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Maria WALSH

EPP · Ireland

Group
EPP PPE
Country
Ireland
Roll-call participation
82.3 %ⓘ of 620 roll calls in office · chamber median 90.6 % · whole term, final votes
With majority line
96.3 %ⓘ of 510 votes where the group had a line · EPP median 95.6 %
More facts (5)
National party
FG Fine Gael Party
In office
Since 16 Jul 2024
Against clear line
15 of 470 votesⓘ
Committees
AGRI, FEMM, LIBE (substitute), REGI (substitute)
Member id
197863
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Record

The member’s figures against the median of their group and of the chamber. Each vote counts the member in the group they belonged to that day.

Period Whole term2024 (from July)20252026
Custom dates
Votes Final votes620All roll calls5 928

Roll-call participation ⓘ

82.3 %

510 of 620 final votes while in office

EPP median: 90.6 % (−8.3 pts)

Chamber median: 90.6 %

With majority line ⓘ

96.3 %

491 of 510 votes where their group had a line

EPP median: 95.6 % (+0.7 pts)

Against clear line ⓘ

3.2 %

15 of 470 votes where their group had a clear line

12 opposite (for ↔ against), 3 abstained against the line

Abstention ⓘ

0.6 %

3 of 510 votes cast

Participation 82.3 % — EPP median 90.6 %, 192 members.ⓘ
Data as a table
Participation among the 192 members of the EPP with enough votes.
FigureParticipation
Maria WALSH82.3 %
EPP median90.6 %
Lowest in the group18.4 %
Highest in the group99.8 %
Members192
With majority line 96.3 % — EPP median 95.6 %, 192 members.ⓘ
Data as a table
With majority line among the 192 members of the EPP with enough votes.
FigureWith majority line
Maria WALSH96.3 %
EPP median95.6 %
Lowest in the group67.8 %
Highest in the group99.0 %
Members192
  • Whole term, 620 final votes; 620 of 794 decisions had a final vote recorded by name. The dots are the other members of EPP; no ranks.
  • “No vote recorded” is not the same as absent: leave, illness and chairing the sitting look the same.
  • A group’s line is inferred from its members’ votes — Parliament publishes no whip.

Votes, 5 928

Export

Every roll-call vote of the term with the member’s position, newest first.

