUMemberBritish-EU Relations
14 Jan 2026DepaulMemberHousing and Poverty
16 Dec 2025DEM-PARTÍMemberIntroductory Meeting
3 Dec 2025the European Alliance of Associations for RheumatologyShadow rapporteurHealthcare Workers
3 Dec 2025European Alliance of Associations for Rheumatology Shadow rapporteurEMPL Healthcare Workers
5 Nov 2025EPSUMemberCare Workers (Conference)
16 Oct 2025EUROCADRES - THE COUNCIL OF EUROPEAN PROFESSIONAL AND MANAGERIAL STAFF MemberSpoke at conference on Gender and Pension Pay Gap
3 Sep 2025My Voice, My ChoiceMemberWomen's healthcare
3 Sep 2025European Public Service UnionShadow rapporteurEMPL
3 Sep 2025Representatives of Irelands Fisheries SectorMemberCoastal and Fishing Communities
11 Jun 2025Carlow County Development Partnership CLG IRD Duhallow - Carlow Kilkenny Leadership Programme South Kerry Development Partnership CLG Research IrelandMemberEU Funds
11 Jun 2025EUROCADRES - THE COUNCIL OF EUROPEAN PROFESSIONAL AND MANAGERIAL STAFF ICTUMemberGeneral EMPL Work/Introductory meeting
27 May 2025British Mission to the EUMemberEU-British relations
21 May 2025Europe Region of World PhysiotherapyMemberCancer Prevention
20 May 2025Save the Children EuropeMemberChild Guarantee Working Group
11 Feb 2025Atlantic Arc CommissionMemberAtlantic Arc
11 Feb 2025British Mission to the EUMemberEU-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.

91%
roll-calls with a vote recorded
of 5,568 held while seated
487
final texts voted on
of 537
88%
voted with the The Left majority
on 458 final texts
54
differed from The Left
listed below

How they voted on final texts

Share of the 537 final votes held while seated.

Kathleen Funchion537 final votes
52%25%14%9%
ForAgainstAbstainedNo vote recorded

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.

Voted with the The Left majority40488%
Voted differently5412%

Final texts where Kathleen Funchion differed from the The Left majority

DateTextTheir voteThe Left majority
17 June 2026A10-0166/2026 – Riho Terras – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AbstainedAgainst
16 June 2026A10-0142/2026 – Hannah Neumann – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)ForAbstained
21 May 2026RC-B10-0260/2026 – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)ForAbstained
20 May 2026A10-0103/2026 – Andrey Kovatchev – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AbstainedAgainst
20 May 2026A10-0090/2026 – Moritz Körner – Draft Council decisionAbstainedAgainst
30 April 2026RC-B10-0217/2026 – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AbstainedAgainst
30 April 2026A10-0124/2026 – Michalis Hadjipantela – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)ForAbstained
30 April 2026A10-0088/2026 – Carlo Fidanza – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AbstainedAgainst
30 April 2026A10-0082/2026 – Lídia Pereira – Motion for a resolutionForAbstained
29 April 2026A10-0042/2026 – Anna Strolenberg – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)ForAbstained

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:

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.