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Emer Higgins TD
- Fine Gael TD for Dublin Mid West
- Entered the Dáil on 9 February 2020 — General election
- Email me whenever Emer Higgins speaks (no more than once per day)
Voting record
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Committees and topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Subjects (based on headings added by the Dáil record): Covid-19 Pandemic, Flexible Work Practices, Schools Building Projects, Covid-19 Pandemic Supports, Special Educational Needs
(based on written questions asked by Emer Higgins and answered by departments)
Most recent appearances in parliament
- Written Answers — Department of Finance: Primary Medical Certificates (16 Apr 2024)
“214. To ask the Minister for Finance if the exclusion of persons with single upper-limb amputations from eligibility for primary medical certificate is contrary to Articles 4 and 20 of the UNCRPD; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16294/24]”
- Written Answers — Department of Finance: Primary Medical Certificates (16 Apr 2024)
“221. To ask the Minister for Finance to reconsider the exclusion of persons with single upper-limb amputations from eligibility for the primary medical certificate. [16293/24]”
- Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Employment Rights (16 Apr 2024)
“On the 25th August 2023, I signed the Employment Regulation Order for the Security Sector which came into force on 4th September 2023. The ERO provided for a wage increase to €12.90 per hour from that date. The full details of the ERO are available here: si-no-424-of-2023-employment-regulation-order-security-indus try-joint-labour-committee-2023.pdf (enterprise.gov.ie) I have not...”
Numerology
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- Has spoken in 130 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — well above average among TDs.
- Has received answers to 286 written questions in the last year — above average among TDs.
- People have made 0 comments on this TD's speeches — average among TDs.
- This TD's speeches, in the printed record, are readable by an average 16–17 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
- 1 person is tracking whenever this TD speaks — email me whenever Emer Higgins speaks.
- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "public-private partnership") 189 times in debates — well below average among TDs.
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