Candidates

Mairead McGuinness (Fine Gael)

Year born

1959

Professional qualification

Journalist

Occupation

MEP

Constituency

East

Phone number

353 (0) 41 6854633

Website

www.maireadmcguinness.ie

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Jobs

14.05.2009
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• I would like to know if you support the liberalisation of the postal services.
• An Post plays a vital role in this local community in terms of the jobs and services it provides which must be protected. What steps will you take to ensure that this is the case?
• Can we depend on you to be a guardian of the public interest and vital public services?
• Do you think taxpayers should be forced to fund An Post in the future when it is run without state aid now?
• If not how do you propose to fund the Universal Service Obligation which guarantees that every citizen enjoys a proper postal service with collection and delivery five times a week with a single price to all destinations?

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Mairead McGuinness

no reply so far

EU expansion

06.05.2009
Question from
NP

Hi Mairead, I hope you are well. I´d like to ask whether you believe Turkey should be a member of the EU?

Reply from
Mairead McGuinness

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Lisbon Treaty

06.05.2009
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I am interest to know that since the rejection of the Irish "No" has clearly shown the EU as a dictatorship what you think you can do if anything to change this situation?

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Mairead McGuinness

no reply so far

Lisbon Treaty

06.05.2009
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Why do you think that the EU is a democracy when it clearly is not by its disrespect of the Irish "No" vote; give me one reason why I should vote for any of the present MEP;s?

Reply from
Mairead McGuinness

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