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Member of the European Parliament · Ireland Renew

Michael McNamara

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

As of 8 November 2026, Michael McNamara (Renew, Ireland) has declared 191 lobby meetings this term - rank 117 of 720 MEPs by declared meetings.

That is one of the fuller declaration sheets in the Parliament - 1.9× the average member, and it ranks 26 of 78 in the Renew group.

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 52%.

191
declared meetings
current term
191
records since 2016
full dataset
52%
all counterpart entries linked
incl. diplomacy; vs 52% EP‑wide
117/720
rank, all MEPs
by declared meetings
26/78
rank in Renew

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Compared with the averages

Michael McNamara, this term
191
Parliament average
100
Renew average
167

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: 1 declared meeting in Nov 2026, 100% of all counterpart entries carry a declared Register link. Peak: 16 in Jun 2025.

0%25%50%75%100%016July 2024: 0 declared meetingsAugust 2024: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2024: 7 declared meetingsOctober 2024: 6 declared meetingsNovember 2024: 6 declared meetingsDecember 2024: 11 declared meetingsJanuary 2025: 11 declared meetingsFebruary 2025: 10 declared meetingsMarch 2025: 14 declared meetingsApril 2025: 11 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: 13 declared meetingsJuly 2026: 1 declared meetingAugust 2026: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2026: 1 declared meetingOctober 2026: 0 declared meetingsNovember 2026: 1 declared meetingnew 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 linkNovember 2026: 100% of all counterpart entries carry a declared Register link2024202520260%25%50%75%100%016July 2024: 0 declared meetingsAugust 2024: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2024: 7 declared meetingsOctober 2024: 6 declared meetingsNovember 2024: 6 declared meetingsDecember 2024: 11 declared meetingsJanuary 2025: 11 declared meetingsFebruary 2025: 10 declared meetingsMarch 2025: 14 declared meetingsApril 2025: 11 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: 13 declared meetingsJuly 2026: 1 declared meetingAugust 2026: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2026: 1 declared meetingOctober 2026: 0 declared meetingsNovember 2026: 1 declared meetingnew 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 linkNovember 2026: 100% of all counterpart entries carry a declared Register link2024202520260%50%100%016202420252026
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 2024742.9%
Oct 2024622.2%
Nov 2024642.9%
Dec 20241163.6%
Jan 20251163.6%
Feb 20251072.7%
Mar 20251443.8%
Apr 20251145.5%
May 20251036.4%
Jun 20251629.4%
Jul 20251353.8%
Aug 202510%
Sep 2025540%
Oct 20251158.3%
Nov 2025933.3%
Dec 2025333.3%
Jan 2026475%
Feb 2026440%
Mar 20261080%
Apr 20261060%
May 2026366.7%
Jun 20261373.3%
Jul 202610%
Aug 20260-
Sep 202610%
Oct 20260-
Nov 20261100%

Busiest month: 16 declared in June 2025. Months with no declared meetings have no Register-share value; a dashed stretch of the line joins the months either side.

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

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

Technology & digital (47), Media & publishing (15), Agriculture & food (10)

Meetings by committee topic this term

Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (20), Industry, Research and Energy (18)

Most recent declared meetings

DateCounterpartCapacitySubject
4 Nov 2026MEDEF International⁠↗; Sanoma Media Finland Oy⁠↗Shadow rapporteurDigital Omnibus
8 Sep 2026GoogleShadow rapporteurDigital Omnibus
1 Jul 2026Adigital (Spanish Association of the Digital Economy)Shadow rapporteurDigital Omnibus
25 Jun 2026Center for Countering Digital Hate Ltd.; Anthropic, PBC⁠↗RapporteurAI Omnibus
25 Jun 2026George Washington Institute of Public PolicyShadow rapporteurDigital Omnibus
24 Jun 2026Meta Platforms Ireland Limited and its various subsidiaries⁠↗RapporteurAI 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
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DateCounterpartCapacitySubject
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
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

The full record is in the official EP declarations.

Roll-call voting record

Recorded votes only. Parliament held 6,412 roll-call votes while Michael McNamara 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.

81%
roll-calls with a vote recorded
of 6,412 held while seated
499
final texts voted on
of 606
86%
voted with the Renew majority
on 486 final texts
68
differed from Renew
listed below

How they voted on final texts

Share of the 606 final votes held while seated.

Michael McNamara606 final votes
70%18%
For 422Against 41Abstained 36No vote recorded 107

With and against the group

On the 486 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 majority41886%
Voted differently6814%

Final texts where Michael McNamara differed from the Renew majority

DateTextTheir voteRenew majority
8 October 2026Motion for a resolution on the draft Commission regulation amending Annex XVII to Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) as regards lead in gunshot B10-0432/2026 · Motion for a resolutionForAgainst
8 October 2026Motion for a resolution on the draft Commission regulation amending Annex XVII to Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) as regards lead in gunshot B10-0431/2026 · Motion for a resolutionForAgainst
8 October 2026Motion for a resolution on the need for an EU strategy to counter Islamist entryism and the influence of the Muslim Brotherhood network B10-0424/2026 · Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AgainstFor
7 October 2026A European Parliament recommendation to the Council, the Commission and the Vice-President of the Commission / High Representative of the Union for Foreign… A10-0237/2026 · Hilde Vautmans · Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AbstainedFor
6 October 2026Amending Directive 2007/2/EC as regards simplification of certain requirements for the establishment of the Infrastructure for Spatial Information in the Union A10-0233/2026 · Emma Wiesner · Commission proposalAbstainedFor
17 September 2026Motion for a resolution on the evaluation of the Common Fisheries Policy and follow-up B10-0386/2026 · Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AgainstFor
16 September 2026Hybrid warfare and the protection of the EU’s territorial integrity and critical security and defence infrastructure A10-0212/2026 · Rasa Juknevičienė · Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AbstainedFor
15 September 2026Amending Decision (EU) 2015/1814 as regards ceasing the invalidation of allowances in the market stability reserve A10-0230/2026 · Pierfrancesco Maran · Commission proposalAgainstFor
15 September 2026Amending Regulation (EU) 2023/956 as regards the extension of its scope to downstream goods and anti-circumvention measures A10-0201/2026 · Mohammed Chahim · Commission proposalAbstainedFor
15 September 2026The findings and recommendations of the Special Committee on the European Democracy Shield A10-0199/2026 · Tomas Tobé · Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AbstainedFor

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

Unlinked but matchable

38 counterpart entries in Michael McNamara'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 38 entries; the other 34 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.