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ID 197863

IrelandIrelandActive member

Maria WALSH

EPPEuropean People's Party
Fine Gael Party

Tracked since 28/10/2024

Total assistants

9

Currently active

7

Total departed

2

Departed share

22.2%

2 of 9

Also draws on 1 shared assistants (1 currently, 0 former) — pooled staff are employed by a grouping of Members and are excluded from the figures above.

Office over time

9 own staff since we started watching

One bar per person, from the day we first saw them to the day they left — or until today. A faded left edge means they were already in place on 28/10/2024; a faded right edge means they left at an unknown date before 03/03/2026.

Jan 25Apr 25Jul 25Oct 25Jan 26Apr 26Jul 26Oct 26CIARA ELLEN O'FLYNNEimear Rose DEERYMary HARTNETTCorina-Stefania MOISEORLAITH CURTINJames Patrick MCMAHONRachel MC KENNAFarren Roarty LimitedDigital Training Institut…
Accredited assistantsLocal assistantsPaying agentsSpecialised service providersin postdepartedfaded edge = start or end not known to the day
Office timeline
NameCategoryFromTo
CIARA ELLEN O'FLYNNAccredited assistantstracked since 28/10/2024in post
Eimear Rose DEERYAccredited assistantstracked since 28/10/2024left before Mar 2026
Mary HARTNETTAccredited assistantstracked since 28/10/2024in post
Corina-Stefania MOISEAccredited assistants08/01/2025in post
ORLAITH CURTINAccredited assistants01/03/2026in post
James Patrick MCMAHONLocal assistantstracked since 28/10/2024in post
Rachel MC KENNAPaying agentstracked since 28/10/2024left before Mar 2026
Farren Roarty LimitedPaying agents17/04/2025in post
Digital Training Institute LimitedSpecialised service providerstracked since 28/10/2024in post

Departed share comparison

Share of observed own staff who have since left (since 28 Oct 2024).

This Member22.2%
EP average30.2%
Ireland17.3%
Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats)29.6%

By category

CategoryOwn activeOwn departedOwn totalPool activePool total
Accredited assistants41500
Paying agents11200
Specialised service providers10100
Local assistants10100
Accredited assistants (grouping)00011

Active assistants · 8

NameCategorySince
Mary HARTNETTAccredited assistants28/10/2024
CIARA ELLEN O'FLYNNAccredited assistants28/10/2024
Corina-Stefania MOISEAccredited assistants08/01/2025
ORLAITH CURTINAccredited assistants01/03/2026
Petra KURTOVICAccredited assistants (grouping)11/09/2025
James Patrick MCMAHONLocal assistants28/10/2024
Farren Roarty LimitedPaying agents17/04/2025
Digital Training Institute LimitedSpecialised service providers28/10/2024

Office size

Own staff in post per month. Dashed before 03/03/2026: reconstructed from arrivals only. The dashed horizontal line is the median office in the Parliament (5).

Own staff of Maria WALSH per month
MonthCountEstimated
2024-114yes
2024-124yes
2025-015yes
2025-025yes
2025-035yes
2025-046yes
2025-056yes
2025-066yes
2025-076yes
2025-086yes
2025-096yes
2025-106yes
2025-116yes
2025-126yes
2026-016yes
2026-026yes
2026-037no
2026-047no
2026-057no
2026-067no
2026-077no
2026-087no
2026-097no
2026-107no

How long staff stayed

Tenure of staff whose departure is dated. Contracts that ended before 03/03/2026 have no known length and are not shown.

No dated departures yet.

Former assistants · 2

NameCategoryFromToDuration
Eimear Rose DEERYAccredited assistants28/10/2024left before Mar 2026—
Rachel MC KENNAPaying agents28/10/2024left before Mar 2026—

Our record of the register begins 28/10/2024. "Tracked since" marks a person who was already in place on that day — their actual start date is earlier and is not published to us. Read about the data →