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{{Short description|Irish politician (born 1963)}}
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| image            = Ciarán Cuffe Annual Green Convention 2018.jpg 
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| office             = Co-chair of the [[European Green Party]]
| term_start         = 7 December 2024
| term_end           = 
| predecessor        = [[Thomas Waitz]]
| alongside          = [[Vula Tsetsi]]
| office1           = [[Member of the European Parliament]]
| term_start1       = 2 July 2019
| term_end1         = 17 July 2024
| constituency1     = [[Dublin (European Parliament constituency)|Dublin]]
| office2          = [[Minister of State (Ireland)|Minister of State]]
| suboffice2       = [[Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine|Agriculture, Fisheries and Food]]
| subterm2         = 2010–2011
| suboffice3       = [[Minister of State at the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage|Environment, Heritage and Local Government]]
| subterm3         = 2010–2011
| suboffice4       = [[Minister of State at the Department of Transport|Transport]]
| subterm4         = 2010–2011
| office5          = [[Teachta Dála]]
| term_start5      = [[2002 Irish general election|May 2002]]
| term_end5        = [[2011 Irish general election|February 2011]]
| constituency5    = [[Dún Laoghaire (Dáil constituency)|Dún Laoghaire]]
| birth_name       = 
| birth_date       = {{birth date and age|1963|4|3|df=y}}
| birth_place      = [[Shankill, Dublin]], Ireland
| death_date       = 
| death_place      =
| party            = {{ubl|Ireland: [[Green Party (Ireland)|Green Party]]|[[European Union|EU]]: [[European Green Party]]}}
| spouse           = 
| children         = 
| relatives        = {{ubl|[[Patrick Little]] (granduncle)|[[George Skakel]] (grandfather)|[[Ethel Kennedy]] (aunt)}}
| education        = [[Gonzaga College]]
| alma_mater       = {{Ubl|[[University of Maine]]|[[University College Dublin]]|[[University of Venice]]}}
| website          = {{URL|ciarancuffe.com}}
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'''Ciarán Cuffe''' (born 3 April 1963) is an Irish politician who has been co-chair of the [[European Green Party]] (EGP) since December 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-12-07 |title=Vula Tsetsi and Ciarán Cuffe elected as the new co-chairs of European Green Party |url=https://europeangreens.eu/news/vula-tsetsi-and-ciaran-cuffe-elected-as-the-new-co-chairs-of-european-green-party/ |access-date=2025-01-07 |website=European Greens}}</ref> He served as a [[Member of the European Parliament]] (MEP) from [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]] for the [[Dublin (European Parliament constituency)|Dublin]] constituency from July 2019 to July 2024. Cuffe is a member of the [[Green Party (Ireland)|Irish Green Party]], part of the EGP. He previously served as a [[Minister of State (Ireland)|Minister of State]] from 2010 to 2011. He was a [[Teachta Dála]] (TD) for the [[Dún Laoghaire (Dáil constituency)|Dún Laoghaire constituency]] from 2002 to 2011.<ref name=oireachtas_db>{{cite web |url=https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/members/member/Ciar%C3%A1n-Cuffe.D.2002-06-06/ |title=Ciarán Cuffe |work=Oireachtas Members Database|access-date=20 January 2009|archive-date=17 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190617200455/https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/members/member/Ciar%25C3%25A1n-Cuffe.D.2002-06-06/|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Background and personal life==
