78 corrections to votes by Irish MEPs

MEPs from Ireland have recorded the joint fifth highest level of correcting voting errors in the European Parliament.

78 corrections to votes by Irish MEPs
Fri, 04 Mar, 2016 - 00:00
Sean McCarthaigh

A survey shows that Ireland’s representatives in the parliament in Strasbourg and Brussels made a total of 78 corrections to their voting record over a 16-month period.

According to statistics compiled by a Swedish EU news website, Europaportalen, nine of Ireland’s 11 MEPs sought to correct their votes between July 16, 2014 and October 27, 2015.

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