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Independent TD Michael McNamara has announced he will be contesting the European Parliament elections in the Ireland South constituency.
He has said he will be contesting the elections as an Independent candidate.
Mr McNamara, who is also a barrister, was elected as a Labour Party TD in the Clare constituency in 2011, but did not retain his seat in 2016.
He was re-elected as an Independent in 2020.
The Clare TD chaired the Dáil Covid-19 committee during the pandemic.
In a statement on his website, Mr McNamara said that “agriculture and renewable energy are key issues” for him.
“While immigration reform is being carried out, the European Union must use its position in the world to address the root causes of mass migration,” he said.
“I will be a strong advocate for Ireland’s offshore wind energy sector, with its vast potential held back by Government inertia, as has our biomethane sector.”
Mr McNamara also said that he would use his “position as MEP to advocate for funding as part of the European Green Deal to increase Ireland’s housing stock through the conversion and renovation of upper floors over commercial units on the streets of every town and city in Ireland South into residential accommodation.”
The European elections will take place alongside the local elections on Friday 7 June.
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