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As of 22 Oct 2026, Kathleen FUNCHION is a Ireland MEP in The Left in the European Parliament (The Left); WheresMyMEP records 72.5% roll-call attendance, 188 notable vote records, 5 disclosed lobby meetings and no paid outside activities declared (data as of 22 Oct 2026).

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Kathleen FUNCHION

🇮🇪

Left · Ireland

Sinn Féin

72.5% attendance
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72.5%
Attendance · last 180 days
#639 of 717 on the leaderboard
1142
Votes Participated
10th Term
2024 – 2029

Attendance by month

EP · roll-call · last 180 days

Credited roll-call participation in each calendar month of the current 180-day window of the 10th term, from the same per-sitting counts as the headline figure. Officially excused sittings (Rule 162) are removed from that month's denominator — a gap in the line is a fully excused month. The dashed line is the mean of ranked MEPs' monthly rates. How this is calculated

Kathleen FUNCHION monthly attendance compared with the EU mean025507510097.5%98.4%0.0%64.4%97.5%May ’26Jun ’26Jul ’26Sept ’26Oct ’26

Missed votes by sitting

EP · attendance register · last 180 days

Every plenary sitting day on which this MEP missed at least one roll-call vote, newest first. “Officially excused” means the Parliament's own record excuses the absence; those sittings are already credited in the figure above. Links open the Parliament's record for that day. How this works

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Voting Record

Main votes over the last 180 days · data as of 22 Oct 2026

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22 Oct 2026Escalation of Russian strikes in the EU, particularly on Bla…EP roll-call results ↗via HowTheyVote.eu ↗AbstainADOPTED
22 Oct 2026Cohesion policy in the EU’s eastern border regions: strength…EP roll-call results ↗via HowTheyVote.eu ↗AgainstADOPTED
22 Oct 2026Revised heat and fuel benchmark values for 2026-2030EP roll-call results ↗via HowTheyVote.eu ↗AgainstADOPTED
22 Oct 2026Revised heat and fuel benchmark values for 2026-2030EP roll-call results ↗via HowTheyVote.eu ↗ForREJECTED
22 Oct 2026Simplification of certain requirements and procedures for ch…EP roll-call results ↗via HowTheyVote.eu ↗AgainstADOPTED
22 Oct 2026Simplification of certain requirements and procedures for ch…EP roll-call results ↗via HowTheyVote.eu ↗ForREJECTED
22 Oct 2026Erasmus+ programme 2028-2034EP roll-call results ↗via HowTheyVote.eu ↗ForADOPTED
22 Oct 2026Reduction of methane emissions in the energy sector: postpon…EP roll-call results ↗via HowTheyVote.eu ↗AgainstADOPTED
22 Oct 2026Reduction of methane emissions in the energy sector: postpon…EP roll-call results ↗via HowTheyVote.eu ↗ForREJECTED
21 Oct 2026Objection pursuant to Rule 115(2) and (3): Genetically modif…EP roll-call results ↗via HowTheyVote.eu ↗ForADOPTED

Voting against the party line

Share of recorded plenary roll-call votes where Kathleen FUNCHION voted differently from the majority of their European Parliament political group, or of their national-party colleagues.

EP roll-call · HowTheyVote.eu

Different from The Left majority

12.8% (18 of 141)

The The Left average on the same method is 14.8%. Counted only when Kathleen FUNCHION cast For, Against or Abstain and the group had a unique leading position.

Different from national-party majority

0.0% (0 of 137)

Sinn Féin · 2 sitting MEPs. Singleton delegations are excluded.

Largest breaks from the group majority
20 Oct 2026

Combating VAT fraud – the effectiveness of cross-border cooperation when it comes to VAT fraud and its impact on the EU budget

Kathleen FUNCHION voted Abstain; 88% of voting The Left members (36 of 41) voted Against.

EP roll-call results ↗via HowTheyVote.eu ↗
Abstain
6 Oct 2026

Funding arrangements and the use of a diversified funding strategy

Kathleen FUNCHION voted Against; 81% of voting The Left members (35 of 43) voted Abstain.

