Date Forum Details Location 06-Jan

In my representative role as an MEP I meet with and attend events organised by a broad range of interest groups. Should I be personally unable to attend, one of my assistants may do so on my
behalf. This is a review of these appointments that my team and I have attended from January to March 2015. Committee, group and plenary meetings are excluded from this review of
appointments as are political party and staff meetings etc.
Date
Forum
Details
Location
06-Jan-15
Event
Documentary about Endocrine Disruptors written and produced by Stéphane Horel
(France, 2014).
European Parliament Brussels
08-Jan-15
Meeting
Malgosia Rybak from Novoenzymes re. biofuel policy and indirect land use change
directive
European Parliament Brussels
13-Jan-15
Lunch meeting
Minister Alex White
European Parliament Strasbourg
19-Jan-15
Meeting
European Pharmacy Students Associatiom
European Parliament Brussels
20-Jan-15
Roundtable
Mental Health Interest Group, organised by Gamian & European Brain Council
European Parliament Brussels
21-Jan-15
Roundtable
European Respiratory Society, Healthy Lungs for Life, Exhibition and Roundtable
European Parliament Brussels
22-Jan-15
Meeting
Ms Kate O'Regan, Policy and Project Officer, Association of Euiropean Cancer Leagues
European Parliament Brussels
23-Jan-15
Roundtable
Medical Technology and its potential contribution to the ENVI agenda, breifing by
Eucomed - the Medical Technology Industry
European Parliament Brussels
23-Jan-15
Meeting
Claire Calder from Dogs Trust regarding puppy smuggling,
European Parliament Brussels
27-Jan-15
Roundtable
European Cancer Patient Coalition meeting on healthcare disparities
European Parliament Brussels
27-Jan-15
Roundtable
‘MORE WOMEN IN EUROPEAN POLITICS: HOW CAN WE ACHIEVE IT?’ organised by Irish
NGO: Women for Election
European Parliament Brussels
27-Jan-15
Event
I am not the cancer - opening of Video installation, sponsored by Novartis Oncology
European Parliament Brussels
28-Jan-15
Meeting
Dick Roche, Deloitte to discuss Social Progress Index
European Parliament Brussels
30-Jan-15
Lunch
U.S. Ambassador’s Residence, Phoenix Park
Dublin
02-Feb-15
Meeting
Enda Buckley, Irish Environmental Network, re. biofuels and the transport sector
European Parliament Brussels
03-Feb-15
Seminar
‘Balancing Personal Data Protection and Research Progress – The Case of Childhood
Cancer’, European Society for Paediatric Oncology - SIOPE
European Parliament Brussels
03-Feb-15
Seminar
“Policy solutions to inform social and health agendas” EuroHealthNet & Drivers
Residence Palace, Rue de La Loi 155, Brussels
04-Feb-15
Meeting
European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
European Parliament Brussels
04-Feb-15
Briefing
Presentation from Deloitte on Social Progress Index
European Parliament Brussels
04-Feb-15
Roundtable
Mental Health Roundtable 'innovative approaches to empower children and adolescents
European Parliament Brussels
of mentally ill parents' by the Camille project, supported by the EU’s Daphne Programme
05-Feb-15
Meeting
Irish Coalition for Global Campaign for Education
European Parliament Offices, Dublin 2
06-Feb-15
Seminar
Meet your MEP event- Europe Direct Centre, Blanchardstown Library
Blanchardstown Library
09-Feb-15
Meeting
Patrick Nevin, Tallaght Travellers
Tallaght
09-Feb-15
Meeting
CRISTIAN LUTAN from Rohde Public Policy representing BioMarin on Rare
Neuropaediatric Diseases - children affected by Batten Diseases
European Parliament Brussels
09-Feb-15
Meeting
European Public Health Alliance meeting regarding sustainability in EU health workforce European Parliament Brussels
11-Feb-15
Lunch meeting
Minister Leo Varadkar
European Parliament Strasbourg
13-Feb-15
Meeting
Cllr Gus O Connell and Cllr Liona O'Toole & visit to Scoil Aine Noife - welcomed by
Principal Sean Hounihan
Lucan
13-Feb-15
Briefing
Stewarts Care Services
Lucan
17-Feb-15
Meeting
Abortion Rights campaign, Claire Brophy and Aoife Cooke
European Parliament Offices, Dublin 2
17-Feb-15
Meeting
Rachel Mullen Claiming our Future, David Connolly (SIPTU), to discuss FTT campaign
European Parliament Offices, Dublin 2
18-Feb-15
Roundtable
Cairde Information and Advocacy Centre with representatives of Balbriggan Integraton
Forum
Balbriggan, Co. Dublin.