Show Final votesAll roll calls
Result: for–against–abstained. Majority line: how most of the member’s group voted that day (“Tie” when no position won). ≠ group marks a vote otherwise than a clear line (at least two thirds, with at least 10 members voting) of their group.
DateDecision and voteResultPositionMajority line
18 Sept 2024Maximum residue levels for cyproconazole Final vote on the motion for a resolutionObjection passed 522 for, 127 against, 28 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
18 Sept 2024Maximum residue levels for carbendazim and thiophanate-methyl Final vote on the motion for a resolutionObjection passed 516 for, 129 against, 27 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
16 Sept 2024Wednesday’s agenda – Request by the ECR Group Wednesday’s agenda — Request by the ECR Group 437 for, 13 against, 11 abstainedPosition: No vote recorded Majority line: For
16 Sept 2024Tuesday’s agenda – Request by the PfE Group Tuesday’s agenda — Request by the PfE Group 102 for, 279 against, 13 abstainedPosition: No vote recorded Majority line: Against
18 Jul 2024Request by The Left Group – Motion for adjournment of the vote on the election of the President of the Commission Request by The Left Group — Motion for adjournment of the vote 101 for, 531 against, 8 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
17 Jul 2024The need for the EU's continuous support for Ukraine Final vote — text as a wholeAdopted 495 for, 137 against, 47 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
17 Jul 2024The need for the EU's continuous support for Ukraine Separate vote on recital E 482 for, 165 against, 22 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
17 Jul 2024The need for the EU's continuous support for Ukraine Amendment 13, adding text after paragraph 9 96 for, 537 against, 44 abstainedPosition: For ≠ groupMajority line: Against
17 Jul 2024The need for the EU's continuous support for Ukraine Amendment 12, adding text after paragraph 8 113 for, 497 against, 58 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
17 Jul 2024The need for the EU's continuous support for Ukraine Amendment 11, adding text after paragraph 8 57 for, 427 against, 177 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
17 Jul 2024The need for the EU's continuous support for Ukraine Amendment 10, adding text after paragraph 8 63 for, 564 against, 42 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
17 Jul 2024The need for the EU's continuous support for Ukraine Paragraph 5 — part 7 414 for, 193 against, 62 abstainedPosition: Abstained ≠ groupMajority line: For
17 Jul 2024The need for the EU's continuous support for Ukraine Paragraph 5 — part 6 418 for, 168 against, 71 abstainedPosition: No vote recorded Majority line: For
17 Jul 2024The need for the EU's continuous support for Ukraine Paragraph 5 — part 5 468 for, 119 against, 79 abstainedPosition: Abstained ≠ groupMajority line: For
17 Jul 2024The need for the EU's continuous support for Ukraine Paragraph 5 — part 4 393 for, 178 against, 75 abstainedPosition: Abstained ≠ groupMajority line: For
17 Jul 2024The need for the EU's continuous support for Ukraine Paragraph 5 — part 3 457 for, 133 against, 79 abstainedPosition: Abstained ≠ groupMajority line: For
17 Jul 2024The need for the EU's continuous support for Ukraine Paragraph 5 — part 2 450 for, 165 against, 46 abstainedPosition: Abstained ≠ groupMajority line: For
17 Jul 2024The need for the EU's continuous support for Ukraine Paragraph 5 — part 1 483 for, 153 against, 32 abstainedPosition: Abstained ≠ groupMajority line: For
17 Jul 2024The need for the EU's continuous support for Ukraine Amendment 9 to paragraph 5 35 for, 583 against, 45 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
17 Jul 2024The need for the EU's continuous support for Ukraine Paragraph 4 — part 3 498 for, 111 against, 52 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
17 Jul 2024The need for the EU's continuous support for Ukraine Paragraph 4 — part 2 518 for, 47 against, 76 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
17 Jul 2024The need for the EU's continuous support for Ukraine Paragraph 4 — part 1 456 for, 166 against, 26 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
17 Jul 2024The need for the EU's continuous support for Ukraine Amendment 7, adding text after paragraph 3 180 for, 436 against, 30 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
17 Jul 2024The need for the EU's continuous support for Ukraine Amendment 6, adding text after paragraph 3 194 for, 400 against, 53 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
17 Jul 2024The need for the EU's continuous support for Ukraine Paragraph 3 — part 1 476 for, 107 against, 42 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
17 Jul 2024The need for the EU's continuous support for Ukraine Amendment 1, adding text after paragraph 1 91 for, 468 against, 20 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
17 Jul 2024Wednesday’s agenda – Request by the PfE Group Wednesday’s agenda — Request by the PfE Group 119 for, 337 against, 15 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
17 Jul 2024Wednesday’s agenda – Request by The Left Group Wednesday’s agenda — Request by The Left Group 149 for, 251 against, 16 abstainedPosition: For ≠ groupMajority line: Against

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Roll-call participation

One cell per sitting while in office, shaded by the share of that day’s roll calls the member voted in. The official attendance register is kept separately by Parliament.

No vote recorded on 14 of 80 sittings with roll calls.

"No vote recorded" is not the same as absent: leave, illness and chairing the sitting look the same.

Data as a table
Roll calls held at each sitting while in office and how many of them the member voted in.
SittingRoll callsVoted in
17 Jul 202411
18 Sept 202422
19 Sept 202460
8 Oct 202411
9 Oct 202422
10 Oct 202410
22 Oct 202450
23 Oct 202422
24 Oct 202422
14 Nov 202455
26 Nov 202488
27 Nov 202477
28 Nov 202460
17 Dec 202466
18 Dec 202477
19 Dec 202455
21 Jan 202511
22 Jan 202511
23 Jan 202540
11 Feb 202544
12 Feb 202544
13 Feb 202522
11 Mar 202544
12 Mar 202577
13 Mar 202533
1 Apr 202577
2 Apr 202599
3 Apr 202555
6 May 202544
7 May 20252019
8 May 20251212
22 May 202566
17 Jun 202588
18 Jun 202577
19 Jun 202560
8 Jul 202588
9 Jul 20251414
10 Jul 202577
9 Sept 202560
10 Sept 20251515
11 Sept 202588
7 Oct 202544
8 Oct 20251010
9 Oct 20251010
21 Oct 202588
22 Oct 202566
23 Oct 202555
13 Nov 20251616
25 Nov 20251313
26 Nov 20251010
27 Nov 20251111
16 Dec 20251111
17 Dec 20251111
18 Dec 202566
20 Jan 202666
21 Jan 202688
22 Jan 202688
10 Feb 202688
11 Feb 20261010
12 Feb 202688
24 Feb 202611
10 Mar 202690
11 Mar 2026120
12 Mar 202660
26 Mar 20261313
28 Apr 20261414
29 Apr 20261717
30 Apr 20261111
19 May 202633
20 May 20261212
21 May 2026100
16 Jun 20261010
17 Jun 20261616
18 Jun 202677
7 Jul 20261515
8 Jul 20261515
9 Jul 202644
15 Sept 2026120
16 Sept 2026160
17 Sept 2026100

Voting neighbours

Members who voted the same way most often in the roll calls they both took part in, within and outside the member’s group (group at the date of each vote), over all roll calls of the term.