He was born in [[Shankill, Dublin]], the son of Luan Peter Cuffe<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.dia.ie/architects/view/1328 |work=Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720–1940 |title=Cuffe, Luan Peter|access-date=11 August 2019|archive-date=31 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190331231803/https://www.dia.ie/architects/view/1328|url-status=live}}</ref> and Patricia Sistine Skakel. Luan Cuffe was an architect who was involved in town planning for [[Dún Laoghaire]] and [[Wicklow]] before taking over his brother-in-law's [[Architectural firm|architectural practice]]. Luan Cuffe trained in [[Harvard University]] under [[Walter Gropius]] where he met Patricia Skakel whom he married. Through his mother Patricia, Ciarán is a grandson of [[George Skakel]], a founder of [[SGL Carbon|Great Lakes Carbon Corporation]], and a nephew of [[Ethel Kennedy|Ethel Skakel Kennedy]]. His cousins include the children of Ethel and [[Robert F. Kennedy]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://cuffestreet.blogspot.com/2007/05/dear-prudence.html |title=Oh Dear, Prudence |work=Cuffe Street |date=13 May 2007 |access-date=23 May 2007 |archive-date=4 July 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070704115224/http://cuffestreet.blogspot.com/2007/05/dear-prudence.html |url-status=live}}</ref> Cuffe's granduncle was the [[Fianna Fáil]] TD [[Patrick Little]], and his great-grandfather [[Philip Francis Little]] was the first Prime Minister of [[Newfoundland Colony|Newfoundland]] in 1854.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.independent.ie/national-news/dail-family-trees-show-clans-who-rule-ireland-1990157.html |title=Dail family trees show clans who rule Ireland |work=[[Irish Independent]] |date=27 December 2009 |access-date=7 June 2012 |archive-date=22 October 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121022114550/http://www.independent.ie/national-news/dail-family-trees-show-clans-who-rule-ireland-1990157.html |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/birth_returns/births_1917/01313/1542770.pdf | title=Irish Genealogy }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/marriage_returns/marriages_1910/09975/5627158.pdf | title=Irish Genealogy }}</ref> Cuffe is a member of the Dublin Cycling Campaign and has cycled coast-to-coast across the [[United States]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.joe.ie/news/5-things-you-may-not-know-about-ciaran-cuffe-9018 |title=5 things you may not know about Ciaran Cuffe {{!}} JOE.ie |work=JOE.ie |access-date=18 July 2018 |archive-date=18 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180718175235/https://www.joe.ie/news/5-things-you-may-not-know-about-ciaran-cuffe-9018 |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Education==
He attended the Children's House Montessori School in [[Stillorgan]], [[Gonzaga College]] in [[Ranelagh]], the [[University of Maine]] at [[Orono, Maine|Orono]], [[University College Dublin]], and the [[University of Venice]]. Cuffe has degrees in architecture and urban planning from [[University College Dublin]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.ciarancuffe.com/about-me/ |title=About Me - Ciaran Cuffe |work=Ciaran Cuffe |access-date=19 July 2018 |language=en-US |archive-date=19 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180719174108/http://www.ciarancuffe.com/about-me/ |url-status=live}}</ref> He teaches a masters programme in urban regeneration & development at the [[Dublin Institute of Technology]], Bolton Street.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dit.ie/studyatdit/postgraduate/taughtprogrammes/allcourses/dt9119-sdt9109-jpturbanregenerationdevelopmentmsc.html |title=All Courses - Study at DIT |website=www.dit.ie |language=en |access-date=24 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180724154005/http://www.dit.ie/studyatdit/postgraduate/taughtprogrammes/allcourses/dt9119-sdt9109-jpturbanregenerationdevelopmentmsc.html |archive-date=24 July 2018 |url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2019 he completed an MSc in cities at the [[London School of Economics]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://emc.lsecities.net/network-2/ |title=Network » Executive MSc in Cities » A transformational programme for working professionals at the London School of Economics. |website=emc.lsecities.net |language=en-US |access-date=19 July 2018 |archive-date=19 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180719203415/https://emc.lsecities.net/network-2/ |url-status=live}}</ref>

