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Politician · Senator · 27th Seanad

Alice-Mary Higgins

Unaffiliated

Constituency / panel
National University of Ireland
Membership
2025-01-29 → current
Committees
8 current, 3 ended — Seanad Select Committee on EU Scrutiny and Transparency; Joint Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy; …
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Declared items
0
CRO-matched interests
0
Awards to declared companies
1312
Lobbying returns
Reports for 2017–2025 (party) and 2020–2022 (members)
1
SIPO donation records
124 of 221 divisions
56%
Vote participation

Lobbying returns

Returns filed on the Register of Lobbying, newest first, with the policy area and intended results as the lobbyist published them.

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Register of Lobbying2022-05-20

Lobbying return by Irish Green Building Council

Environment
Intended results

Take action to address Whole Life Carbon in Ireland

Derived link · Matched by name with added legal form

Published name "Irish Green Building Council" has no legal form. "IRISH GREEN BUILDING COUNCIL COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE" (CRO 492948) is the only CRO company with that name plus any legal form (Limited, DAC, UC, CLG, PLC or Teoranta). Confirm against the CRO record before relying on it.

Register of Lobbying2022-05-20

Lobbying return by Irish Universities Association

Education and Training
Intended results

Support of proposed amendments to HEA Bill 2022

Derived link · Matched by exact company name

Published name "Irish Universities Association" equals CRO name "IRISH UNIVERSITIES ASSOCIATION" (CRO 264534) after normalising legal forms such as Ltd = Limited. No other CRO company has this name. Names can be shared, so compare the address and dates on the CRO record.

Register of Lobbying2022-05-20

Lobbying return by Environmental Pillar

Environment
Intended results

To: highlight concerns on potential changes to requirement for planning for changes from broadleaf to conifier; request to be kept appraised of any move in that regard, and flag merit of proposals to subject forestry to planning regime. Sought perspectives on hierarchy of plans…

Register of Lobbying2022-05-20

Lobbying return by Irish Council for Civil Liberties

Communications
Intended results

Request to ask questions pertaining to GDPR enforcement, freedom of expression online, algorithmic harm.::Share feedback on the Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill.

Derived link · Matched by name with added legal form

Published name "Irish Council for Civil Liberties" has no legal form. "IRISH COUNCIL FOR CIVIL LIBERTIES COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE" (CRO 411471) is the only CRO company with that name plus any legal form (Limited, DAC, UC, CLG, PLC or Teoranta). Confirm against the CRO record before relying on it.

Register of Lobbying2022-05-20

Lobbying return by Environmental Pillar

Environment
Intended results

To highlight concerns on: gaps in the proposed exemption in respect of protection for achitecturally sensitive sites, their potential to drive vacancy; the potential impacts to bats as a protected species together with their breeding and resting places, and impacts to certain…

Register of Lobbying2022-05-20

Lobbying return by Environmental Pillar

Environment
Intended results

Simply briefly noted that similar issues might arise in these provisions ito the concerns Planning and Development ( Exempted Development ) Regulations - SI 75/2022 - for eg in respect of impacts to bats and their breeding and resting plances and nests of certain bird species…

Register of Lobbying2022-05-20

Lobbying return by Irish Council for Civil Liberties

Justice and Equality
Intended results

Share submission on Citizens Assemblty Reccomendations::Call for referendum on article 41.2 of the Constitution of Ireland.

Derived link · Matched by name with added legal form

Published name "Irish Council for Civil Liberties" has no legal form. "IRISH COUNCIL FOR CIVIL LIBERTIES COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE" (CRO 411471) is the only CRO company with that name plus any legal form (Limited, DAC, UC, CLG, PLC or Teoranta). Confirm against the CRO record before relying on it.

Register of Lobbying2022-05-20

Lobbying return by Transparency International Ireland

Public Expenditure and Reform
Intended results

Amendments to the Protected Disclosures (Amendment) Bill 2022 that will avoid the reduction of existing protections for Irish whistleblowers and ensure compliance with Article 25.2 of the EU Whistleblowing Directive.

Derived link · Matched by name with added legal form

Published name "Transparency International Ireland" has no legal form. "TRANSPARENCY INTERNATIONAL (IRELAND) COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE" (CRO 390950) is the only CRO company with that name plus any legal form (Limited, DAC, UC, CLG, PLC or Teoranta). Confirm against the CRO record before relying on it.

Register of Lobbying2022-05-20

Lobbying return by Transparency International Ireland

Public Expenditure and Reform
Intended results

Amendments to the Protected Disclosures (Amendment) Bill 2022 that will avoid the reduction of existing protections for Irish whistleblowers and ensure compliance with Article 25.2 of the EU Whistleblowing Directive.

Derived link · Matched by name with added legal form

Published name "Transparency International Ireland" has no legal form. "TRANSPARENCY INTERNATIONAL (IRELAND) COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE" (CRO 390950) is the only CRO company with that name plus any legal form (Limited, DAC, UC, CLG, PLC or Teoranta). Confirm against the CRO record before relying on it.

Register of Lobbying2022-05-19

Lobbying return by Wind Energy Ireland

Energy and Natural Resources
Intended results

The Government should set up an independently chaired task-force to identify the policies needed to significantly reduce the price of renewable electricity::Support for the policy recommendations set out in the Wind Energy Ireland report Saving Money

Register of Lobbying2022-05-19

Lobbying return by Wind Energy Ireland

Budgetary matters
Intended results

Additional funding for Government departments and agencies critical to the development of offshore wind energy including An Bord Pleanála and the NPWS.

Register of Lobbying2022-05-19

Lobbying return by Wind Energy Ireland

Economic Development and Industry
Intended results

Development of an industrial strategy for renewable energy and particularly offshore wind::Creation of a forum to implement the Skills for Zero Carbon report::Support for the recommendations in Wind Energy Ireland's Working Together position paper

Register of Lobbying2022-05-19

Lobbying return by Wind Energy Ireland

Environment
Intended results

An Bord Pleanála to be instructed to give priority to planning applications from renewable energy and grid infrastructure projects necessary to deliver the Climate Action Plan::Delivery of the Programme for Government commitment for an Environmental and Planning…

Register of Lobbying2022-05-19

Lobbying return by Wind Energy Ireland

Energy and Natural Resources
Intended results

Support for the recommendations and policy proposals contained in the Wind Energy Ireland report Ireland and the SuperGrid: Connecting an Energy Independent Europe

Register of Lobbying2022-05-19

Lobbying return by Disability Federation of Ireland

Public Expenditure and Reform
Intended results

An increased focus on the very high poverty rates of disabled people. Support from the Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters for a cost of disability payment and an increase in core welfare rates.

Derived link · Matched by exact company name

Published name "Disability Federation of Ireland" equals CRO name "DISABILITY FEDERATION OF IRELAND" (CRO 140948) after normalising legal forms such as Ltd = Limited. No other CRO company has this name. Names can be shared, so compare the address and dates on the CRO record.