MEP (FG) for Leinster since 1994, Vice-chair, Joint ACP/EU Assembly

This Parliament's contribution? Parliament as a watchdog has taken on very strongly its new power to make sure everything is above board in the Commission

Own proudest achievement? Two reports - I carried out the first major report on setaside, for example. Also, four of us copper-fastened a peace on the island of Bougainville in Papua New Guinea.

Frustration? Travel. I average 69 hours a week in constituency and Europe combined

Absences from sessions: 23

Motions for resolution: 36

Reports: Five

Questions: 31

Debates: 53

Teacher's note: Enthusiastic, sensible, hard-working. Energetic participant in agricultural debates