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Senator Alice-Mary Higgins

- Independent Senator (National University of Ireland)
- Entered the Seanad on 25 April 2016 — General election
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Most recent appearances in parliament
- Seanad: EU Regulations: Motions (3 Jul 2025)
“I share the concern many have expressed about the proposals before us. I echo what we have heard across the House about recognising migration as something that has happened for centuries and millennia and something that is often a net positive for countries. Ireland, with its history of migration in different economic and political circumstances, circumstances of conflict and so on, as well...”
- Seanad: EU Regulations: Motions (3 Jul 2025)
“Let us be clear, however; I do not believe we should join it at all. Let us look at what was in that proposal that has been withdrawn, which comes from the same kind of logic in terms of safe countries. It comes from the same kind of perspective, which is a neocolonial perspective and a colonial perspective in terms of determining or arbitrating the lives of others. The change would mean...”
- Committee on Defence and National Security: General Scheme of the Defence (Amendment) Bill 2025: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Jul 2025)
“I do not mind.”
Numerology
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- Has spoken in 61 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — well above average among Senators.
- People have made 1 comment on this Senator's speeches — well above average among Senators.
- 96 people are tracking whenever this Senator speaks — email me whenever Alice-Mary Higgins speaks.
- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "public-private partnership") 2059 times in debates — well above average among Senators.
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