At least 200 shared roll calls over at least six months in office together. Within = both sat in the same group on the date of the vote; a member who changed group can appear on both lists. Baseline = the median agreement of all pairs of members of the groups the two sat in on the date of each shared vote (within: the group they shared; outside: the two groups), weighted by the votes they shared in each combination.

Within EPP

Agreement: roll calls where both cast the same position, of the roll calls both voted in while in the same group (“shared”); a count below 50 shared. Baseline: the median agreement of every pair of members of that group.
SelectMemberGroupCountryAgreementBaseline
Nina CARBERRY EPPIreland97 % of 4 721 shared89 %
Seán KELLY EPPIreland96 % of 4 737 shared89 %
Regina DOHERTY EPPIreland95 % of 4 542 shared89 %
Willemien KONING EPPNetherlands93 % of 1 287 shared89 %
Marie-Sophie CHRIST EPPGermany92 % of 1 157 shared89 %
Siegfried MUREŞAN EPPRomania90 % of 4 498 shared89 %
Michael GAHLER EPPGermany90 % of 4 558 shared89 %
Martine KEMP EPPLuxembourg90 % of 3 976 shared89 %
Jüri RATAS EPPEstonia90 % of 4 680 shared89 %
Sandra KALNIETE EPPLatvia90 % of 4 402 shared89 %

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Outside the group

Agreement: roll calls where both cast the same position, of the roll calls both voted in while in different groups (“shared”); a count below 50 shared. Baseline: the median agreement of every pair of members of the groups the two sat in on those votes (groups at the date, weighted by the votes shared in each combination).
SelectMemberGroupCountryAgreementBaseline
Billy KELLEHER RenewIreland85 % of 4 613 shared82 %
Urmas PAET RenewEstonia85 % of 4 369 shared82 %
Hilde VAUTMANS RenewBelgium85 % of 4 569 shared82 %
Barry ANDREWS RenewIreland85 % of 4 100 shared82 %
Cynthia NÍ MHURCHÚ RenewIreland85 % of 4 678 shared82 %
Anna-Maja HENRIKSSON RenewFinland85 % of 4 284 shared82 %
Barry COWEN RenewIreland85 % of 4 204 shared82 %
Jérémy DECERLE RenewFrance84 % of 2 328 shared82 %
Elsi KATAINEN RenewFinland84 % of 4 719 shared82 %
Dainius ŽALIMAS RenewLithuania84 % of 4 458 shared82 %

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Work

Seats in committees, delegations and intergroups, and the dossiers the member leads, shadows or negotiates.

Seats

Body: the committee, delegation or intergroup, with its kind. Role: the member’s role in it. From, To: the dates of the seat (“now” while it lasts).
BodyRoleFromTo
Committee on Agriculture and Rural DevelopmentAGRI CommitteeMember19 Jul 2024now
Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender EqualityFEMM CommitteeMember7 Oct 2024now
Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home AffairsLIBE CommitteeSubstitute19 Jul 2024now
Committee on Regional DevelopmentREGI CommitteeSubstitute19 Jul 2024now
Delegation for relations with the United StatesD-US DelegationMember19 Sept 2024now
Delegation to the OACPS-EU Joint Parliamentary AssemblyDACP Parliamentary assemblySubstitute19 Sept 2024now
Delegation to the Africa-EU Parliamentary AssemblyDAFR Parliamentary assemblySubstitute19 Sept 2024now
Intergroup on DisabilityIG10-10 Intergroup / working groupMember11 Mar 2025now
Intergroup on European Cultural Heritage, Ways of Saint James and other European Cultural RoutesIG10-11 Intergroup / working groupMember29 Jan 2025now
Intergroup on Fighting against PovertyIG10-12 Intergroup / working groupMember20 Feb 2026now

