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Politician · TD · 34th Dáil

Emer Higgins

Fine Gael

Constituency / panel: Dublin Mid-West
Membership: 2024-11-29 → current
Office: Minister of State at the Department of Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform (2025-01-29 → 2025-06-04)
Office: Minister of State at the Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation (2025-06-05 → 2025-11-18)
Office: Minister of State at the Department of Children, Disability and Equality (2025-11-19 → current)

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Declared items: 0
CRO-matched interests: 0
Awards to declared companies: 1164
Lobbying returns: 4
SIPO donation records: 90%
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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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Lobbying return by Clondalkin Behavioural Initiative t/a Archways

Children and Youth Affairs

Intended results

Increased awareness of Archways work.

Derived link · Matched by name with added legal form

Published name "Clondalkin Behavioural Initiative t/a Archways" has no legal form. "CLONDALKIN BEHAVIOURAL INITIATIVE COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE" (CRO 430172) 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.

Lobbying return by Hanover Media Strategy Limited

Children and Youth Affairs

Intended results

AV Room Briefing Event to discuss the challenges with the current issues facing the sector, staff retention and programme for government commitments and to explore policy solutions.

Derived link · Matched by exact company name

Published name "Hanover Media Strategy Limited" equals CRO name "HANOVER MEDIA STRATEGY LIMITED" (CRO 596029) 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.

Lobbying return by Chambers Ireland

Children and Youth Affairs

Intended results

To raise awareness of the key priorities of businesses for 2025-2030 among new Ministers.

Lobbying return by Crosscare

Children and Youth Affairs

Intended results

Continuation of this service through long term, mainstream statutory support.

Derived link · Matched by name with added legal form

Published name "Crosscare" has no legal form. "CROSSCARE LIMITED" (CRO 172292) 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.

Lobbying return by Childhood Development Initiative

Children and Youth Affairs

Intended results

Calling for the new government to take decisive action in six critical areas in their new programme for government Tackling child homelessness Expanding universal school meals Strengthening youth mental health services Reducing assessment waiting lists Developing accessible…

Derived link · Matched by name with added legal form

Published name "Childhood Development Initiative" has no legal form. "Childhood Development Initiative COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE" (CRO 433654) 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.

Lobbying return by Early Childhood Ireland

Children and Youth Affairs

Intended results

A commitment to pay parity for Early Years and School Age Care graduates in the next Programme for Government

Lobbying return by BeLonG To Youth Services Ltd.

Children and Youth Affairs

Intended results

That incoming TDs would be familiar with the organisation and aware of the needs of young LGBTQ+ people in Ireland.

Lobbying return by Coeliac Society Of Ireland

Children and Youth Affairs

Intended results

To make it mandatory for schools to include a provider of gluten free meals to meet the needs of coeliac children in schools participating in the Hot School Meals Programme.

Derived link · Matched by name with added legal form

Published name "Coeliac Society Of Ireland" has no legal form. "COELIAC SOCIETY OF IRELAND COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE" (CRO 367017) 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.

Lobbying return by CyberSafeIreland

Children and Youth Affairs

Intended results

Promoting awareness about children's online safety as a policy priority

Derived link · Matched by name with added legal form

Published name "CyberSafeIreland" has no legal form. "CYBERSAFEIRELAND COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE" (CRO 568651) 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.

Lobbying return by StartBright Early Learning Centres Company CLG

Children and Youth Affairs

Intended results

Raise awareness on the crisis in the sector with recruitment and retention and working conditions for professional educators