EP roll-call results ↗via HowTheyVote.eu ↗
Against
16 Sept 2026

EU-Norway Agreement on the participation of Norway in GOVSATCOM and in the Union Secure Connectivity Programme

Kathleen FUNCHION voted Abstain; 78% of voting The Left members (31 of 40) voted For.

EP roll-call results ↗via HowTheyVote.eu ↗
Abstain
16 Sept 2026

EU-Iceland Agreement on the participation of Iceland in GOVSATCOM and in the Union Secure Connectivity Programme

Kathleen FUNCHION voted Abstain; 78% of voting The Left members (31 of 40) voted For.

EP roll-call results ↗via HowTheyVote.eu ↗
Abstain
20 May 2026

Recommendation on the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly

Kathleen FUNCHION voted Abstain; 74% of voting The Left members (31 of 42) voted Against.

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Abstain
16 Jun 2026

Countering transnational repression – towards an EU strategy to protect Europe’s sovereignty and democratic values

Kathleen FUNCHION voted For; 72% of voting The Left members (31 of 43) voted Abstain.

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For
21 May 2026

Periodic roadworthiness tests and technical roadside inspection (Roadworthiness package)

Kathleen FUNCHION voted For; 70% of voting The Left members (26 of 37) voted Abstain.

EP roll-call results ↗via HowTheyVote.eu ↗
For
15 Sept 2026

Findings and recommendations of the Special Committee on the European Democracy Shield

Kathleen FUNCHION voted Abstain; 70% of voting The Left members (28 of 40) voted Against.

EP roll-call results ↗via HowTheyVote.eu ↗
Abstain

Source: HowTheyVote.eu export of European Parliament roll-call results. This is a count of recorded positions, not a judgment of motive. How this is calculated · Who breaks with their group most often

Vote predictions

Vote model

Computed from Kathleen FUNCHION’s own roll-call record and how their group actually voted, rules, not guesswork.

90% accurate on 5,744 held-out votes

Coming up in plenary, early prediction

EU agri-food promotion policy

2026-11-12 · The Left in the European Parliament (The Left) voted For in 68% of 118 agriculture votes

For likely

Exemption of certain N2 electric vehicles from the requirement to install and use a speed limitation device (Omnibus IX on automotive)

2026-11-24 · The Left in the European Parliament (The Left) voted For in 57% of 289 transport votes

For likely

Speeding-up environmental assessments (Omnibus VIII on environmental legislation)

2026-11-24 · The Left in the European Parliament (The Left) voted For in 61% of 618 climate votes

For likely

Predicted stance by topic

  • climateFor 85% of 13
  • defenceAgainst 63% of 8
  • tradeFor 50% of 8
  • employmentFor 100% of 8
  • foreignFor 43% of 7
  • rule of lawFor 83% of 6
  • fisheriesFor 40% of 5
  • transportFor 60% of 5
  • economyFor 60% of 5
  • healthFor 50% of 4
  • digitalFor 33% of 3
  • agricultureFor 67% of 3
  • budgetFor 33% of 3

Votes Kathleen missed, how they would likely have voted

Strengthening global health resilience in partner countries

2026-09-17

For · 95%

100% of 34 The Left in the European Parliament (The Left) MEPs voted For · voted For in 50% of 4 health votes · voted For in 60% of the last 20 cast votes

The recent hybrid attacks and instrumentalisation of migrants in Ceuta and the need for a coordinated response to protect EU’s external borders

2026-09-17

Against · 81%

100% of 35 The Left in the European Parliament (The Left) MEPs voted Against · voted For in 60% of the last 20 cast votes

Narco-trafficking in Europe’s waters: protecting our borders and supporting our law enforcement officers

2026-09-17

For · 95%

92% of 37 The Left in the European Parliament (The Left) MEPs voted For · voted For in 60% of the last 20 cast votes

Evaluation of the Common Fisheries Policy and follow-up

2026-09-17

Against · 65%

89% of 36 The Left in the European Parliament (The Left) MEPs voted Against · voted For in 40% of 5 fisheries votes · voted For in 60% of the last 20 cast votes

The role of social, economic and environmental standards in safeguarding fair competition for all aquatic food products and improving food security

2026-09-17

For · 57%

56% of 34 The Left in the European Parliament (The Left) MEPs voted Against · voted For in 85% of 13 climate votes · voted For in 60% of the last 20 cast votes

Rapporteur files

Files in the 2024–2029 term where Kathleen FUNCHION was appointed to write the Parliament’s report or a committee opinion, or to follow the file for their political group as shadow rapporteur.

Opinion rapporteur · 1

Writes another committee's opinion for the lead committee.

Shadow rapporteur · 10

Follows the lead committee’s report for their political group.

  • Menopause beyond a health issue: turning menopause into an economic, working and social priority

    2026/2055(INI) ↗ · appointed 12 Oct 2026

  • Recommendation to the Council on EU priorities for the 71st session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women

    2026/2124(INI) ↗ · appointed 30 Sep 2026

  • Implementation of the Council Recommendation of 30 October 2020 on A Bridge to Jobs – Reinforcing the Youth Guarantee and replacing the Council Recommendation of 22 April 2013 on establishing a Youth Guarantee

    2025/2184(INI) ↗ · appointed 11 Feb 2026

  • Establishing the European Fund for Regional Development including for European Territorial Cooperation (Interreg) and the Cohesion Fund as part of the Fund set out in Regulation (EU) […]  [NRP] and establishing conditions for the implementation of the Union support to regional development from 2028 to 2034

    2025/0238(COD) ↗ · appointed 14 Jan 2026

  • Gender pay and pension gap in the EU: state of play, challenges and the way forward, and developing guidelines for the better evaluation and fairer remuneration of work in female-dominated sectors

    2025/2038(INI) ↗ · appointed 2 Jul 2025

  • An EU health workforce crisis plan: sustainability of healthcare systems and employment and working conditions in the healthcare sector

    2025/2062(INI) ↗ · appointed 9 Apr 2025

  • Advancing towards a care society: addressing the gender care gap

    2025/2039(INI) ↗ · appointed 24 Mar 2025

  • Ninth report on economic and social cohesion

    2024/2107(INI) ↗ · appointed 27 Jan 2025

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  • Possibilities for simplification of cohesion funds

    2024/2106(INI) ↗ · appointed 20 Nov 2024

  • European Semester for economic policy coordination: employment and social priorities for 2025

    2024/2084(INI) ↗ · appointed 6 Nov 2024

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Follows another committee’s opinion for their political group.

  • The EU Youth Strategy 2019-2027

    2025/2115(INI) ↗ · appointed 24 Feb 2026

  • Establishing the Connecting Europe Facility for the period 2028-2034, amending Regulation (EU) 2024/1679 and repealing Regulation (EU) 2021/1153

    2025/0221(COD) ↗ · appointed 2 Feb 2026

  • Establishing the conditions for the implementation of the Union support to the Common Agriculture Policy for the period from 2028 to 2034

    2025/0241(COD) ↗ · appointed 14 Jan 2026

  • Establishing the European Social Fund as part of the National and Regional Partnership Plan set out in Regulation (EU) […] [NRPPlan] establishing conditions for the implementation of the Union support to quality employment, skills and social inclusion for the period from 2028 to 2034

    2025/0239(COD) ↗ · appointed 14 Jan 2026

  • Impact of social media and the online environment on young people

    2025/2081(INI) ↗ · appointed 22 Sep 2025

  • Amending Regulation (EU) 2021/1057 establishing the European Social Fund + (ESF+) as regards specific measures to address strategic challenges

    2025/0085(COD) ↗ · appointed 11 Jun 2025

  • Implementation of the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement

    2024/2108(INI) ↗ · appointed 6 May 2025

  • EU strategy for the rights of persons with disabilities post-2024

    2025/2057(INI) ↗ · appointed 1 Apr 2025

  • Possibilities for simplification of cohesion funds

    2024/2106(INI) ↗ · appointed 18 Dec 2024

Dates are appointment dates. The Parliament’s data doesn’t mark rapporteurs who were later replaced, so a role listed here may have ended; the linked Legislative Observatory (OEIL) file is the authoritative record. Source: European Parliament Open Data Portal · CC BY 4.0 · data as of 31 Oct 2026 · How we compile this

Financial Declarations

Declared to the European Parliament · Self-reported by the MEP

No paid outside activities declared.