==Political career ==
===Early political activism===
Cuffe joined the [[Green Party (Ireland)|Green Party]] in 1982, and campaigned with [[Students Against the Destruction of Dublin]] in the 1980s. He was twice elected to [[Dublin City Council]], in 1991 and 1999, for the South Inner City electoral area.<ref name=elecs_irl>{{cite web|url=http://electionsireland.org/candidate.cfm?ID=4256 |title=Ciarán Cuffe |work=ElectionsIreland.org |access-date=20 January 2009 |archive-date=3 February 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090203041407/http://electionsireland.org/candidate.cfm?ID=4256 |url-status=live}}</ref> In 1996, he launched a free bikes scheme in which bicycles were placed around Dublin city centre for use by the public.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/greens-hope-for-a-new-cycle-in-city-transport-1.102996 |title=Greens hope for a new cycle in city transport |newspaper=[[The Irish Times]] |access-date=8 August 2018 |language=en |archive-date=8 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180808203015/https://www.irishtimes.com/news/greens-hope-for-a-new-cycle-in-city-transport-1.102996 |url-status=live}}</ref>

===Dáil Éireann (1997–2010)===
He was an unsuccessful candidate for the [[Dublin Central (Dáil constituency)|Dublin Central]] constituency at the [[1997 Irish general election|1997 general election]], but was elected to the [[Dáil Éireann]] (lower house) at the [[2002 Irish general election|2002 general election]] for the [[Dún Laoghaire (Dáil constituency)|Dún Laoghaire]] constituency.

In June 2003, he stepped down as the Green Party's environment spokesperson after it was revealed that he held shares worth $70,000 in a number of oil exploration companies which he had inherited when his late mother had left him $1.3 million in her will.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.rte.ie/news/2003/0610/green.html |title=Cuffe quits as Environment spokesman |date=10 June 2003 |work=[[RTÉ News]] |access-date=30 March 2010 |archive-date=5 June 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110605192710/http://www.rte.ie/news/2003/0610/green.html |url-status=live}}</ref> He was re-elected at the [[2007 Irish general election|2007 general election]].<ref name=elecs_irl /><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.rte.ie/news/elections2007/results/constit-22.html |title=General Election 2007 – Dún Laoghaire |date=25 May 2007 |work=RTÉ News: General Election 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070818183706/http://www.rte.ie/news/elections2007/results/constit-22.html |archive-date=18 August 2007 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

Following the 2007 election, the Green Party formed a coalition government with two other political parties and a number of independent TDs. Just after the election, on 28 May 2007, he wrote in his blog: "A deal with [[Fianna Fáil]] would be a [[deal with the Devil]]. We would be spat out after 5 years, and decimated as a party."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://cuffestreet.blogspot.com/2007_05_01_archive.html |title=Great to be back |work=Cuffe Street |date=28 May 2007 |access-date=6 January 2008 |archive-date=25 July 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110725061241/http://cuffestreet.blogspot.com/2007_05_01_archive.html |url-status=live}}</ref>

He lost his seat at the [[2011 Irish general election|2011 general election]].

===Minister of State (2010–2011)===
On 23 March 2010, as part of a reshuffle, he was appointed as [[Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine|Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food]], [[Minister of State at the Department of Transport|at the Department of Transport]] and [[Minister of State at the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage|at the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government]], with special responsibility for Horticulture, Sustainable Travel, and Planning and Heritage.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2010-03-24/3/ |title=Ministerial Appointments: Announcement by Taoiseach – Dáil Éireann (30th Dáil) – Vol. 705 No. 2 |date=23 March 2010|access-date=16 July 2020 |website=Houses of the Oireachtas|archive-date=18 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201218114732/https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2010-03-24/3/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.rte.ie/news/2010/0323/politics.html |title=Killeen, Carey promoted to cabinet |work=RTÉ News |date=23 March 2010 |access-date=23 March 2010 |archive-date=25 March 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100325002855/http://www.rte.ie/news/2010/0323/politics.html |url-status=live}}</ref>

