Ciaran MULLOOLY

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Ciaran MULLOOLY

MEP · Ireland

Plenary speeches · European Parliament

Plenary speeches · EU Parliament

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60

Since July 1, 2024

Time at the Floor

1.3h

≈ 78 min

Average speech length

1:18 min

≈ 1.3 min · Rank 529/690

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12

Nov

2025

EN Speech

The new 2028-2034 Multiannual Financial Framework: architecture and governance (debate)

Mr President, Ms von der Leyen, last July you came in to this Parliament and offered us a budget that left farmers with 20 % less in their income. We rejected it outright. Last weekend you realised we were serious. You changed, you tried to pretend it was something else. But today you came in with a pig in a poke. Do you know what that is? You are offering us an opportunity to buy something, and w…

22

Oct

2025

EN Answer

First anniversary of the DANA floods in Spain: improving EU preparedness (debate)

I am in favour of the meteorological services, the professional services who tell us today: 'There will be rain – and severe rain – in your Member State on Friday'. I am critical of people who do not respond to this. I do not care whether or not it is a modern activity, whether it is a once-off flood or a major event. The critical thing is lives are being lost. We saw it in my own constituency and…

22

Oct

2025

EN Speech

First anniversary of the DANA floods in Spain: improving EU preparedness (debate)

Mr President, there can be no doubt about the scale of the tragedy that hit the people of Valencia this time last year. Our thoughts are with those who lost loved ones in the floods. But one has to ask critical questions about the response of the Spanish authorities and, indeed, the reaction of the so-called 'European crisis machine'. Where was it? The failure of the early warning system is respon…

21

Oct

2025

EN Speech

Criminal intimidation against investigative journalists in the EU: the attempted attack on Sigfrido Ranucci (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, when I first saw the charred remains of the car in front of the home of journalist Sigfrido Ranucci, my mind went back to 26 June 1996, when the Irish investigative journalist Veronica Guerin was murdered in her car in a contract killing in Dublin, ordered by a Dublin-based drug cartel. I knew her well. She fought for investigative journalism throughout her career, even…

20

Oct

2025

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Mr President, two human stories for you this evening, President, one common theme: the crisis facing industry due to the extortionate price of energy in Europe, costing thousands of jobs. In my constituency in Ireland, Alex Armstrong from Kildare town has worked in the hospitality industry since he was 16 years old. He worked hard in the kitchens, weekends, bank holidays. But he doesn't do it anym…

9

Sep

2025

EN Speech

Cohesion policy (joint debate)

Madam President, thank you to all the contributors this afternoon. I was delighted to hear, Commissioner, you talk about the 46 % of the Just Transition Fund contractors and the EUR 12 billion gone out to projects. But of course, as you have heard from our colleagues today, if we had greater simplification, a more straightforward system of applying and less red tape, I believe it would be much hig…

9

Sep

2025

EN Speech

Cohesion policy (joint debate)

Mr President, dear Commissioner Fitto, colleagues, we all share the same ambition. We want to see a Europe that delivers for our citizens in the changing world in which we find ourselves. However, we know that ambition alone will not really deliver results. That's why cohesion policy matters. That's why I'm proposing targeted measures to ensure it delivers for people whose lives have been upended …

8

Sep

2025

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Mr President, dear colleagues, the scandal of defective concrete blocks in Ireland is not just about bricks and mortar and faulty EU regulation by the Irish Government. It's a clear and present danger to thousands of men, women and children living in County Donegal and in more than 20 other counties around Ireland. I witnessed a catastrophe unfolding myself before my own eyes when I visited these …

10

Jul

2025

EN Speech

Post-2027 Common Agricultural Policy (debate)

Madam President, Mr Commissioner, when we speak about the future of agriculture, some suggest only viable professional farmers should receive EU funding. But I cannot agree, because in 2023 only 27 % of Irish farmers met that definition. I say so because I reject that approach, because that's where I'm from. I'm from the centre of a country where arable farmland shares the landscape with peat land…

9

Jul

2025

EN Speech

EU Preparedness Union in light of the upcoming wildfire and droughts season (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner Lahbib, the people of Ireland will not forget what you did for them when Storm Éowyn hit our shores last January. Your emergency response mechanism sent 18 industrial generators to Ireland. The lights came back; the water came back. Our government will hopefully learn to trigger that mechanism earlier. Fortunately, we do not have widespread wildfires in Ireland, but t…

7

Jul

2025

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Madam President, we're waiting for the final text of the unfair Mercosur agreement. In the wings of this building, there's talk among some countries of a side deal, a magical clause that will somehow pacify farmers in France or in Italy, and some Irish MEPs are looking for a get-out-of-jail free card of their own as well to try and save face and votes at home. But Irish farmers will see through th…

18

Jun

2025

EN Speech

Stopping the genocide in Gaza: time for EU sanctions (topical debate)

Madam President, High Representative Kallas, President van der Leyen must clarify her recent remarks to the Prime Minister of Israel. Specifically, what does she mean, the right to defend oneself? What are the boundaries of that right? Because what we're witnessing in Gaza is not self-defence. It's the deliberate starvation of women and children. It's the obstruction of humanitarian aid, food, wat…

