Region: Dublin South Midlands-North-West Pledge Questions Candidate Answer Candidate Answer Candidate Answer Q2If elected to the -Brian Hayes (Fine N/A -Diarmuid Yes -Jim Higgins MEP N/A European Parliament Gael) FG O’Flynn Ind FG will you support and -Nessa Childers Yes -Kieran Hartley FF -Mairead N/A vote for increased (Ind) MEP -Simon Harris FG Yes McGuinness MEP funding for the European -Damien Wise Fís - Jillian Godsil Ind No FG Youth Guarantee post Nua Yes - Phil Prendergast Yes -Lorraine Higgins Yes 2015 and inclusion of all -Brid Smith People MEP Labour Labour young jobseekers in the Before Profit Yes -Sean Kelly MEP N/A -Luke ‘Ming’ Yes programme? Alliance (PBPA) FG Flanagan Ind -Emer Costello -Deirdre Clune FG N/A -Cordelia Níc Labour MEP Yes - Brian Crowley N/A Fhearraigh Fís Nua Yes -Eamon Ryan MEP FF - Mark Dearey Green Party Yes -Grace O’Sullivan N/A Green Party Yes -Lynn Boylan SF Green Party -Pat The Cope N/A -Paul Murphy Yes - Liadh Ní Riada N/A Gallagher MEP FF Socialist Party MEP Yes SF -Thomas Byrne FF N/A - Mary Fitzpatrick - Jan Van De Ven N/A - Matt Carthy Sinn N/A Fianna Fáil (FF) N/A DDI Féin (SF) -Thomas Darcy -Dónal Ó’Ríordáin N/A - Ben Gilroy DDI N/A Direct Democracy N/A Fís Nua -Marian Harkin N/A Ireland (DDI) - Theresa Heaney N/A MEP Ind -Raymond Catholic -Rónán Mullen Ind N/A Whitehead DDI N/A Democrats (CD) N/A -Mark Fitzsimmons N/A - Jim Tallon Ind - Richard Cahill N/A Ind N/A Ind -TJ Fay Ind N/A Peter O’Loughlin N/A Ind Q3If elected to the -Brian Hayes (Fine N/A -Diarmuid Yes -Jim Higgins MEP N/A European Parliament Gael) FG O’Flynn Ind FG will you support and -Nessa Childers Yes -Kieran Hartley FF Yes -Mairead N/A vote for EU legislative (Ind) MEP -Simon Harris FG Yes McGuinness MEP action to implement the -Damien Wise Fís - Jillian Godsil Ind Yes FG EU Charter on Quality Nua Yes - Phil Prendergast Yes -Lorraine Higgins Yes Internships and -Brid Smith People MEP Labour Labour Apprenticeships? Click Before Profit Yes -Sean Kelly MEP N/A -Luke ‘Ming’ Yes here. Alliance (PBPA) FG Flanagan Ind -Emer Costello -Deirdre Clune FG N/A -Cordelia Níc Yes Labour MEP Yes - Brian Crowley N/A Fhearraigh Fís Nua -Eamon Ryan MEP FF - Mark Dearey Yes Green Party Yes -Grace O’Sullivan N/A Green Party -Lynn Boylan SF Green Party -Pat The Cope N/A -Paul Murphy Yes - Liadh Ní Riada N/A Gallagher MEP FF Socialist Party MEP Yes SF -Thomas Byrne FF N/A - Mary Fitzpatrick - Jan Van De Ven N/A - Matt Carthy Sinn N/A Fianna Fáil (FF) N/A DDI Féin (SF) -Thomas Darcy -Dónal Ó’Ríordáin N/A - Ben Gilroy DDI N/A Direct Democracy N/A Fís Nua -Marian Harkin N/A Ireland (DDI) - Theresa Heaney N/A MEP Ind -Raymond Catholic -Rónán Mullen Ind N/A Whitehead DDI N/A Democrats (CD) -Mark Fitzsimmons N/A - Jim Tallon Ind - Richard Cahill N/A Ind N/A Ind -TJ Fay Ind N/A Peter O’Loughlin N/A Ind Q4 If elected to the -Brian Hayes (Fine N/A -Diarmuid Yes -Jim Higgins MEP N/A European Parliament Gael) FG O’Flynn Ind FG will you support and -Nessa Childers Yes -Kieran Hartley FF Yes -Mairead N/A vote for strengthened EU (Ind) MEP -Simon Harris FG Yes McGuinness MEP legislation to combat -Damien Wise Fís - Jillian Godsil Ind Yes FG discrimination based on