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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
Reports for 2017–2025 (party) and 2020–2022 (members)
4
SIPO donation records
378 of 422 divisions
90%
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 Lobbying2024-05-17

Lobbying return by Hanover Media Strategy Limited

Transport
Intended results

For Government and the NTA to address the shortage of taxis faced in both urban and rural Ireland

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 Lobbying2024-01-19

Lobbying return by Hanover Media Strategy Limited

Transport
Intended results

Provide a briefing on the taxi supply challenge in urban and rural Ireland and update on Uber’s work to address the shortage of taxis. Hold an exchange of views on the Irish taxi market and regulatory framework and discuss potential solutions to the supply challenge.

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 Lobbying2024-01-19

Lobbying return by Hanover Media Strategy Limited

Transport
Intended results

For Government and the NTA to address the shortage of taxis faced in both urban and rural Ireland

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 Lobbying2024-01-19

Lobbying return by daa plc

Transport
Intended results

To inform Oireachtas members that Infrastructure Application was submitted

Derived link · Matched by exact company name

Published name "daa plc" equals CRO name "DAA PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY" (CRO 9401) 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 Lobbying2024-01-19

Lobbying return by daa plc

Transport
Intended results

To provide Oireachtas members with facts and information about our approach to aircraft noise management and the steps we are taking to minimise the impact of noise at Dublin Airport

Derived link · Matched by exact company name

Published name "daa plc" equals CRO name "DAA PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY" (CRO 9401) 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 Hanover Media Strategy Limited

Transport
Intended results

Meetings to provide briefings on the taxi supply challenge in Ireland and Uber's work to address same.

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 Lobbying2023-09-20

Lobbying return by Uber

Transport
Intended results

Provide a briefing on the taxi supply challenge in urban and rural Ireland and update on Uber’s work to address the shortage of taxis. Hold an exchange of views on the Irish taxi market and regulatory framework and discuss potential solutions to the supply challenge.

Derived link · Matched by name with added legal form

Published name "Uber" has no legal form. "UBER LIMITED" (CRO 564552) 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 Lobbying2023-09-18

Lobbying return by mytaxi network Ireland (trading as FREE NOW)

Transport
Intended results

To secure a meeting to discuss the supply issues impacting Irish taxi industry and discuss the key role that taxis play in the Ireland's public transport infrastructure.

Register of Lobbying2023-09-18

Lobbying return by mytaxi network Ireland (trading as FREE NOW)

Transport
Intended results

To brief Deputy Higgins on the supply issues impacting Irish taxi industry and discuss the key role that taxis play in the Ireland's public transport infrastructure.

Register of Lobbying2023-05-22

Lobbying return by Dublin Bus

Transport
Intended results

Dublin Bus presented on the organisations strategic goals, opportunities and challenges, and lobbied for support in creating a Dublin Transport Security Policy, as well as for support in retaining the next PSO contract.

Register of Lobbying2023-01-10

Lobbying return by mytaxi network Ireland (trading as FREE NOW)

Transport
Intended results

To show the work FREE NOW is doing to support and promote the benefits of switching to Electric Vehicles (EV) to our partner drivers, alongside the Government's eSPSV grant; to further support the Climate Action Plan and the Government's EV and climate targets

Register of Lobbying2023-01-10

Lobbying return by mytaxi network Ireland (trading as FREE NOW)

Transport
Intended results

To share FREE NOW's White Paper on taxi supply; data on supply and demand for taxis in Dublin; and to highlight issues around the Dublin Airport taxi permit system which currently creates a situtation whereby for every 4 FREE NOW journeys to Dublin Airport, 3 taxis leave empty…