16

Jun

2025

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Mr President, we're in a housing crisis, so we're told. In Ireland and in Europe we need simple, straightforward reforms. Currently, the credit union sector in Ireland have EUR 22 billion in assets, just EUR 7 billion in loans given out. They want to lend out more for housing and other things. But under current central Bank of Ireland rules, credit unions must hold 10 % of the value of any investm…

16

Jun

2025

EN Speech

Strengthening rural areas in the EU through cohesion policy (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, I want to commend the rapporteur for the excellent work. As an Irish MEP representing a large rural constituency, this report highlights many of the structural challenges faced by these communities. However, one of the most pressing issues of our time for our rural communities is access to housing, Commissioner. Madam President, a key challenge in solving this rural …

7

May

2025

EN Speech

High levels of retail food prices and their consequences for European consumers (debate)

Madam President, consumers all over Europe are experiencing a significant and sustained surge in food prices. On 20 April this year, food-price inflation had risen by 4.9 % over just 12 weeks. This staggering rise is hitting households directly in their pockets. According to an Ernst and Young survey published in May, the average Irish household is now spending nearly EUR 2000 per month compared t…

5

May

2025

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Madam President, the housing crisis is crippling thousands of families and young couples all over Europe and especially in Ireland. I went to the town of Naas in County Kildare, a town which had 5 000 people in 1971, now a car-based town with 30 000 people in housing estates, and another 4 500 waiting for homes. A town that's been forgotten. Planning is terrible. The demand is just incredible. I s…

5

May

2025

EN Speech

Ninth report on economic and social cohesion (debate)

Mr President, I welcome this report and its well-rounded assessment of what cohesion funds and policy actually stand for today. I compliment the rapporteurs. The report makes it clear, however, that stark disparities remain among the EU's regions, especially in rural areas. And in this context, I support the report's call for the need to address these disparities and simplify access to the funds, …

1

Apr

2025

EN Speech

Improving the implementation of cohesion policy through the mid-term review to achieve a robust cohesion policy post 2027 (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, if Liberation Day is what they're calling the events in Washington this week, then surely today, here in Strasbourg, we should say it's D-Day for our European Commission to get its act together in readiness for the challenges that are undoubtedly ahead. While Donald Trump talks of tariffs, we must talk about cohesion policy that will drive investment, reduce regional…

31

Mar

2025

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Madam President, the Gaeltacht areas of Ireland are not only geographical regions, they are part of the island's heritage. They're the heart beating of the Irish language. As the author of the book says: Language is the heart of our life. Unfortunately, a mix of bad planning or no planning at all, combined with Airbnb-style corporate acquisitions, have seen an influx of non-Irish speakers coming i…

10

Mar

2025

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Madam President, motorists all over Europe are being driven to disillusionment over the lack of consistency in the price being charged for insurance premiums. The European Community was established as a single market where strength in numbers across over 20 Member States, was supposed to mean a more competitive market for insurance and cheaper premiums for the over 400 million people who live here…

22

Jan

2025

EN Speech

Addressing EU demographic challenges: towards the implementation of the 2023 Demography Toolbox (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, declining birth rates and an increasing proportion of elderly citizens in society is now the norm across the European Union. The figures are stark. The EU population is set to peak next year, as you know. We will lose around 30 million people within the next 75 years. As an MEP representing a mainly rural constituency, I'm aware of the major challenges out there. An inc…

20

Jan

2025

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Mr President, the challenges facing the road haulage sector on island nations like Ireland, setting out from one of the most peripheral regions to do business in Europe, are patently unfair. Irish companies such as Beirne Express Freight in Mayo send their trailers from our island to mainland Europe, but face immediate restrictions upon arrival overseas under EU cabotage laws, while mainland opera…

16

Dec

2024

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Mr President, at one of the busiest times of the year for consumers, I believe it's essential to tell the Commissioner here tonight that euro notes and coins must remain a viable option to purchase goods and pay for services across the EU. A 2022 survey conducted by the European Central Bank found that 59 % of consumers use cash at the point of sale. In the same survey, 60 % of respondents express…

26

Nov

2024

EN Speech

Question Time with Commissioners - Challenges in the implementation of cohesion policy 2021-2027

Thank you, Commissioner, and I fully accept what you have said about the purposes of the fund and the way they are being operated. And I suppose at the end of the day, the power and responsibility are of the Member States to identify the priorities. But I put one exception to you and one example to you before I sit down. On a personal front, you will know that many people affected in the Just Tran…

26

Nov

2024

EN Speech

Question Time with Commissioners - Challenges in the implementation of cohesion policy 2021-2027

Commissioner, I would like to speak to you today to address the critical challenges, as you say, in the implementation of the cohesion policy. I have two questions for you, Commissioner. Firstly, congratulations on your period in office and the work you have done, and you acknowledge yourself the challenges that are there. And the challenge of the overly bureaucratic process is in my focus. I know…