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Politician · TD · 34th Dáil

Emer Higgins

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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Register of Lobbying2023-12-06

Lobbying return by Habitat for Humanity Ireland

Environment

Intended results

Local representatives to attend Habitat's event, 'ESG Reuse and You' held in partnership with SONAS bathrooms, for a conversation about waste, as a part of the 'European Week of Waste Reduction.'

Derived link · Matched by exact company name

Published name "Habitat for Humanity Ireland" equals CRO name "HABITAT FOR HUMANITY (IRELAND)" (CRO 362823) 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 Lobbying2023-09-21

Lobbying return by Environmental Pillar

Environment

Intended results

That Irish elected representatives support greater ambition for within the negotiations with the European Commissions on the proposal for a regulation on Nature Restoration

Register of Lobbying2023-09-16

Lobbying return by The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA

Environment

Intended results

To highlight the impact of the proposed Nature Restoration Law by the European Union, which will enact legally binding targets on Ireland, up until the year 2050, across a broad range of ecosystems, from agricultural land and forests, to rivers and marine habitats, to meet our…

Register of Lobbying2023-05-21

Lobbying return by Fair Seas Ireland

Environment

Intended results

To encourage the JOC PLS committee to male recommendations to improve the MPA Bill in specific ways

Register of Lobbying2023-05-19

Lobbying return by Environmental Pillar

Environment

Intended results

That Irish elected representatives support the reform of the legal mandates of Coillte, Bord Na Móna and other public bodies

Register of Lobbying2023-05-19

Lobbying return by Environmental Pillar

Environment

Intended results

Ensure compliance of legislation with the Aarhus Convention, in particular compliance with wider Access to Justice legal obligations and compliance with relevant EU Directives. ::Understanding of the public’s right to access to justice in matters of planning and development.

Register of Lobbying2023-05-16

Lobbying return by Environmental Pillar

Environment

Intended results

That Irish elected representatives support greater ambition for within the negotiations with the European Commissions on the proposal for a regulation on Nature Restoration

Register of Lobbying2023-01-20

Lobbying return by Environmental Pillar

Environment

Intended results

That Irish elected representatives support greater ambition for within the negotiations with the European Commissions on the proposal for a regulation on Nature Restoration::That Irish elected representatives support greater ambition for Ireland's peatlands within the…

Register of Lobbying2023-01-20

Lobbying return by Environmental Pillar

Environment

Intended results

To highlight the need for rigourous Pre-legislative Scrutiny, PLS, and Oireachtas Scrutiny for the changes to the Planning and Development Act arising from: the Attorney General's Review including in respect of concerns on Judcial Review; changes associated with the Action Plan…

Register of Lobbying2023-01-20

Lobbying return by Fair Seas Ireland

Environment

Intended results

To engage with relevant politicians and policy makers about the need for greater levels of marine protection in Ireland

Register of Lobbying2023-01-20

Lobbying return by Fair Seas Ireland

Environment

Intended results

To inform the DHLGH joint committee on the issues surrounding new MPA legislation which they will be dealing with in the coming year.

Register of Lobbying2023-01-20

Lobbying return by The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA

Environment

Intended results

To highlight how farmers are the custodians of the environment and understand their responsibility to comply with regulations to protect and improve water quality. Farmers understand that water is a critical natural resource, a resource they need a constant supply of for their…

Register of Lobbying2023-01-20

Lobbying return by Association of Consulting Engineers of Ireland

Environment

Intended results

Concrete levy to be removed and Ministers and TDs to provide responses to the challenges facing the construction sector.

Register of Lobbying2023-01-13

Lobbying return by Community Law & Mediation

Environment

Intended results

Communications setting out CLM’s concerns in relation to the outline of the Planning and Development Bill, specifically conditions and qualifying criteria for taking a judicial review.

Derived link · Matched by exact company name

Published name "Community Law & Mediation" equals CRO name "COMMUNITY LAW AND MEDIATION" (CRO 69771) 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 Lobbying2023-01-13

Lobbying return by Community Law & Mediation

Environment

Intended results

Email setting out CLM’s concerns in relation to the outline of the Planning and Development Bill, specifically conditions and qualifying criteria for taking a judicial review

Derived link · Matched by exact company name

Published name "Community Law & Mediation" equals CRO name "COMMUNITY LAW AND MEDIATION" (CRO 69771) 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.