While Cuffe was minister, the [[Oireachtas]] enacted the Planning and Development (Amendment) Act 2010 to address land-use planning failures and over-zoning of development land.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.environ.ie/en/DevelopmentHousing/PlanningDevelopment/Planning/PlanningLegislation-Overview/PlanningActs/ |title=Planning Acts - Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government |publisher=Environ.ie |date=26 July 2010 |access-date=6 February 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110914180726/http://www.environ.ie/en/DevelopmentHousing/PlanningDevelopment/Planning/PlanningLegislation-Overview/PlanningActs/ |archive-date=14 September 2011 |url-status=dead}}</ref> The legislation reformed the way development plans and local area plans are made and, for the first time in Irish legislation, included a definition of [[Global warming|Anthropogenic Climate Change]] and required energy use to be taken into account in planning decisions. He published the Climate Change Response Bill 2010, and an update of the [[National Spatial Strategy]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.irishspatialstrategy.ie/pdfs/Completea.pdf |title=Complete.pdf |date= |access-date=19 May 2021 |archive-date=24 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181224183307/http://www.irishspatialstrategy.ie/pdfs/Completea.pdf%20 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/greens-want-to-enact-climate-bill-before-election-1.689112 |title=Greens want to enact climate Bill before election |newspaper=The Irish Times |access-date=19 July 2018 |language=en-US |archive-date=2 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201202201032/https://www.irishtimes.com/news/greens-want-to-enact-climate-bill-before-election-1.689112 |url-status=live}}</ref> He was head of the Irish delegation at the [[2010 United Nations Climate Change Conference]] in [[Cancún]], [[Mexico]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Cuffe |first=Ciarán |title=United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change |url=https://unfccc.int/files/meetings/cop_16/statements/application/pdf/101209_cop16_hls_ireland.pdf|url-status=live|access-date=22 May 2021 |website=unfccc.int|archive-date=12 June 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170612020749/http://unfccc.int/files/meetings/cop_16/statements/application/pdf/101209_cop16_hls_ireland.pdf}}</ref>

He promoted healthy eating for children, school gardens and local markets. He published bills to [[climate change mitigation|address climate change]], noise pollution, and heritage protection. In January 2011, Cuffe launched a new policy of allowing bicycles on off-peak [[Dublin Area Rapid Transit|DART]] trains.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2011/0105/1224286779803.html |title=Bicycles to be permitted on Dart and commuter trains in off-peak hours |newspaper=The Irish Times |date=5 January 2011 |first=Paul |last=Cullen |access-date=3 February 2011 |archive-date=15 January 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110115072812/http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2011/0105/1224286779803.html |url-status=live}}</ref>

He resigned as Minister of State on 23 January 2011, when the Green Party withdrew from government.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2011-01-25/2/ |title=Termination of Ministerial Appointments: Announcement by Taoiseach – Dáil Éireann (30th Dáil) – Vol. 727 No. 3 |date=25 January 2011|access-date=12 August 2019 |website=Houses of the Oireachtas|archive-date=14 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190814130005/https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2011-01-25/2/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=resign>{{cite news |url=http://www.rte.ie/news/2011/0123/politics1.html |title=Green Party withdraws from government |work=RTÉ News |date=23 January 2011 |access-date=23 January 2011 |archive-date=24 January 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110124114818/http://www.rte.ie/news/2011/0123/politics1.html |url-status=live}}</ref>