Previous occupations

Member of Dail Eireann

Source: European Parliament declarations · Self-reported · Last updated: 23 Mar 2026

View original declaration on europarl.europa.eu →

Events and gifts declared to the Parliament

Self-declared by the MEP, 10th term (since July 2024)

EP · self-declared · weekly

These lists link to declarations Kathleen FUNCHION made to the European Parliament. They are self-declared by the MEP, and the linked EP document is the authoritative record. Having no declarations does not mean having no events: events paid for by EU institutions or bodies, national governments or political parties do not have to be declared, and a declaration can be missing or filed late.

Events paid for by third parties (self-declared)

No event declarations published on the EP website for this term. See Kathleen FUNCHION's declarations on europarl.europa.eu ↗.

Gifts notified to the President (self-declared)

Source: European Parliament website (MEP declarations; Register of gifts) · declarations retrieved 30 Sept 2026 · register retrieved 30 Sept 2026. What is listed

Recent Lobby Meetings

Meetings disclosed on the EU Transparency Register. These meetings are self-declared by MEPs. Not every MEP publishes meeting declarations, so a missing entry is not evidence that no meeting took place. A disclosed meeting is a recorded contact, not evidence that it influenced a vote.

EU Transparency Register · Updated daily
21 Oct 2026The British Chambers of CommerceParliamentary Partnership Assembly (PPA) · Member
20 Oct 2026British Mission to the EUParliamentary Partnership Assembly (PPA) · Member
30 Jun 2026European Public Service Union (EPSU)EU Care Strategy · Member
17 Jun 2026Irelands FutureIrish/EU Affairs · Member
9 Jun 2026Siel Bleu IrelandActive Ageing/Health Policy · Member

None of Kathleen FUNCHION’s recent declarations named a legislative file we could match with confidence. A meeting is listed on a file only when the declaration names that procedure (a reference such as 2025/0241(COD), or a title that uniquely matches one file).

Parliamentary questions

Written questions to the Commission, the Council and other EU bodies, 10th term (since July 2024)

EP · open data · updated daily
96written and priority questions as author or co-author

