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Michael McNamara, official European Parliament portrait

Member of the European Parliament · Ireland Renew

Michael McNamara

MEP for Ireland · Renew Europe · Independent · official EP profile

As of 12 September 2026, Michael McNamara (Renew, Ireland) has declared 178 lobby meetings this term - rank 103 of 719 MEPs by declared meetings.

That is one of the fuller declaration sheets in the Parliament - 2.1× the average member, and 24 of 77 within Renew Europe.

52% 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 51%.

178
declared meetings
current term
178
records since 2019
full dataset
52%
all counterpart entries linked
incl. diplomacy; vs 51% EP-wide
103/719
rank, all MEPs
by declared meetings
24/77
rank in Renew

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Compared with the averages

Michael McNamara, this term
178
Parliament average
85
Renew average
140

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: 1 declared meeting in Sep 2026, 0% of all counterpart entries carry a declared Register link. Peak: 16 in Jun 2025.

0%25%50%75%100%July 2024: 0 declared meetingsAugust 2024: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2024: 7 declared meetingsOctober 2024: 6 declared meetingsNovember 2024: 6 declared meetingsDecember 2024: 10 declared meetingsJanuary 2025: 11 declared meetingsFebruary 2025: 10 declared meetingsMarch 2025: 14 declared meetingsApril 2025: 4 declared meetingsMay 2025: 10 declared meetingsJune 2025: 16 declared meetingsJuly 2025: 13 declared meetingsAugust 2025: 1 declared meetingSeptember 2025: 5 declared meetingsOctober 2025: 11 declared meetingsNovember 2025: 9 declared meetingsDecember 2025: 3 declared meetingsJanuary 2026: 4 declared meetingsFebruary 2026: 4 declared meetingsMarch 2026: 10 declared meetingsApril 2026: 10 declared meetingsMay 2026: 3 declared meetingsJune 2026: 10 declared meetingsJuly 2026: 0 declared meetingsAugust 2026: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2026: 1 declared meetingnew termMonthly share of all counterpart entries carrying a declared Register linkSeptember 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: 16 declared in June 2025. Months with no declared meetings have no Register-share value.

Who Michael McNamara 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

Technology & digital (41), Media & publishing (12), Agriculture & food (9)

Meetings by committee topic

Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (18), Industry, Research and Energy (15)

Most recent declared meetings

DateCounterpartCapacitySubject
8 Sep 2026GoogleShadow rapporteurDigital Omnibus
23 Jun 2026FIGIEFA - Fédération Internationale des Grossistes, Importateurs & Exportateurs en Fournitures Automobiles / International Federation of Automotive Distributors Shadow rapporteurDigital Omnibus
16 Jun 2026DIGITALEUROPE Shadow rapporteurDigital Omnibus
15 Jun 2026OVH Groupe Shadow rapporteurDigital Omnibus
11 Jun 2026Orgalim – Europe's Technology Industries ; AMADEUS IT GROUP S.A. Shadow rapporteurDigital Omnibus
10 Jun 2026Irish Recorded Music Association RapporteurAI omnibus and music
4 Jun 2026the european child sexual abuse legislation advocacy groupMemberOnline child abuse
4 Jun 2026Association of Commercial Television and Video on Demand Services in Europe Shadow rapporteurdigital omnibus and GDPR
2 Jun 2026Trustpilot Shadow rapporteurDigital Omnibus
2 Jun 2026The Premier League MemberPremier league on piracy of live content
Show 20 more meetings
DateCounterpartCapacitySubject
2 Jun 2026xAIRapporteurAI Omnibus
11 May 2026European Alliance for Research Excellence Shadow rapporteurDigital simplification
11 May 2026banking and payments federation IrelandMemberSavings and Investments Union proposals
11 May 2026viagogo AG Memberdigital fairness
23 Apr 2026EuroPakMemberhuman rights Pakistan
23 Apr 2026General Catalyst Shadow rapporteurDigital Omnibus
17 Apr 2026CRITEO TECHNOLOGY SERVICES Shadow rapporteurDigital Omnibus
16 Apr 2026TIC Council RapporteurAI Omnibus
15 Apr 2026ebayShadow rapporteurDigital Omnibus
15 Apr 2026SSLF Progress IrelandMemberHousing and the EU
14 Apr 2026International Federation of the Phonographic Industry-Hellenic National Group RapporteurAI Omnibus
14 Apr 2026Mozilla Corporation Shadow rapporteurDigital Omnibus
13 Apr 2026Kestrel Energy Storage Designated Activity CompanyMemberrestore strategic gas storage
13 Apr 2026European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations Shadow rapporteurDigital Omnibus
26 Mar 2026Standing Committee of European Doctors RapporteurAI Omnibus
25 Mar 2026Adobe Systems Benelux bvba RapporteurAI Omnibus
24 Mar 2026Association of International Certified Professional Accountants ; Open aiRapporteurAI Omnibus
23 Mar 2026Civil Liberties Union for Europe RapporteurAI Omnibus
18 Mar 2026Mastercard Europe RapporteurAI Omnibus
18 Mar 2026Ibec Shadow rapporteurDigital Omnibus

The full record is in the official EP declarations.

Roll-call voting record

Recorded votes only. Parliament held 5,568 roll-call votes while Michael McNamara 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.

84%
roll-calls with a vote recorded
of 5,568 held while seated
449
final texts voted on
of 537
87%
voted with the Renew majority
on 439 final texts
58
differed from Renew
listed below

How they voted on final texts

Share of the 537 final votes held while seated.

Michael McNamara537 final votes
71%16%
ForAgainstAbstainedNo vote recorded

With and against the group

On the 439 final texts where more than half of Renew members casting a vote went one way, and Michael McNamara 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 Renew majority38187%
Voted differently5813%

Final texts where Michael McNamara differed from the Renew majority

DateTextTheir voteRenew majority
8 July 2026B10-0335/2026 – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)ForAgainst
8 July 2026A10-0172/2026 – Michael Gahler – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AbstainedFor
7 July 2026A10-0189/2026 – Adam Bielan – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AbstainedFor
18 June 2026B10-0285/2026 – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AgainstFor
20 May 2026A10-0144/2026 – Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann, Borys Budka – Draft Council decisionAbstainedFor
28 April 2026A10-0080/2026 – Julien Sanchez – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)ForAgainst
26 March 2026A10-0069/2026 – Bernd Lange – Commission proposalAgainstFor
26 March 2026A10-0070/2026 – Bernd Lange – Commission proposalAgainstFor
11 March 2026A10-0016/2026 – Petras Auštrevičius – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AbstainedFor
11 March 2026A10-0017/2026 – Tobias Cremer – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AbstainedFor

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

Unlinked but matchable

36 counterpart entrys in Michael McNamara'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.