Jim HIGGINS
Constituencies
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- Fine Gael Party Ireland 2009/07/14 - 2014/06/30
- Fine Gael Party Ireland 2004/07/20 - 2009/07/13
Groups
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- PPE-DE Member Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats 2004/07/20 - 2009/07/13
- PPE Member Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) 2009/07/14 - 2010/02/24
- PPE Member of the Bureau Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) 2010/02/25 - 2014/06/30
EP staff
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- Quaestor of European Parliament 2009/07/15 - 2012/01/16
- Member of Parliament's Bureau 2009/07/15 - 2012/01/16
- Member of Quaestors 2009/07/15 - 2012/01/16
- Quaestor of European Parliament 2012/01/18 - 2014/06/30
- Member of Parliament's Bureau 2012/01/18 - 2014/06/30
- Member of Quaestors 2012/01/18 - 2014/06/30
Committees
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Role | Committee | Start | End |
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Member of | Committee on Regional Development | 2004/07/21 | 2007/01/14 |
Substitute of | Committee on Transport and Tourism | 2004/07/22 | 2007/01/14 |
Member of | Committee on Regional Development | 2007/01/15 | 2007/01/30 |
Substitute of | Committee on Transport and Tourism | 2007/01/15 | 2007/01/30 |
Member of | Committee on Regional Development | 2007/01/31 | 2009/07/13 |
Substitute of | Committee on Transport and Tourism | 2007/01/31 | 2009/07/13 |
Substitute of | Committee on Fisheries | 2009/07/16 | 2012/01/18 |
Substitute of | Committee on Petitions | 2009/07/16 | 2012/01/18 |
Member of | Committee on Transport and Tourism | 2009/07/16 | 2012/01/18 |
Substitute of | Committee on Fisheries | 2012/01/19 | 2014/06/30 |
Substitute of | Committee on Petitions | 2012/01/19 | 2014/06/30 |
Member of | Committee on Transport and Tourism | 2012/01/19 | 2014/06/30 |
Delegations
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Role | Delegation | Start | End |
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Member of | Delegation for relations with Canada | 2004/09/15 | 2007/03/13 |
Substitute of | Delegation for relations with Japan | 2004/09/16 | 2007/03/13 |
Member of | Delegation for relations with Canada | 2007/03/14 | 2009/07/13 |
Substitute of | Delegation for relations with Japan | 2007/03/14 | 2009/07/13 |
Member of | Delegation to the EU-Chile Joint Parliamentary Committee | 2009/09/16 | 2012/09/12 |
Member of | Delegation to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly | 2009/09/16 | 2012/09/12 |
Substitute of | Delegation for relations with Japan | 2009/09/16 | 2014/06/30 |
Member of | Delegation for relations with South Africa | 2012/09/13 | 2014/06/30 |
Member of | Delegation for relations with the Pan-African Parliament | 2012/09/13 | 2014/06/30 |
Rapporteur
Type | Dossier | Committee | Title |
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Responsible Committee | 2012/2296(INI) | TRAN Transport and Tourism | Strategy for an electronic toll service and a vignette system on light private vehicles in Europe |
Opinion Committee Shadow | 2012/2202(DEC) | PECH Fisheries | 2011 discharge: European Fisheries Control Agency (EFSA) |
Opinion Committee Shadow | 2012/2167(DEC) | PECH Fisheries | 2011 discharge: EU general budget, Section III, Commission and executive agencies |
Responsible Committee Shadow | 2011/0196(COD) | TRAN Transport and Tourism | Tachographs in road transport |
Opinion Committee Shadow | 2010/0271(COD) | TRAN Transport and Tourism | Approval and market surveillance of two- or three-wheel vehicles and quadricycles |
Responsible Committee Shadow | 2009/2221(INI) | EMPL Employment and Social Affairs | Promoting youth access to the labour market, strengthening trainee, internship and apprenticeship status |
Responsible Committee | 2006/0194(CNS) | REGI Regional Development | International Fund for Ireland: Community financial contributions 2007-2010 |
Committee Opinion | 2004/0169(CNS) | REGI Regional Development | European Fisheries Fund (EFF) |
Activities
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Amendment Co-authors
Name | Group | Country | Ams |
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Pat the Cope GALLAGHER | ALDE | Ireland | 83 |
Christine DE VEYRAC | PPE | France | 67 |
Dominique VLASTO | PPE | France | 66 |
Michel DANTIN | PPE | France | 56 |
Seán KELLY | PPE | Ireland | 39 |
Carlo FIDANZA | PPE | Italy | 38 |
Alain CADEC | PPE | France | 32 |
Phil PRENDERGAST | S&D | Ireland | 25 |
Dominique RIQUET | PPE | France | 22 |
Georgios KOUMOUTSAKOS | PPE | Greece | 18 |
Petri SARVAMAA | PPE | Finland | 13 |
Georges BACH | PPE | Luxembourg | 12 |
Astrid LULLING | PPE | Luxembourg | 11 |
Marian HARKIN | ALDE | Ireland | 10 |
Dieter-Lebrecht KOCH | PPE | Germany | 9 |
Crescenzio RIVELLINI | PPE | Italy | 9 |
Antonello ANTINORO | PPE | Italy | 9 |
Ioannis A. TSOUKALAS | PPE | Greece | 9 |
Werner KUHN | PPE | Germany | 9 |
Jacqueline FOSTER | ECR | United Kingdom | 8 |
João FERREIRA | GUE/NGL | Portugal | 7 |
Antonio CANCIAN | PPE | Italy | 6 |
Agnès LE BRUN | PPE | France | 6 |
Estelle GRELIER | S&D | France | 6 |
Gaston FRANCO | PPE | France | 5 |
Marian-Jean MARINESCU | PPE | Romania | 5 |
Erminia MAZZONI | PPE | Italy | 5 |
Salvatore TATARELLA | PPE | Italy | 5 |
Mariya GABRIEL | PPE | Bulgaria | 5 |
Ana MIRANDA PAZ | Verts/ALE | Spain | 5 |
Luis de GRANDES PASCUAL | PPE | Spain | 4 |
Ádám KