Member of the European Parliament · Ireland EPP
Maria Walsh
MEP for Ireland · European People's Party · Fine Gael Party · official EP profile
As of 8 November 2026, Maria Walsh (EPP, Ireland) has declared 222 lobby meetings this term - rank 90 of 720 MEPs by declared meetings, a place shared with 3 other MEPs.
That is one of the fuller declaration sheets in the Parliament - 2.2× the average member, and it ranks 30 of 185 in the EPP group, a place shared with 1 other member.
49% of this MEP's declared counterpart entries, including diplomatic and government entries, carry a declared EU Transparency Register link - close to the like-for-like raw Parliament-wide share of 52%.
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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 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: 26 in Feb 2025.
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| Month | Meetings | Linked |
|---|---|---|
| Jul 2024 | 3 | 66.7% |
| Aug 2024 | 0 | - |
| Sep 2024 | 14 | 53.3% |
| Oct 2024 | 13 | 27.3% |
| Nov 2024 | 3 | 0% |
| Dec 2024 | 9 | 33.3% |
| Jan 2025 | 6 | 50% |
| Feb 2025 | 26 | 50% |
| Mar 2025 | 21 | 72.7% |
| Apr 2025 | 21 | 66.7% |
| May 2025 | 5 | 40% |
| Jun 2025 | 9 | 18.2% |
| Jul 2025 | 11 | 18.2% |
| Aug 2025 | 0 | - |
| Sep 2025 | 5 | 50% |
| Oct 2025 | 4 | 50% |
| Nov 2025 | 7 | 57.1% |
| Dec 2025 | 5 | 66.7% |
| Jan 2026 | 8 | 75% |
| Feb 2026 | 2 | 100% |
| Mar 2026 | 8 | 44.4% |
| Apr 2026 | 11 | 41.7% |
| May 2026 | 4 | 50% |
| Jun 2026 | 4 | 50% |
| Jul 2026 | 4 | 25% |
| Aug 2026 | 0 | - |
| Sep 2026 | 9 | 30% |
| Oct 2026 | 10 | 66.7% |
| Nov 2026 | 0 | - |
Busiest month: 26 declared in February 2025. Months with no declared meetings have no Register-share value; a dashed stretch of the line joins the months either side.
Who Maria Walsh meets most
| Declared counterpart | Meetings |
|---|---|
| Irish Farmers' Association | 19 |
| European Food Forum | 6 |
| Irish Co-operative Organisation Society Ltd. | 6 |
| Copa Cogeca | 6 |
| Ibec | 5 |
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
Agriculture & food (57), Health & pharma (27), Human rights & humanitarian (17)
Meetings by committee topic this term
Agriculture and Rural Development (87), Women's Rights and Gender Equality (26), Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (19), Regional Development (6), Fisheries (3), Culture and Education (2)
Most recent declared meetings
| Date | Counterpart | Capacity | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15 Oct 2026 | Aboca S.P.A. Società Agricola↗; CONSEIL EUROPEEN DES JEUNES AGRICULTEURS↗; Growing Media Europe↗ | Committee chair | Agricultural Policy |
| 14 Oct 2026 | Rud Pedersen Brussels↗; Pulse Canada↗; Canada Grains Council↗ | Member | Agricultural policy |
| 13 Oct 2026 | Edwards Lifesciences↗ | Member | Medical device regulation and cardiovascular health |
| 13 Oct 2026 | AEIAR↗ | Member | Agricultural Policy |
| 9 Oct 2026 | Lesbian Genius Org | Member | CERV + |
| 7 Oct 2026 | Centre for European Technology and Democracy | Member | Deppfake Technology |
| 6 Oct 2026 | SafeHabitus Horizon Europe↗ | Member | Mental Health |
| 6 Oct 2026 | OXFAM INTERNATIONAL EU ADVOCACY OFFICE↗ | Member | Global Europe |
| 5 Oct 2026 | Irish Family Planning Association | Member | SRHR in Ireland EU |
| 1 Oct 2026 | Irish Farmers' Association; Copa Cogeca | Member | Agricultural Policy |
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| Date | Counterpart | Capacity | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|
| 29 Sep 2026 | Irish Farmers' Association↗ | Member | Agricultural Policy |
| 25 Sep 2026 | FEDERATION NATIONALE OVINE↗ | Member | Agricultural Policy |
| 23 Sep 2026 | Close the Gap | Member | Pay and Pension Gap |
| 10 Sep 2026 | Pesticide Action Network Europe↗ | Member | Agricultural Policy |
| 8 Sep 2026 | AIDA | Member | Palestine - Israel |
| 8 Sep 2026 | Dochas | Member | Dochas |
| 7 Sep 2026 | Meta | Member | Age Verification Online |
| 3 Sep 2026 | National Womens Council Ireland; Athlone Technological University | Member | Women's Health |