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Dossiers

Dossier: the procedure the declaration names (“No dossier named” for a delegation without one). Role: rapporteur, shadow rapporteur, negotiator or delegation. Committee: the committee that appointed them. Date: of the declaration.
DossierRoleCommitteeDate
Menopause beyond a health issue: turning menopause into an economic, working and social priorityShadow rapporteurFEMM21 Sept 2026
Generational renewal in agricultureRapporteurAGRI20 May 2026
Establishing Horizon Europe, the Framework Programme for Research and Innovation, for the period 2028-2034 laying down its rules for participation and dissemination, and repealing Regulation (EU) 2021/695Shadow rapporteur for an opinionAGRI28 Jan 2026
Union Civil Protection Mechanism and Union support for health emergency preparedness and response, and repealing Decision No 1313/2013/EU (Union Civil Protection Mechanism)Shadow rapporteur for an opinionREGI28 Jan 2026
No dossier namedOfficial delegationFEMM26 Jan 2026
Union Civil Protection Mechanism and Union support for health emergency preparedness and response, and repealing Decision No 1313/2013/EU (Union Civil Protection Mechanism)Shadow rapporteur for an opinionREGI16 Jan 2026
Recommendation to the Council on EU priorities for the 70th session of the UN Commission on the Status of WomenShadow rapporteurFEMM26 Nov 2025
Women’s entrepreneurship in rural and island areas and outermost regionsShadow rapporteur for an opinionAGRI24 Jun 2025
Gender inequalities in health, specifically as regards gender-specific conditionsShadow rapporteurFEMM23 Jun 2025
No dossier namedOfficial delegationREGI18 Feb 2025

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Topics they work on (model-assigned)

Counts: dossiers they spoke on, led or amended, and their questions and motions.

In the chamber

Speeches and statements in plenary debates, newest first; the verbatim report is on Parliament’s site.

51 contributions recorded; 2 on behalf of their group; 74 minutes of speaking time.

Date: the sitting. Debate: the item debated, and the group when they spoke on its behalf. Kind: speech or written statement, with speaking time. Verbatim: the verbatim report on Parliament’s site.
DateDebateKindVerbatim
9 Jul 2026An updated regulatory framework for wool (debate) on behalf of EPPSpeech · 2 minRead
30 Apr 2026How to secure a sustainable future for the EU livestock sector in light of the need to ensure food security, farmers’ resilience and the challenges posed by animal diseases? (debate) Speech · 1 minRead
29 Apr 2026The need for targeted criminal provisions and platforms’ responsibility to effectively address cyberbullying and online harassment (debate) Speech · 1 minRead
27 Apr 2026Importance of consent-based rape legislation in the EU (debate) Speech · 1 minRead
25 Mar 2026European Citizens’ Initiative 'Ban on conversion practices in the European Union' (debate) Speech · 1 minRead
25 Mar 2026European Citizens’ Initiative 'Ban on conversion practices in the European Union' (debate) Speech · 2 minRead
12 Feb 2026Recommendation to the Council on EU priorities for the 70th session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women (debate) on behalf of EPPSpeech · 2 minRead
11 Feb 2026Developing a new EU anti-poverty strategy (debate) Speech · 2 minRead
11 Feb 2026Topical debate requested by a political group (S&D) (Rule 169) - State violence in Minneapolis and the rule of law in the United States (topical debate) Speech · 2 minRead
10 Feb 2026Presentation of the action plan against cyberbullying (debate) Speech · 2 minRead

Show all 40 recent contributions

Questions and motions, 43

Parliamentary questions and motions for resolutions the member authored or co-signed, newest first.

Date: tabled. Title: the question or motion, with its id. Kind: written question or motion for a resolution, with the number of co-authors. Answer: the date of the answer to a question.
DateTitleKindAnswer
13 Jul 2026Support for the development of sexual assault centres in the EU E-10-2026-002872Written questionwith 20 co-authorsNot yet answered
13 Jul 2026Missing and runaway children as an indicator of violence, abuse and grooming E-10-2026-002868Written questionwith 15 co-authorsNot yet answered
7 Jul 2026Transparency regarding EU-funded infrastructure destroyed in Gaza E-10-2026-002805Written questionwith 39 co-authors4 Sept 2026
29 Jun 2026An updated regulatory framework for wool O-10-2026-000030Oral questionwith 2 co-authorsNot yet answered
29 Jun 2026Protecting minors online from manipulation, bullying and grooming E-10-2026-002680Written questionwith 9 co-authors11 Sept 2026
19 May 2026MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on holding Israel to account for breaches of human rights and international law B-10-2026-0267Motion for a resolutionwith 55 co-authors—
27 Apr 2026MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the need for targeted criminal provisions and platforms’ responsibility to effectively address cyberbullying and online harassment B-10-2026-0235Motion for a resolutionwith 11 co-authors—
17 Apr 2026The need for targeted criminal provisions on cyberbullying and online harassment and platforms’ responsibility to effectively address these issues O-10-2026-000018Oral questionwith 11 co-authorsNot yet answered
31 Mar 2026Follow-up to the comprehensive approach to mental health after 2026 E-10-2026-001329Written questionwith 3 co-authors22 Jun 2026
4 Feb 2026Mayor of Budapest fined and charged without trial for organising a Pride march in the EU E-10-2026-000446Written questionwith 81 co-authors10 Apr 2026

