TDs / Emer Higgins

Official portrait of Emer Higgins

Emer Higgins

Fine Gael Dublin Mid-West TD in this Dáil since 29 November 2024
Minister of State at the Department of Children, Disability and Equality

Official Oireachtas profile

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2
questions asked
Oral and written, to government departments
93,167
words spoken in the chamber
93,162 as a minister, 5 as a TD
399
votes recorded
Each Yes, No or Abstained in a recorded vote

From the Dáil chamber only: committee meetings are not in this archive.

What they ask about

The subject headings the Oireachtas filed their questions under.

No questions on record.

Who they ask

The departments their questions were addressed to.

Month by month

Low months are usually recesses, when the Dáil does not sit. The archive runs to 22 October 2026.

Questions asked 2 in all

Dec 2024Oct 2026

Contributions to debates 218 in all

Dec 2024Oct 2026
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MonthQuestionsContributions
December 2024 0 0
January 2025 0 0
February 2025 0 5
March 2025 0 3
April 2025 2 22
May 2025 0 5
June 2025 0 11
July 2025 0 5
August 2025 0 0
September 2025 0 12
October 2025 0 2
November 2025 0 4
December 2025 0 49
January 2026 0 6
February 2026 0 14
March 2026 0 7
April 2026 0 26
May 2026 0 1
June 2026 0 16
July 2026 0 8
August 2026 0 0
September 2026 0 16
October 2026 0 6

Debates they spoke in most

Plus 156 contributions in the regular slots, such as Leaders' Questions and Priority Questions. Speech from the chair is not counted.

Asked about similar topics

Not enough questions on record to compare.

Party, constituency and offices

  1. constituency Dublin Mid-West 29 November 2024 to now
  2. party Fine Gael 29 November 2024 to now
  3. office Minister of State at the Department of Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform 29 January 2025 to 4 June 2025
  4. office Minister of State at the Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation 5 June 2025 to 18 November 2025
  5. office Minister of State at the Department of Children, Disability and Equality 19 November 2025 to now
DateWhat the vote was onTheir voteResult
19 Nov 2025 Forty-first Amendment of the Constitution (Reduction of Voting Age to Sixteen Years) Bill 2025: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members]
Amendment put
Yes Carried
19 Nov 2025 Cost of Motoring: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members]
Question put
No Lost
19 Nov 2025 Arts (Recognition of Comedy) (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members]
Amendment put
Yes Carried
19 Nov 2025 Arts (Recognition of Comedy) (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members]
Amendment to amendment put
No Carried
18 Nov 2025 Nomination of Member of Government: Motion (Resumed)
Question put
Yes Carried
18 Nov 2025 Business of Dáil
Question put: "That the business proposal by the Government Chief Whip be agreed to."
Yes Carried
12 Nov 2025 Order of Business
Question put: "That the amendment proposed to the arrangements on the Order of Business is hereby negatived and the prop
Yes Carried
5 Nov 2025 Education (Affordable School Uniforms Bill) 2025: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members]
Question put: "That the motion, as amended, be agreed to."
Yes Carried
5 Nov 2025 Education (Affordable School Uniforms Bill) 2025: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members]
Amendment put
Yes Carried
5 Nov 2025 Electricity (Supply) (Amendment) Bill 2025: Committee and Remaining Stages
Question put
Yes Carried
5 Nov 2025 Electricity (Supply) (Amendment) Bill 2025: Committee and Remaining Stages
Amendment put
No Lost
21 Oct 2025 Education (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members]
Question put: "That the motion, as amended, be agreed to."
Yes Carried
21 Oct 2025 Education (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members]
Amendment put
Yes Carried
21 Oct 2025 Finance Bill 2025: Referral to Select Committee
Question put
Yes Carried
21 Oct 2025 Finance Bill 2025: Second Stage
Question put
Yes Carried
21 Oct 2025 Order of Business
Question put: "That the amendment proposed to the arrangements on the Order of Business is hereby negatived and the prop
Yes Carried
15 Oct 2025 Reform of the Defective Concrete Redress Scheme: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members]
Question put: "That the motion, as amended, be agreed to"
Yes Carried
15 Oct 2025 Reform of the Defective Concrete Redress Scheme: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members]
Amendment put
Yes Carried
15 Oct 2025 Confidence in the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade: Motion
Question put
Yes Carried
15 Oct 2025 Business of Dáil
Amendment put
Yes Carried
7 Oct 2025 Developer Profits Transparency Bill 2023: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members]
Question put: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time."
No Lost
7 Oct 2025 Financial Resolution No. 4: Value-Added Tax
Question put: "That Financial Resolution No. 4 be agreed to."
Yes Carried
7 Oct 2025 Financial Resolution No. 1: Excise
Question put: "That Financial Resolution No. 1 be agreed to."
Yes Carried
1 Oct 2025 Insurance Costs: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members]
Question put
No Lost
1 Oct 2025 Industrial Relations (Boycott of Joint Labour Committees) Bill 2025: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members]
Question put: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time."
No Lost

A vote on an amendment or a stage is a vote on that question, not on the bill as a whole. Open a vote to see its full wording. The record gives no reason when a TD has no vote recorded.