| 3 Sep 2026 | ILGA | Member | ILGA Europe |
| 16 Jul 2026 | Hologic BV↗ | Member | Womens Health |
| 15 Jul 2026 | PayGap.ie | Member | Pay Gap |
| 15 Jul 2026 | NWCI | Member | SRHR |
| 14 Jul 2026 | Momentum Educate + Innovate | Member | Gender Equality Research |
| 29 Jun 2026 | Acumen Public Affairs↗ | Member | Gender & Healthcare |
| 25 Jun 2026 | ECLAG | Member | CSAM |
| 24 Jun 2026 | BPFI | Member | Irish Financial Services |
| 24 Jun 2026 | Irish Farmers' Association↗ | Member | Agriculture |
| 20 May 2026 | Copa Cogeca | Member | Agricultural Policy |
| 13 May 2026 | European Food Forum↗ | Member | Agricultural Policy |
| 12 May 2026 | HIV Prevention Alliance | Member | HIV Prevention Alliance |
The full record is in the official EP declarations.
Roll-call voting record
Recorded votes only. Parliament held 6,412 roll-call votes while Maria Walsh 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.
How they voted on final texts
Share of the 606 final votes held while seated.
With and against the group
On the 470 final texts where more than half of EPP members casting a vote went one way, and Maria Walsh 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 Maria Walsh differed from the EPP majority
| Date | Text | Their vote | EPP majority |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17 June 2026 | Council directive on the structure and rates of excise duty applied to tobacco and tobacco related products (recast) A10-0161/2026 · Tomáš Kubín · Commission proposal to the Council | Against | For |
| 17 June 2026 | Council directive amending Directive (EU) 2020/262 as regards the general arrangements for excise duty in respect of tobacco and tobacco related products A10-0160/2026 · Tomáš Kubín · Commission proposal to the Council | Abstained | For |
| 13 November 2025 | Council directive on Business in Europe: Framework for Income Taxation (BEFIT) A10-0194/2025 · Evelyn Regner · Commission proposal | Against | For |
| 9 July 2025 | Motion for a resolution on the Commission delegated regulation of 10 June 2025 amending Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/1675 to add Algeria, Angola, Côte d’Ivoire, Kenya, Laos, Lebanon, Monaco, Namibia, Nepal and Venezuela to the list of high-risk third countries which have provided a written high-level political commitment to address the identified deficiencies and have developed an action plan with the FATF, and to remove Barbados, Gibraltar, Jamaica, Panama, the Philippines, Senegal, Uganda and the United Arab Emirates from that list B10-0318/2025 · Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | For | Against |
| 17 June 2025 | Financing for development – ahead of the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development in Seville A10-0101/2025 · Charles Goerens · Motion for a resolution (text as a whole) | For | Against |
| 22 May 2025 | The modification of customs duties applicable to imports of certain goods originating in or exported directly or indirectly from the Russian Federation and… A10-0087/2025 · Inese Vaidere · Commission proposal | Abstained | For |
| 2 April 2025 | The Agreement between the European Union, Iceland, the Principality of Liechtenstein and the Kingdom of Norway on an EEA Financial Mechanism for the period… A10-0036/2025 · Željana Zovko · Draft Council decision | Against | For |
| 27 November 2024 | The Council position on Draft amending budget No 5/2024 of the European Union for the financial year 2024 - adjustment in payment appropriations, update of… A10-0017/2024 · Siegfried Mureşan · Motion for a resolution | Abstained | For |
Unlinked but matchable
44 counterpart entries in Maria Walsh's declarations appear to match an EU Transparency Register entry without being linked in the declaration:
- “Irish Farmers' Association” - likely Irish Farmers' Association (3 counterpart entries)
- “Dochas” - likely Dochas (2 counterpart entries)
- “IFPO” - likely Irish Fish Producers Organisation Limited (IFPO) (2 counterpart entries)
These are the 3 most frequent matches, covering 7 of the 44 entries; the other 37 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.