===Dublin city council member (2014–2019)===
At the [[2014 Irish local elections|2014 local elections]] he was elected to [[Dublin City Council]] for Dublin North Inner City area, on the 13th count.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.irishtimes.com/news/elections/local-elections/dublin-city |title=The Irish Times, Local Election Results for Dublin City Council |newspaper=The Irish Times |access-date=29 May 2014 |archive-date=29 May 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140529154158/http://www.irishtimes.com/news/elections/local-elections/dublin-city |url-status=live}}</ref> He was appointed chairperson for the Dublin City Council Transportation Committee in 2014.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dublincity.ie/main-menu-your-council-strategic-policy-committee-corporate-policy-group/transport-traffic |title=Transportation SPC {{!}} Dublin City Council |website=www.dublincity.ie |language=en |access-date=19 July 2018 |archive-date=19 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180719233242/http://www.dublincity.ie/main-menu-your-council-strategic-policy-committee-corporate-policy-group/transport-traffic |url-status=live }}</ref> As a member of the Central Area Committee for Dublin City Council, he worked to provide a site for the Gaelscoil Choláiste Mhuire primary school on Dominick Street in 2017.<ref>{{Cite web |title=List of Motions 14 November, 2017 |url=https://www.dublincity.ie/councilmeetings/documents/s13706/List%20of%20Motions%20Nov%2017.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180724213309/https://www.dublincity.ie/councilmeetings/documents/s13706/List%20of%20Motions%20Nov%2017.pdf|archive-date=24 July 2018|access-date=22 May 2021 |website=www.dublincity.ie}}</ref> Cuffe introduced 30&nbsp;km/h speed limits to residential and school areas of Dublin.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dublincity.ie/expansion-30kmhr-slow-zones-dublin%E2%80%99s-residential-and-school-areas |title=Expansion of 30km/hr Slow Zones in Dublin's Residential and School Areas {{!}} Dublin City Council |website=www.dublincity.ie |language=en |access-date=19 July 2018 |archive-date=19 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180719203504/http://www.dublincity.ie/expansion-30kmhr-slow-zones-dublin%E2%80%99s-residential-and-school-areas |url-status=live }}</ref> He also advocates for a car-free [[College Green, Dublin|College Green]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.rte.ie/news/dublin/2018/0312/946723-traffic-arrangements-college-green/ |title=College Green plaza hearing adjourned until tomorrow |last=Kilraine |first=John |date=12 March 2018 |work=RTE.ie |access-date=19 July 2018 |language=en |archive-date=19 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180719203357/https://www.rte.ie/news/dublin/2018/0312/946723-traffic-arrangements-college-green/ |url-status=live}}</ref> He called for an increase in affordable housing in Dublin, specifically for people with different incomes.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.thejournal.ie/readme/instead-of-segregated-policies-we-need-inclusive-housing-for-people-on-different-incomes-3898561-Mar2018/ |title=Instead of segregated policies, we need inclusive housing for people on different incomes |last=Cuffe |first=Ciarán |work=[[TheJournal.ie]] |access-date=24 July 2018|language=en |archive-date=31 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180831211853/http://www.thejournal.ie/readme/instead-of-segregated-policies-we-need-inclusive-housing-for-people-on-different-incomes-3898561-Mar2018/ |url-status=live}}</ref> Speaking on the Strategic Development Zone in the [[Dublin Docklands|Docklands]], he stated, "We have seen a lot of cranes in the Docklands but not a lot of homes. Particularly affordable homes."<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.dublininquirer.com/2018/07/17/councillors-call-for-review-of-docklands-housing-plan/ |title=Councillors Call for Review of Plans for Housing in Docklands |date=17 July 2018 |work=Dublin Inquirer |access-date=24 July 2018 |language=en |archive-date=8 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200808091046/https://www.dublininquirer.com/2018/07/17/councillors-call-for-review-of-docklands-housing-plan/ |url-status=live}}</ref> He proposed a Motion declaring a Climate Emergency and this was approved at a meeting of the Council 13 May 2019.<ref>{{cite web |date=13 May 2019 |title=Agenda for Monthly Council Meeting on Monday 13th May, 2019, 6.15 pm |url=https://councilmeetings.dublincity.ie/ieListDocuments.aspx?CId=142&MId=3791&Ver=4|access-date=25 February 2021 |website=councilmeetings.dublincity.ie |language=en|archive-date=23 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200923075747/https://councilmeetings.dublincity.ie/ieListDocuments.aspx?CId=142&MId=3791&Ver=4|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Member of the European Parliament (2019–2024)===
Cuffe was selected as the [[Green Party (Ireland)|Green Party]] candidate for the [[Dublin (European Parliament constituency)|Dublin]] constituency at the [[2019 European Parliament election in Ireland|2019 European Parliament elections]]. He topped the poll, receiving 63,849 votes and was elected as an [[Member of the European Parliament|MEP]] on the 13th count, with 17.54% first preference votes.<ref>{{cite web |date=27 May 2019 |title=Green Party's Ciarán Cuffe elected MEP |url=https://electionsireland.org/result.cfm?election=2019E&cons=524|url-status=live |access-date=28 May 2019 |work=Journal|archive-date=1 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190601083732/https://www.electionsireland.org/result.cfm?election=2019E&cons=524}}</ref> He was also re-elected to Dublin City Council, but due to the prohibition on a [[dual mandate]], this seat was co-opted to fellow Green Party member Janet Horner.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.dublininquirer.com/2019/09/04/council-brief-new-green-party-councillor-co-opted |title=Council Brief: New Green Party Councillor Co-opted |website=Dublin Inquirer|access-date=20 January 2020|archive-date=28 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201128023138/https://www.dublininquirer.com/2019/09/04/council-brief-new-green-party-councillor-co-opted|url-status=live}}</ref>