24-Feb-15
Meeting
Irish Patients' Association representative, Stephen McMahon on organising policy
briefing for MEPs on Pedicini's report
European Parliament Brussels
24 Feb 20154
Meeting
Information Meeting with representatives from the three Irish Regional Assemblies Cathaoirligh & Directors brief MEPs on new Regional Programmes
European Parliament Brussels
25-Feb-15
Meeting
Fire Safety in Buildings, hosted by MEP Olga Sehnalová, with Fire Safe Europe
European Parliament Brussels
27-Feb-15
Meeting
Corporate Europe Observatory to discuss March 31 event on MEP's code of conduct,
European Parliament Brussels
27-Feb-15
Meeting
Ms. Miriam Dowling, MBA student, regarding Mental Health Legislation and work of
Mental Health Interest Group
European Parliament Offices, Dublin 2
27-Feb-15
Meeting
BEUC (Euro Consumers Organisation) re. ECON opinion to INTA on TTIP
European Parliament Brussels
03-Mar-15
Briefing
ANEC, the European Consumer Voice in Standardisation, and the Consumer Council of
the Austrian Standards Institute regarding reducing use of hazadorous chemicals in the
EU
European Parliament Brussels
03-Mar-15
Roundtable
MEPs against Cancer (MAC), along with the European Fire Fighter Unions Alliance
(EFFUA), Fire Safe Europe (FSEU) and the Association of European Cancer Leagues (ECL)
regarding how fire fighting is becoming cancer fighting.
European Parliament Brussels
03-Mar-15
Briefing
Alzheimer´s Society of Ireland, MEP Briefing
European Parliament Brussels
04-Mar-15
Conference
TTIP CONFERENCE hosted by Marian Harkin MEP on jobs, growth & dispute settlement
mechanisms
European Parliament Brussels
05-Mar-15
Seminar
The European Commission Representation in Ireland- We need to talk about childcare’
An event to celebrate International Women’s Day 2015
European Commission Offices, Dublin 2
05-Mar-15
Meeting
Ewa Wrona, World Youth Alliance (WYA), in connection with the World Down Syndrome
Day established to raise awareness about Down syndrome and the newest research and European Parliament Brussels
discoveries in this area
10-Mar-15
Meeting
Karin Dubsky to discuss Coastwatch seminar
European Parliament Offices, Dublin 2
13-Mar-15
Seminar
EU Health strategy for older persons
European Parliament Offices, Dublin 2
13-Mar-15
Meeting
Peace and Neutrality Alliance, Roger Cole and Michael Youlton
European Parliament Offices, Dublin 2
18-Mar-15
Meeting
Robert Delis, British Medical Association regarding EP's EU Alcohol Strategy Resolution
European Parliament Brussels
20-Mar-15
Seminar
Coastwatch Europe Seminar 'Addressing Climate Change – Issues Facing Our Coast' &
Coastwatch Survey Results Launch and Follow Up Action Workshop
European Parliament Offices, Dublin 2
24-Mar-15
Meeting
24-Mar-15
Networking lunch
25-Mar-15
Roundtable
Mark Walker, Rohde Public Policy, and Nessa Childers MEP, Cristian Busoi MEP, Miroslav
Mikolasik MEP and Paul Rubig MEP, first meeting of Rare Bleeding Disorders interest
European Parliament Brussels
group
Rare Cancers: Exploiting the Potential of European Reference Networks with Alojz Peterle
MEP and European Cancer leagues
Leopold Hotel EU
Interest group on Allergies and Asthma with European Academy of Allergy and Clinical
Immunology (EAACI) and the European Federation of Allergy and Airway Diseases
Patients Associations (EFA)
European Parliament Brussels
27-Mar-15
Visitors Group
Independent County Councillors, political activists and others from the Dublin Euro
Constituency
European Parliament Brussels
31-Mar-15
Meeting
MEPs against Cancer policy debate on occupational skin cancer, organised by the
European Association of Dermatology & Venereology
WHO regional office for Europe rue Montoyer 14
31-Mar-15
Conference
Hosted by Nessa Childers MEP - Corporate Europe Observatory, ALTER-EU, Friends of the
European Parliament Brussels
Earth, and discussion and luanch of Code of Conduct for MEPs
01-Apr-15
Meeting
Marie-Antoinette Micheli and Nicolas Laarman of Pollinis, who are promoting sustainable
European Parliament Brussels
forms of agriculture in Europe and beyond