Written 89 · Priority 7 · 54 co-authored

Not in this count: 12 oral questions · 1 interpellation

Latest 10

  • 19 Oct 2026EU health workforce reportWritten question E-004277/2026To the CommissionAwaiting answerQuestion ↗PDF ↗
  • 13 Oct 2026Public contracts for PalantirWritten question E-004123/2026To the Commissionco-authored with 29Awaiting answerQuestion ↗PDF ↗
  • 2 Oct 2026Wastewater treatment complianceWritten question E-003985/2026To the CommissionAwaiting answerQuestion ↗PDF ↗
  • 1 Oct 2026Extended producer responsibility for batteries and packaging and packaging wastePriority question P-003972/2026To the Commissionco-authored with 1Awaiting answerQuestion ↗PDF ↗
  • 25 Sept 2026EU Packaging and Packaging Waste RegulationWritten question E-003871/2026To the CommissionAwaiting answerQuestion ↗PDF ↗
  • 15 Sept 2026Insurance for thatched roofingWritten question E-003680/2026To the CommissionAnswered 20 Oct 2026Question ↗PDF ↗Answer ↗Answer PDF ↗
  • 15 Sept 2026Common security and defence policy mission to LebanonWritten question E-003673/2026To the Vice-President / High Representativeco-authored with 11Awaiting answerQuestion ↗PDF ↗
  • 10 Sept 2026Use of SAFE Regulation loans to procure cluster munitions and anti-personnel minesWritten question E-003606/2026To the Commissionco-authored with 3Awaiting answerQuestion ↗PDF ↗
  • 8 Sept 2026Chatbots directing women with unwanted pregnancies to anti-abortion websitesWritten question E-003539/2026To the Commissionco-authored with 67Awaiting answerQuestion ↗PDF ↗
  • 16 Jul 2026VAT rates for beauty professionalsWritten question E-003034/2026To the CommissionAnswered 25 Aug 2026Question ↗PDF ↗Answer ↗Answer PDF ↗
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Show all 12 oral questions and 1 interpellation
  • 7 Sept 2026Climate change, public health and the world of work: for a directive on maximum working temperaturesOral question O-000035/2026To the Commissionco-authored with 35Question ↗PDF ↗
  • 25 Jun 2026The recent coercive measures imposed by the United States against Cuba, their extraterritorial nature and the measures to be adopted to defend the interests of individuals and companies from EU countriesOral question O-000029/2026To the Commissionco-authored with 27Question ↗PDF ↗
  • 24 Jun 2026ECB’s decision to raise interest rates and its impact on the rising cost of livingOral question O-000028/2026To the Commissionco-authored with 39Question ↗PDF ↗
  • 9 Mar 2026Public procurement and deaths at work: choosing the best bidder in social terms and making social rights and safety at work a condition for access to contractsOral question O-000011/2026To the Commissionco-authored with 35Question ↗PDF ↗
  • 30 Jan 2026Effects of the SAFE Regulation on neutral Member States and compliance with international conventionsInterpellation G-001001/2026To the Commissionco-authored with 8Awaiting answerQuestion ↗PDF ↗
  • 8 Dec 2025Ban on the sale of nitrous oxide to the general publicOral question O-000046/2025To the Commissionco-authored with 42Question ↗PDF ↗
  • 7 Jul 2025Access to baby formula in GazaOral question O-000023/2025To the Commissionco-authored with 42Question ↗PDF ↗
  • 10 May 2025EU response to Israel’s planned illegal annexation and starvation of GazaOral question O-000015/2025To the Councilco-authored with 58Question ↗PDF ↗
  • 13 Mar 2025Decision by the Court of Justice of the European Union on EU-Kingdom of Morocco trade agreementsOral question O-000009/2025To the Commissionco-authored with 36Question ↗PDF ↗
  • 13 Mar 2025Decision by the Court of Justice of the European Union on EU-Kingdom of Morocco trade agreementsOral question O-000008/2025To the Councilco-authored with 36Question ↗PDF ↗
  • 18 Feb 2025Cuba on the so-called ‘list of state sponsors of terrorism’Oral question O-000007/2025To the Commissionco-authored with 36Question ↗PDF ↗
  • 18 Feb 2025Cuba on the so-called ‘list of state sponsors of terrorism’Oral question O-000006/2025To the Councilco-authored with 35Question ↗PDF ↗
  • 26 Nov 2024ICC arrest warrants issued on 21 November 2024Oral question O-000016/2024To the Vice-President / High Representativeco-authored with 35Question ↗PDF ↗

Source: European Parliament Open Data Portal · CC BY 4.0 · retrieved from the EP 31 Oct 2026 · newest question tabled 26 Oct 2026. The Parliament publishes a question about one to two weeks after it is tabled, so the newest may not be listed yet. What is counted

About Kathleen FUNCHION

Kathleen Funchion is a Member of the European Parliament for Ireland, belonging to The Left in the European Parliament (The Left), the left-wing group, and to the national party Sinn Féin. Funchion's membership in the 10th parliamentary term (2024–2029) began on 16 July 2024.

European Parliament, 10th term

Summary grounded in cited sources

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Methodology

Attendance is calculated based on roll-call votes in plenary sessions of the European Parliament. Committee votes are excluded. Abstaining counts as present; not voting counts as absent. Sittings for which the Parliament officially excused a Member (Rule 162: illness, serious family reasons, official mission, or pregnancy and maternity leave, which the Parliament excuses for three months before and six months after a birth) are credited, not counted as absences. We credit only what the Parliament's own record shows: the “excused” list in each sitting's minutes, or leave documented in another official Parliament document. An absence the Parliament has not recorded as excused counts as an absence, even if leave has been reported in the press. Notable votes are selected based on significance, close outcomes, and high participation.

Some attendance figures carry a context note, such as maternity or parental leave, illness or an official mission. Each note cites a press or official report, with its source and date, and is reviewed by us before it appears. Context notes never change the attendance figure. MEPs who missed every sitting of an entire plenary session are checked by a person before they appear in any bottom-of-ranking list. Full attendance methodology →