Mairead McGuinness MEP, an agricultural economist, serves on Parliament Committees on Agriculture and Rural Development; Environment, Food Safety and Public Health.
A food policy expert, her report on the future of the Common Agriculture Policy and Global Food Security was, in January, endorsed by the European Parliament. She chaired the Parliament’s inquiry into the demise of Equitable Life and she has worked to raise the plight of children in orphanages in Romania and Bulgaria.
First elected as an MEP in 2004,Mairead topped the poll and repeated that feat once again in June 2009 when she was re-elected to the European Parliament. Prior to becoming an MEP she was a well-known journalist, broadcaster and commentator.
