Emer Higgins

Emer Higgins is Minister of State attending Cabinet at the Department of Children, Disability and Equality with special responsibility for Disability. She was appointed to this role on 18 November 2025.

Before this, she served as Minister of State at the Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation with special responsibility for Public Procurement, Digitalisation and eGovernment.

She previously served as Minister of State with responsibility for Business, Employment and Retail.

She was elected Fine Gael TD for Dublin Mid-West in the 2020 General Election.

Deputy Higgins served as a Councillor of South Dublin County Council from 2011-2020, representing the communities of Palmerstown, Lucan, Clondalkin, Newcastle, Saggart and Rathcoole.

Previously, Deputy Higgins worked as Chief of Staff for PayPal’s Customer Service division in Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA), bringing over a decade of corporate expertise to the table working with both small and medium size businesses (SMEs) and multinational companies.

You can contact Ms Higgins at emer.higgins@oireachtas.ie.