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Youth should have easy access to EU jobs - Walsh

Midlands-North-West MEP Maria Walsh is calling for a simplified system to allow young people access employment and training opportunities across the EU.

The European Parliament is this week debating how to improve measures to deal with youth unemployment.

The issue was raised in the context of the post-COVID recovery.

Fine Gael’s Maria Walsh outlines one idea to make information more readily available to young people

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Young people can’t be left behind in post-COVID recovery - Walsh

Fine Gael MEP Maria Walsh says tackling youth unemployment must be a priority in the post-COVID recovery.

She was speaking as the European Parliament debated reinforcing the ‘Youth Guarantee’.

It was initially launched after the financial crisis and aims to ensure that those under 29 are not left behind when it comes to employment or training.

Maria Walsh says it will be a crucial issue once the pandemic is over

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Ireland’s new EU Commissioner all set for Brussels job – REPORT

Ireland’s new EU Commissioner Mairead McGuinness will be getting ready to take up her new job in Brussels shortly.

The European Parliament yesterday voted overwhelmingly to endorse her approval for the position of EU Commissioner for Financial Services, Financial Stability and Capital Markets Union.

And the European Council is set to give McGuinness the green light at a Foreign Affairs Council meeting on Monday.

Karen Coleman has this round-up of what’s been a big week for the Fine Gael politician.

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No-deal Brexit could see flights grounded - Clune

Contingency measures are needed to ensure Irish flights can use UK airspace if there’s a no-deal Brexit.

That’s the view of Fine Gael MEP Deirdre Clune who says concerns are growing about the impact of Britain falling back on World Trade Organisation rules on January 1^st.

Aviation doesn’t fall under WTO parameters meaning flights face major disruption.

Deirdre Clune sits on the European Parliament’s Transport Committee

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Businesses need assurances over UK landbridge - Clune

Fine Gael MEP Deirdre Clune says businesses need certainty in the event of the EU not reaching a trade deal with the UK by the end of the year.

This week, the European Commission warned that a no-deal scenario cannot be ruled out.

Talks are deadlocked with less than 100 days to go until the end of the Brexit transition period.

Deirdre Clune says there is increasing concern over the transport of goods from Ireland to mainland Europe via the UK landbridge

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Fitzgerald calls for more gender equality in business

The European Parliament has heard that less than 30 per cent of board members in the largest publicly listed EU companies are women while just 8 per cent are CEOs.

MEPs are now calling for a long-awaited plan on equality in business to get moving.

The ‘Women on Boards Directive’ has been held up since 2012 due to objections from some member states.

Fine Gael MEP for Dublin Frances Fitzgerald explains what it contains

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More women needed on company boards - Fitzgerald

A long-awaited EU plan to get more women on company boards needs to get moving according to Dublin MEP Frances Fitzgerald

The Directive was first proposed in 2012 and calls for non-executive boards to be made up of at least 40 per cent women.

However, its rollout has been blocked by a number of member states in the European Council.

Fine Gael’s Frances Fitzgerald says it’s about time the plan gets going

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McGuinness “will do a great job” - Fitzgerald

The strong vote for Mairead McGuinness in the European Parliament today is a great tribute to her work according to Fine Gael’s Frances Fitzgerald.

MEPs have approved her appointment as EU Commissioner for Financial Services following the resignation of Phil Hogan.

583 voted in favour out of a ballot of 695.

Dublin MEP Frances Fitzgerald says the result is not surprising

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“No better woman for the job” – Walsh on McGuinness vote

Mairead McGuinness is expected to be formally appointed as EU Commissioner for Financial Services next Monday.

It’s after she received the backing of MEPs in the European Parliament today.

The outgoing Fine Gael MEP for Midlands-North-West replaces Phil Hogan who resigned in August.

Her constituency and party colleague Maria Walsh says an overwhelming majority of MEPs voted in favour of her appointment

 

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“I hope I served you well” – McGuinness thanks her supporters

Mairead McGuinness has thanked everyone who has supported her as she prepares to leave the EU Parliament to take up the role of EU Commissioner.

 

An overwhelmingly majority of MEPs voted in favour of her appointment and she is expected to formally take up the role next week.

 

McGuinness replaces Phil Hogan who resigned over the golfgate controversy.

 

The outgoing MEP for Midlands-North-West says she’s grateful for the support she’s received since being first elected in 2004.

 

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