KathySinnott

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Political Memory: Kathy SINNOTT, MEP

General Data

• Born on 29 September 1950, Chicago (Illinois)
• Country: Ireland
• Political Group: Independence/Democracy Group (IND/DEM)
  Party: Independent

Contact

• Parlement européen
  Bâtiment Willy Brandt 03M081
  60, rue Wiertz, 1047 Bruxelles
  Tel.: +32 2 28 45 692/+32 2 28 47 692
  Fax: +32 2 28 49 692
• Parlement européen
  Bâtiment Louise Weiss T11028
  1, avenue du Président Robert Schuman - CS 91024, 67070 Strasbourg Cedex
  Tel.: +33 3 88 175 692/+33 3 88 177 692
  Fax: +33 3 88 179 692
• "St. Joseph" Ballinabearna, Ballinhassig, Co. Cork

• Email: kathy.sinnott(at)europarl.europa.eu
• Page on European Parliament website: www.europarl.europa.eu/members/expert/alphaOrder/view.do?language=EN&id=28119
• Site web: www.kathysinnott.ie

Functions in European Parliament

• Committee on Petitions (Vice-Chairwoman)
• Committee on Employment and Social Affairs (Member)
• Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (Member)
• Delegation for relations with the United States (Member)
• Delegation to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly (Member)
• Committee on Constitutional Affairs (Substitute)
• Committee on Foreign Affairs (Substitute)
• Committee on Fisheries (Substitute)
• Subcommittee on Human Rights (Substitute)
• Temporary Committee on Climate Change (Substitute)
• Honorary PhD, St Mary-of-the-Woods College, Indiana, USA (2005). Mother and homemaker (since 1970). (Curriculum vitae)
• Founder and Secretary at various times of the Association for the Severely and Profoundly Mentally Handicapped (1983-1997). Founder/Chair and Secretary at various times of the Hope Project (since 1996). (Curriculum vitae)
• Irish Independent Person of the Month (2000). Peace and Justice Award (2000). Irish Tatler Woman of the Year Special Recognition Award (2001). ESB/Rehab Person of the Year Award (2001). (Curriculum vitae)

Curriculum Vitae

• Honorary PhD, St Mary-of-the-Woods College, Indiana, USA (2005)
• Mother and homemaker (since 1970)
• Founder and Secretary at various times of the Association for the Severely and Profoundly Mentally Handicapped (1983-1997)
• Founder/Chair and Secretary at various times of the Hope Project (since 1996)
• Irish Independent Person of the Month (2000)
• Peace and Justice Award (2000)
• Irish Tatler Woman of the Year Special Recognition Award (2001)
• ESB/Rehab Person of the Year Award (2001)

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Votes

• 12/10/2006 - Resolutions on European Patent Litigation Agreement (EPLA) 14/20

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Opinions

Sources

• Written questions at European Parliament
• Proposals for a resolution at European Parliament
• Reports at European Parliament
• Opinions at European Parliament
• Speeches in plenary at European Parliament
• Written declarations in European Parliament
• Wikipedia
• Google

Positions

Thanks to improve this part with opinions from Kathy SINNOTT about Squaring the Net concerned issues (see page Help:Political_Memory to know how to do it).

• 07/07/2008 Press Release in reply to campaign concerning vote on IMCO & ITRE of Telecoms package

MEP Kathy Sinnott attacks anti-privacy amendments in “Telecom package”

Kathy Sinnott MEP for Munster is opposed to a series of amendments this week in Strasbourg to the European Telecommunications Directive designed to give the EU control over citizen’s internet usage. The proposed amendments to the could force internet service providers to turn over information on customers and monitor their internet usage. It could also force software makers to include spyware in their products to allow not only governments but also corporations to monitor citizen’s activities whether or not they are suspected of unlawful behaviour

Kathy Sinnott MEP said “I am a great proponent of net neutrality. The reason the internet is what it is today, is that no-one owns it and no company or government has as yet taken control over it. These amendments being pressed by some MEP’s seek to move Europe closer to the Chinese internet model where usage is monitored and where an individual goes online can be curtailed. This will give vast control over our lives to governments and in some cases corporations. I believe that law enforcement agencies should be allowed to pursue specific targets (eg. child pornography, terrorism) but monitoring the entire populace is not the way to go about it. These intrusions into our privacy would be unacceptable and I will be urging my colleagues to vote down all such amendments on July 7th.”

If these amendments pass they will come before the European Parliament for debate and vote in September or October 09. If you are interested in being updated. Please let me know.

Kathy is Democracy co president of the Independence/Democracy Group in the European Parliament