Kathleen Funchion | |
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![]() Funchion in 2020 | |
Member of the European Parliament | |
Assumed office July 2024 | |
Constituency | South |
Chair of the Committee on Children, Disability, Equality and Integration | |
In office 15 September 2020 – June 2024 | |
Preceded by | Alan Farrell |
Chair of the Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement | |
In office 4 April 2016 – 15 September 2020 | |
Preceded by | Joe McHugh |
Succeeded by | Fergus O'Dowd |
Teachta Dála | |
In office February 2016 – June 2024 | |
Constituency | Carlow-Kilkenny |
Personal details | |
Born | Callan, Kilkenny, Ireland [1] | 22 April 1981
Political party | Sinn Féin |
Spouse | |
Children | 2 |
Alma mater | American College Dublin |
Kathleen Funchion (born 22 April 1981) [1] [2] is an Irish Sinn Féin politician who has served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the South constituency since 2024. She was a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Carlow–Kilkenny constituency from the 2016 general election to 2024. [3] She was appointed Chair of the Committee on Children, Disability, Equality and Integration in September 2020. She previously served as Chair of the Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement from 2016 to 2020.
She is the Sinn Féin Spokesperson on Children, Disabilities, Integration and Equality. In the 32nd Dáil, she served Chair of the Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement. [2] In the 33rd Dáil, she was appointed Chair of the Committee on Children, Disability, Equality and Integration.
She was a member of Kilkenny Borough Council from 2009 to 2014 and Kilkenny County Council from 2014 to 2016, after her election to the Dáil. [4] Prior to her election, she worked with the SIPTU trade union. [5]
Funchion was a Sinn Féin candidate for the South constituency at the 2024 European Parliament election. [6] Funchion received 50,580 (7.4%) first preference votes and was elected on the 20th count. [7]
She was previously married to David Cullinane who is a Sinn Féin TD for Waterford. [8]
Kathleen Funchion | |
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![]() Funchion in 2020 | |
Member of the European Parliament | |
Assumed office July 2024 | |
Constituency | South |
Chair of the Committee on Children, Disability, Equality and Integration | |
In office 15 September 2020 – June 2024 | |
Preceded by | Alan Farrell |
Chair of the Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement | |
In office 4 April 2016 – 15 September 2020 | |
Preceded by | Joe McHugh |
Succeeded by | Fergus O'Dowd |
Teachta Dála | |
In office February 2016 – June 2024 | |
Constituency | Carlow-Kilkenny |
Personal details | |
Born | Callan, Kilkenny, Ireland [1] | 22 April 1981
Political party | Sinn Féin |
Spouse | |
Children | 2 |
Alma mater | American College Dublin |
Kathleen Funchion (born 22 April 1981) [1] [2] is an Irish Sinn Féin politician who has served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the South constituency since 2024. She was a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Carlow–Kilkenny constituency from the 2016 general election to 2024. [3] She was appointed Chair of the Committee on Children, Disability, Equality and Integration in September 2020. She previously served as Chair of the Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement from 2016 to 2020.
She is the Sinn Féin Spokesperson on Children, Disabilities, Integration and Equality. In the 32nd Dáil, she served Chair of the Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement. [2] In the 33rd Dáil, she was appointed Chair of the Committee on Children, Disability, Equality and Integration.
She was a member of Kilkenny Borough Council from 2009 to 2014 and Kilkenny County Council from 2014 to 2016, after her election to the Dáil. [4] Prior to her election, she worked with the SIPTU trade union. [5]
Funchion was a Sinn Féin candidate for the South constituency at the 2024 European Parliament election. [6] Funchion received 50,580 (7.4%) first preference votes and was elected on the 20th count. [7]
She was previously married to David Cullinane who is a Sinn Féin TD for Waterford. [8]