Seán Ó Neachtain

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Seán Ó Neachtain, MEP

Seán Ó Neachtain (born 22 May 1947, Galway) is an Irish MEP from Fianna Fáil.

Affiliations

• Chairman, Delegation for relations with Canada
• Member, Conference of Delegation Chairmen
• Member, Committee on Fisheries
• Member, Committee on Transport and Tourism
• Substitute, Committee on Budgets
• Substitute, Delegation for relations with South Africa

Record and Controversies

Declaration of Financial Interests

• Professional activities: Director of summer school

Record of Parliamentary Votes

• He was not present for the vote on the Data Retention Directive.
• Voted in favour of the Lisbon Treaty.
• Voted in favour of the regulation concerning "traceability and labelling of genetically modified organisms and traceability of food and feed products produced from genetically modified organisms" (A5-0229/2002). The amendment allows customers the right to choose GM free food.
• Voted against the report towards a "thematic strategy on the sustainable use of pesticides" (A5-0061/2003). The amendment proposes to ban or severely restrict use of pesticides in areas around sources of drinking water and nature protected zones.
• Voted in favour of the directive on "environmental liability with regard to the prevention and remedying of environmental damage" (A5-0145/2003). According to the amendment, polluters have to pay for environmental clean-up, and it supports an EU-wide regime which makes polluters liable for the damage they cause to wildlife, water and land.
• Voted against the directive on restructuring the "Community framework for the taxation of energy products and electricity" (A5-0302/2003). The amendment aims at giving tax benefits to environmentally friendly sources of energy, which would make them cheaper and more competitive to conventional (more polluting) sources of energy. It also gives tax benefits to environmentally friendly uses of energy for transport, for instance trains. Rejected due to lack of absolute majority.

Personal Information

Curriculum Vitae

• BA (Hons.) (1969); ATO (Hons.).
• Secondary teacher (1969-2000).
• Member of Galway County Council (1991-2002).
• Member of the Western Regional Authority (1994-2002).
• Member of the Border, Midland and Western Regional Assembly (1998-2002).
• Member of Údarás na Gaeltachta (1979-2004); Chairman (1991-1996).
• Member of the European Parliament (since 2002).
• In the Committee of the Regions: Member (1994-2002); Vice-President (1994-1995) and President (1998-2002) of the European Alliance Group.

Contact

Address:

Parlement européen

Bât. Altiero Spinelli

04F361

60, rue Wiertz / Wiertzstraat 60

B-1047 Bruxelles/Brussel

Phone:

+32 (0)2 28 45611

Email:

soneachtain@europarl.eu.int

Website:

http://www.oneachtain.com

Resources

• European Parliament, Declaration of Members' Financial Interests: Seán Ó Neachtain, 04 December 2008, accessed 02 February 2009.
• European Parliament, MEP Directory: Seán Ó Neachtain, accessed 02 February 2009.
• Friends of the Earth, EU Vote Watch, accessed 02 February 2009.