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Amendments tabled in committee, 86

Committee amendment documents that carry amendments by the member, with how many are theirs.

Date: of the amendment document. Text amended: the dossier and the document’s id. Committee: where the amendments were tabled. Amendments: how many in the document are the member’s.
DateText amendedCommitteeAmendments
16 Sept 2026Establishing 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 REGI-AM-792057 REGI1
7 Sept 2026Establishing 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 REGI-AM-792058 REGI1
13 Jul 2026Establishing the conditions for the implementation of the Union support to the Common Agriculture Policy for the period from 2028 to 2034 AGRI-AM-790958 AGRI14
13 Jul 2026Establishing the conditions for the implementation of the Union support to the Common Agriculture Policy for the period from 2028 to 2034 AGRI-AM-790918 AGRI1
13 Jul 2026Establishing the conditions for the implementation of the Union support to the Common Agriculture Policy for the period from 2028 to 2034 AGRI-AM-790964 AGRI1
13 Jul 2026Establishing the conditions for the implementation of the Union support to the Common Agriculture Policy for the period from 2028 to 2034 AGRI-AM-790955 AGRI3
13 Jul 2026Establishing the conditions for the implementation of the Union support to the Common Agriculture Policy for the period from 2028 to 2034 AGRI-AM-790915 AGRI7
13 Jul 2026Establishing the conditions for the implementation of the Union support to the Common Agriculture Policy for the period from 2028 to 2034 AGRI-AM-790899 AGRI7
13 Jul 2026Establishing the conditions for the implementation of the Union support to the Common Agriculture Policy for the period from 2028 to 2034 AGRI-AM-790917 AGRI1
13 Jul 2026Establishing the conditions for the implementation of the Union support to the Common Agriculture Policy for the period from 2028 to 2034 AGRI-AM-790956 AGRI4

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Connections

Dossiers they lead or shadow, committees, party, delegation and other related pages.

Political group

National delegation

  • Delegation Ireland National delegation

Sources & citation

Where the facts on this page come from, and how to cite it.

Permalink
https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/members/197863?page=119&scope=final&vscope=all
Official source
Data source
Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Data version
data version f37e5638cded (25 Sept 2026) · methods: group-at-date v1, participation v1, abstention v1, loyalty v1, against-clear v1, cohesion v1, agreement v1, group-agreement v1, winning-side v1, similar-votes v1, scope v1, data-version v1 · methods
Retrieved
25 September 2026

Cite as

EU Parl Watch Research (2026). “Maria WALSH”. Member record. memberId 197863. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/members/197863?page=119&scope=final&vscope=all (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official source: Member’s profile, European Parliament, https://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/197863. Data: EP Open Data: member record, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/meps/197863?format=application%2Fld%2Bjson (CC BY 4.0); data version f37e5638cded (25 Sept 2026) · methods: group-at-date v1, participation v1, abstention v1, loyalty v1, against-clear v1, cohesion v1, agreement v1, group-agreement v1, winning-side v1, similar-votes v1, scope v1, data-version v1.
BibTeX 
@misc{epw-member-197863,
  author = {{EU Parl Watch Research}},
  title = {{Maria WALSH}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/members/197863?page=119&scope=final&vscope=all}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/members/197863?page=119&scope=final&vscope=all},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Member record. memberId 197863. Official source: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/197863. Data: EP Open Data: member record (CC BY 4.0); data version f37e5638cded (25 Sept 2026) · methods: group-at-date v1, participation v1, abstention v1, loyalty v1, against-clear v1, cohesion v1, agreement v1, group-agreement v1, winning-side v1, similar-votes v1, scope v1, data-version v1}
}