
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%.
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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: 1 declared meeting in Sep 2026, 0% of all counterpart entries carry a declared Register link. Peak: 16 in Jun 2025.
Busiest month: 16 declared in June 2025. Months with no declared meetings have no Register-share value.
Who Michael McNamara meets most
| Declared counterpart | Meetings |
|---|---|
| Ibec | 4 |
| Google Ireland Limited and its affiliates | 3 |
| Banking & Payments Federation Ireland | 3 |
| CRITEO Technology SAS | 2 |
| Orgalim – Europe's Technology Industries | 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
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
| Date | Counterpart | Capacity | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8 Sep 2026 | Shadow rapporteur | Digital Omnibus | |
| 23 Jun 2026 | FIGIEFA - Fédération Internationale des Grossistes, Importateurs & Exportateurs en Fournitures Automobiles / International Federation of Automotive Distributors ↗ | Shadow rapporteur | Digital Omnibus |
| 16 Jun 2026 | DIGITALEUROPE ↗ | Shadow rapporteur | Digital Omnibus |
| 15 Jun 2026 | OVH Groupe ↗ | Shadow rapporteur | Digital Omnibus |
| 11 Jun 2026 | Orgalim – Europe's Technology Industries ↗; AMADEUS IT GROUP S.A. ↗ | Shadow rapporteur | Digital Omnibus |
| 10 Jun 2026 | Irish Recorded Music Association ↗ | Rapporteur | AI omnibus and music |
| 4 Jun 2026 | the european child sexual abuse legislation advocacy group | Member | Online child abuse |
| 4 Jun 2026 | Association of Commercial Television and Video on Demand Services in Europe ↗ | Shadow rapporteur | digital omnibus and GDPR |
| 2 Jun 2026 | Trustpilot ↗ | Shadow rapporteur | Digital Omnibus |
| 2 Jun 2026 | The Premier League ↗ | Member | Premier league on piracy of live content |
Show 20 more meetings
| Date | Counterpart | Capacity | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Jun 2026 | xAI | Rapporteur | AI Omnibus |
| 11 May 2026 | European Alliance for Research Excellence ↗ | Shadow rapporteur | Digital simplification |
| 11 May 2026 | banking and payments federation Ireland | Member | Savings and Investments Union proposals |
| 11 May 2026 | viagogo AG ↗ | Member | digital fairness |
| 23 Apr 2026 | EuroPak | Member | human rights Pakistan |
| 23 Apr 2026 | General Catalyst ↗ | Shadow rapporteur | Digital Omnibus |
| 17 Apr 2026 | CRITEO TECHNOLOGY SERVICES ↗ | Shadow rapporteur | Digital Omnibus |
| 16 Apr 2026 | TIC Council ↗ | Rapporteur | AI Omnibus |
| 15 Apr 2026 | ebay | Shadow rapporteur | Digital Omnibus |
| 15 Apr 2026 | SSLF Progress Ireland | Member | Housing and the EU |
| 14 Apr 2026 | International Federation of the Phonographic Industry-Hellenic National Group ↗ | Rapporteur | AI Omnibus |
| 14 Apr 2026 | Mozilla Corporation ↗ | Shadow rapporteur | Digital Omnibus |
| 13 Apr 2026 | Kestrel Energy Storage Designated Activity Company | Member | restore strategic gas storage |
| 13 Apr 2026 | European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations ↗ | Shadow rapporteur | Digital Omnibus |
| 26 Mar 2026 | Standing Committee of European Doctors ↗ | Rapporteur | AI Omnibus |
| 25 Mar 2026 | Adobe Systems Benelux bvba ↗ | Rapporteur | AI Omnibus |
| 24 Mar 2026 | Association of International Certified Professional Accountants ↗; Open ai | Rapporteur | AI Omnibus |
| 23 Mar 2026 | Civil Liberties Union for Europe ↗ | Rapporteur | AI Omnibus |
| 18 Mar 2026 | Mastercard Europe ↗ | Rapporteur | AI Omnibus |
| 18 Mar 2026 | Ibec ↗ | Shadow rapporteur | Digital 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.
How they voted on final texts
Share of the 537 final votes held while seated.
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.
Final texts where Michael McNamara differed from the Renew majority
| Date | Text | Their vote | Renew majority |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8 July 2026 | B10-0335/2026 – Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | For | Against |
| 8 July 2026 | A10-0172/2026 – Michael Gahler – Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | Abstained | For |
| 7 July 2026 | A10-0189/2026 – Adam Bielan – Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | Abstained | For |
| 18 June 2026 | B10-0285/2026 – Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | Against | For |
| 20 May 2026 | A10-0144/2026 – Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann, Borys Budka – Draft Council decision | Abstained | For |
| 28 April 2026 | A10-0080/2026 – Julien Sanchez – Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | For | Against |
| 26 March 2026 | A10-0069/2026 – Bernd Lange – Commission proposal | Against | For |
| 26 March 2026 | A10-0070/2026 – Bernd Lange – Commission proposal | Against | For |
| 11 March 2026 | A10-0016/2026 – Petras Auštrevičius – Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | Abstained | For |
| 11 March 2026 | A10-0017/2026 – Tobias Cremer – Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | Abstained | For |
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:
- “Alibaba” - likely Alibaba Group (1 counterpart entry)
- “Banking and Payments Federation Ireland” - likely Banking & Payments Federation Ireland (1 counterpart entry)
- “Bloomberg” - likely Bloomberg L.P. (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.