Cuffe is a member of the [[European Parliament Committee on Transport and Tourism|TRAN]] (Transport and Tourism) Committee of the European Parliament and is the Coordinator of the [[Greens–European Free Alliance|Greens-EFA Group]]. He is also a member of the [[European Parliament Committee on Industry, Research and Energy|ITRE (Industry, Research and Energy) Committee]], and has written an own initiative report (The Cuffe Report) on maximising the Energy Efficiency of the EU building stock (2020/2070).<ref>{{cite web |title=REPORT on maximising the energy efficiency potential of the EU building stock |url=https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/A-9-2020-0134_EN.html|access-date=25 February 2021 |website=www.europarl.europa.eu |language=en|archive-date=11 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210311002457/https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/A-9-2020-0134_EN.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=EP approved the Cuffe report with overwhelming majority |url=https://www.rehva.eu/news/article/ep-approved-the-cuffe-report-with-overwhelming-majority|access-date=25 February 2021  |website=REHVA |language=en|archive-date=30 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201230075424/https://www.rehva.eu/news/article/ep-approved-the-cuffe-report-with-overwhelming-majority|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2022, he was appointed rapporteur on the [[Directive on the energy performance of buildings|directive on the Energy Performance of Buildings]] (EPBD).<ref>{{Cite web |last=Cuffe |first=Ciarán |date=16 May 2022 |title=Isolate Putin. Insulate homes. |url=https://www.euractiv.com/section/energy/opinion/isolate-putin-insulate-homes/ |access-date=29 May 2022 |website=www.euractiv.com |language=en}}</ref>

Cuffe is President of the European Forum for Renewable Energy Sources (EUFORES),<ref>{{cite web |title=EUFORES: Home |url=http://www.eufores.org/|access-date=4 March 2021 |website=www.eufores.org|archive-date=3 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210303152525/http://eufores.org/|url-status=live}}</ref> a cross-party European parliamentary network gathering members of European, regional and national parliaments of the EU, and works to promote renewable energy and [[Energy conservation|energy efficiency]].<ref>{{cite web |title=EUFORES: Mission |url=http://www.eufores.org/index.php?id=18|access-date=4 March 2021 |website=www.eufores.org|archive-date=4 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200704185848/http://www.eufores.org/index.php?id=18|url-status=live}}</ref>

In June 2023, Cuffe was the recipient of the Energy, Science and Research Award at ''[[The Parliament Magazine]]'''s annual [[The_Parliament_Magazine#The_MEP_Awards|MEP Awards]]<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.mepawards.eu/winners-2023/|title=MEP Awards: Winners 2022|date=27 June 2023|work=[[The Parliament Magazine]]|access-date=24 August 2023}}</ref>

Cuffe lost his seat at the [[2024 European Parliament election in Ireland|2024 European Parliament election]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/ciaran-cuffe-becomes-second-mep-to-lose-seat-in-dublin-1637139.html |title=Ciarán Cuffe becomes second MEP to lose seat in Dublin |work=BreakingNews.ie |date=11 June 2024|access-date=14 June 2024}}</ref>

=== Co-chair of the European Green Party (2024–present) ===
On 7 December 2024, Cuffe was elected co-chair of the European Green Party alongside [[Vula Tsetsi]], receiving "near unanimous" support from European green parties. The duo ran on a platform of "[taking] on the extreme right, and to bolster a green and just transition that benefits everyone."<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-12-07 |title=Vula Tsetsi and Ciarán Cuffe elected as the new co-chairs of European Green Party |url=https://europeangreens.eu/news/vula-tsetsi-and-ciaran-cuffe-elected-as-the-new-co-chairs-of-european-green-party/ |access-date=2025-01-08 |website=European Greens}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Ciarán Cuffe elected as new co-chair of European Green Party {{!}} Green Party |url=https://www.greenparty.ie/news/ciaran-cuffe-elected-new-co-chair-european-green-party |access-date=2025-01-08 |website=www.greenparty.ie}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*{{Official website|http://www.ciarancuffe.com}}
*{{MEP|197654|Ciarán Cuffe}}
*[http://www.cuffestreet.blogspot.com/ Ciarán Cuffe's blog]

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