Nua Yes - Phil Prendergast Yes -Lorraine Higgins Yes age including for social -Brid Smith People MEP Labour Labour protection payments and Before Profit Yes -Sean Kelly MEP N/A -Luke ‘Ming’ Yes legislation to prevent Alliance (PBPA) FG Flanagan Ind discrimination on the -Emer Costello -Deirdre Clune FG N/A -Cordelia Níc basis of sexual Labour MEP Yes - Brian Crowley N/A Fhearraigh Fís Nua Yes orientation, including -Eamon Ryan MEP FF - Mark Dearey Yes marriage rights and on Green Party Yes -Grace O’Sullivan N/A Green Party disability, health and -Lynn Boylan SF Green Party -Pat The Cope N/A mental health grounds? -Paul Murphy Yes - Liadh Ní Riada N/A Gallagher MEP FF Socialist Party MEP Yes SF -Thomas Byrne FF N/A - Mary Fitzpatrick - Jan Van De Ven N/A - Matt Carthy Sinn N/A Fianna Fáil (FF) N/A DDI Féin (SF) -Thomas Darcy -Dónal Ó’Ríordáin N/A - Ben Gilroy DDI N/A Direct Democracy N/A Fís Nua -Marian Harkin N/A Ireland (DDI) - Theresa Heaney N/A MEP Ind -Raymond Catholic -Rónán Mullen Ind N/A Whitehead DDI N/A Democrats (CD) -Mark Fitzsimmons N/A - Jim Tallon Ind - Richard Cahill N/A Ind N/A Ind -TJ Fay Ind N/A Peter O’Loughlin N/A Ind Q5 If elected to the -Brian Hayes (Fine N/A -Diarmuid Yes -Jim Higgins MEP N/A European Parliament Gael) FG O’Flynn Ind FG will you support and -Nessa Childers Yes -Kieran Hartley FF Yes -Mairead N/A vote for action and (Ind) MEP -Simon Harris FG Yes McGuinness MEP funding to implement EU -Damien Wise Fís - Jillian Godsil Ind Yes FG Council Nua Yes - Phil Prendergast Yes -Lorraine Higgins Yes recommendations -Brid Smith People MEP Labour Labour around the validation of Before Profit Yes -Sean Kelly MEP N/A -Luke ‘Ming’ Yes skills learned outside the Alliance (PBPA) FG Flanagan Ind formal education -Emer Costello -Deirdre Clune FG N/A -Cordelia Níc Yes system, through youth Labour MEP Yes - Brian Crowley N/A Fhearraigh Fís Nua work and other areas, so -Eamon Ryan MEP FF - Mark Dearey Yes that young people can Green Party Yes -Grace O’Sullivan N/A Green Party make use of this learning -Lynn Boylan SF Green Party -Pat The Cope N/A through their careers -Paul Murphy Yes - Liadh Ní Riada N/A Gallagher MEP FF and further learning? Socialist Party MEP Yes SF -Thomas Byrne FF N/A - Mary Fitzpatrick - Jan Van De Ven N/A - Matt Carthy Sinn N/A Fianna Fáil (FF) N/A DDI Féin (SF) -Thomas Darcy -Dónal Ó’Ríordáin N/A - Ben Gilroy DDI N/A Direct Democracy N/A Fís Nua -Marian Harkin N/A Ireland (DDI) - Theresa Heaney N/A MEP Ind -Raymond Catholic -Rónán Mullen Ind N/A Whitehead DDI N/A Democrats (CD) -Mark Fitzsimmons N/A - Jim Tallon Ind - Richard Cahill N/A Ind N/A Ind -TJ Fay Ind N/A Peter O’Loughlin N/A Ind Q6 If elected to the -Brian Hayes (Fine N/A -Diarmuid No -Jim Higgins MEP N/A European Parliament Gael) FG O’Flynn Ind FG will you support and -Nessa Childers Yes -Kieran Hartley FF Yes -Mairead N/A vote for extending (Ind) MEP -Simon Harris FG Yes McGuinness MEP voting rights to young -Damien Wise Fís - Jillian Godsil Ind No FG people aged 16 and 17 Nua Yes - Phil Prendergast Yes -Lorraine Higgins Yes years to vote in -Brid Smith People MEP Labour Labour European Parliament Before Profit Yes -Sean Kelly MEP N/A -Luke ‘Ming’ Yes elections? Alliance (PBPA) FG Flanagan Ind -Emer Costello -Deirdre Clune FG N/A -Cordelia Níc Yes Labour MEP Yes - Brian Crowley N/A Fhearraigh Fís Nua -Eamon Ryan MEP FF - Mark Dearey Yes Green Party Yes -Grace O’Sullivan N/A Green Party -Lynn Boylan SF Green Party -Pat The Cope N/A -Paul Murphy Yes - Liadh Ní Riada N/A Gallagher MEP FF Socialist Party MEP Yes SF -Thomas Byrne FF N/A - Mary Fitzpatrick - Jan Van De Ven N/A - Matt Carthy Sinn N/A Fianna Fáil (FF) N/A DDI Féin (SF) -Thomas Darcy -Dónal Ó’Ríordáin N/A - Ben Gilroy DDI N/A Direct Democracy N/A Fís Nua -Marian Harkin N/A Ireland (DDI) - Theresa Heaney N/A MEP Ind -Raymond Catholic -Rónán Mullen Ind N/A Whitehead DDI N/A Democrats (CD) -Mark Fitzsimmons N/A - Jim Tallon Ind - Richard Cahill N/A Ind N/A Ind -TJ Fay Ind N/A Peter O’Loughlin N/A Ind Q7If elected to the -Brian Hayes (Fine N/A -Diarmuid Yes -Jim Higgins MEP N/A European Parliament Gael) FG O’Flynn Ind FG will you support and -Nessa Childers Yes -Kieran Hartley FF Yes -Mairead N/A vote for a strengthened (Ind) MEP -Simon Harris FG Yes McGuinness MEP EU alcohol strategy -Damien Wise Fís - Jillian Godsil Ind Yes FG which includes actions to Nua Yes - Phil Prendergast Yes -Lorraine Higgins Yes address the advertising -Brid Smith People MEP Labour Labour and marketing of Before Profit Yes -Sean Kelly MEP N/A -Luke ‘Ming’ Yes alcoholic products to Alliance (PBPA) FG Flanagan Ind young people across the -Emer Costello -Deirdre Clune FG N/A -Cordelia Níc Yes EU? Labour MEP Yes - Brian Crowley N/A Fhearraigh Fís Nua -Eamon Ryan MEP FF - Mark Dearey Yes Green Party Yes -Grace O’Sullivan N/A Green Party -Lynn Boylan SF Green Party -Pat The Cope N/A -Paul Murphy Yes - Liadh Ní Riada N/A Gallagher MEP FF Socialist Party MEP Yes SF -Thomas Byrne FF N/A - Mary Fitzpatrick - Jan Van De Ven N/A - Matt Carthy Sinn N/A Fianna Fáil (FF) N/A DDI Féin (SF) -Thomas Darcy -Dónal Ó’Ríordáin N/A - Ben Gilroy DDI N/A Direct Democracy N/A Fís Nua -Marian Harkin N/A Ireland (DDI) - Theresa Heaney N/A MEP Ind -Raymond Catholic -Rónán Mullen Ind N/A Whitehead DDI N/A Democrats (CD) -Mark Fitzsimmons N/A - Jim Tallon Ind - Richard Cahill N/A Ind N/A Ind -TJ Fay Ind N/A Peter O’Loughlin N/A Ind Q8If elected to the -Brian Hayes (Fine N/A -Diarmuid Yes -Jim Higgins MEP N/A European Parliament Gael) FG O’Flynn Ind FG will you support and -Nessa Childers Yes -Kieran Hartley FF Yes -Mairead N/A vote for according full (Ind) MEP -Simon Harris FG Yes McGuinness MEP official status to Irish as -Damien Wise Fís - Jillian Godsil Ind Yes FG a European language? Nua Yes - Phil Prendergast Yes -Lorraine Higgins Yes -Brid Smith People MEP Labour Labour Before Profit Yes -Sean Kelly MEP N/A -Luke ‘Ming’ Yes Alliance (PBPA) FG Flanagan Ind -Emer Costello -Deirdre Clune FG N/A -Cordelia Níc Yes Labour MEP Yes - Brian Crowley N/A Fhearraigh Fís Nua -Eamon Ryan MEP FF - Mark Dearey Yes Green Party Yes -Grace O’Sullivan N/A Green Party -Lynn Boylan SF Green Party -Pat The Cope N/A -Paul Murphy Yes - Liadh Ní Riada N/A Gallagher MEP FF Socialist Party MEP Yes SF -Thomas Byrne FF N/A - Mary Fitzpatrick - Jan Van De Ven N/A - Matt Carthy Sinn N/A Fianna Fáil (FF)