Ireland South MEP, Seán Kelly, has been appointed EPP Rapporteur for the European Parliament’s revision of the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD), a key component of the EU “Renovation Wave” and the European Green Deal.

MEP for Ireland South and Fine Gael’s leader in the European Parliament, Sean Kelly, has welcomed a ruling by the European Court of Justice upholding the importance of the rule of law in the EU. The Court dismissed requests brought by Hungary and Poland to annul the Conditionality mechanism, which links access to European funds […]

Sean Kelly MEP has today (Tuesday), called for the Irish government to take a closer look at fast-tracking offshore wind projects, and in particular floating technology projects. Speaking from the European Parliament in Strasbourg, where MEPs voted overwhelming in support of a European strategy for offshore renewable energy report (518 votes in favor, 88 against, […]

The order to stop checks on goods coming into Northern Ireland under the NI Protocol is unhelpful and should be withdrawn, Seán Kelly MEP and First Vice-Chair of the European Parliament’s delegation to the EU-UK Parliamentary Partnership Assembly said in Brussels today (Thursday). Addressing the first meeting of the joint Assembly, the Fine Gael MEP […]

Seán Kelly MEP has proposed a “Fit for 55 label” to be established to simplify and fast-track the delivery of public interest renewable energy projects across the EU, in a letter to European Commission Vice-President Frans Timmermans and Energy Commissioner Kadri Simson today (Tuesday). “We cannot achieve our Green Deal targets without a massive expansion […]