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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
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CRO-matched interests
0
Awards to declared companies
1164
Lobbying returns
Reports for 2017–2025 (party) and 2020–2022 (members)
4
SIPO donation records
378 of 422 divisions
90%
Vote participation

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SIPO donation reports 4

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 Lobbying2021-01-26

Lobbying return by National Disability Services Association

Health
Intended results

To influence policy and legislation regarding disability services

Derived link · Matched by name with added legal form

Published name "National Disability Services Association" has no legal form. "NATIONAL DISABILITY SERVICES ASSOCIATION COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE" (CRO 300869) 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 Lobbying2021-01-20

Lobbying return by Children in Hospital Ireland

Health
Intended results

Greater awareness of the financial issues that families with children in hospital face because of the non-financial expenses associated with a child's hospitalisation.

Derived link · Matched by exact company name

Published name "Children in Hospital Ireland" equals CRO name "CHILDREN IN HOSPITAL IRELAND" (CRO 297192) 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 Lobbying2021-01-19

Lobbying return by The Alzheimer Society of Ireland

Health
Intended results

Investment in dementia care in Budget 2021

Derived link · Matched by exact company name

Published name "The Alzheimer Society of Ireland" equals CRO name "THE ALZHEIMER SOCIETY OF IRELAND" (CRO 102700) 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 Lobbying2021-01-19

Lobbying return by P. J. Carroll & Company Ltd

Health
Intended results

A meeting

Derived link · Matched by exact company name

Published name "P. J. Carroll & Company Ltd" equals CRO name "P.J. CARROLL & COMPANY LIMITED" (CRO 67771) 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 Lobbying2021-01-14

Lobbying return by Neurological Alliance of Ireland

Health
Intended results

Commitment to progressing funding of the implementation plan in 2021

Derived link · Matched by name with added legal form

Published name "Neurological Alliance of Ireland" has no legal form. "NEUROLOGICAL ALLIANCE OF IRELAND COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE" (CRO 366603) 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 Lobbying2021-01-07

Lobbying return by Irish SME Association

Health
Intended results

To ask Government Ministers and TDs to ensure that Ireland's public health response to Covid-19 goes beyond a continuous cycle of lockdowns, which the WHO recommends against. We sought the introduction of a robust test, trace, isolation and control system of pandemic management.

Register of Lobbying2020-09-21

Lobbying return by MSD

Health
Intended results

Increase in awareness and funding for immunisation in Ireland

Derived link · Matched by name with added legal form

Published name "MSD" has no legal form. "M.S.D. LIMITED" (CRO 18759) 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 Lobbying2020-09-21

Lobbying return by Hanover Media Strategy Limited

Health
Intended results

Implementation of National Rare Disease Plan recommendations regarding treatments for rare diseases::Ensure rare disease patients have fair equal access to treatments

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.

Register of Lobbying2020-09-18

Lobbying return by Pfizer

Health
Intended results

Highlight Pfizer's efforts to develop a COVID-19 vaccine and understand government policy in relation to the roll-out of a COVID vaccination programme

Derived link · Matched by name with added legal form

Published name "Pfizer" has no legal form. "PFIZER LIMITED" (CRO 900988) 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 Lobbying2020-09-18

Lobbying return by Pfizer

Health
Intended results

Ensure Irish patients can access innovative medicines to the same standard as other European countries

Derived link · Matched by name with added legal form

Published name "Pfizer" has no legal form. "PFIZER LIMITED" (CRO 900988) 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 Lobbying2020-09-17

Lobbying return by ActionAid Ireland

Health
Intended results

That all elected representatives would support and pursue the creation of a National Action Plan on FGM in Ireland by 2030.

Derived link · Matched by exact company name

Published name "ActionAid Ireland" equals CRO name "ACTIONAID IRELAND" (CRO 95403) 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.