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This is a list of the 15 members of the European Parliament for Ireland elected at the 1999 European Parliament election. They served in the 1999 to 2004 session.
†Replaced during term, see table below for details.
| Party | Outgoing | Constituency | Reason | Date | Replacement | |
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| Fianna Fáil | Pat "the Cope" Gallagher | Connacht–Ulster | Gallagher elected to Dáil Éireann at the 2002 general election | June 2002 | Seán Ó Neachtain | |
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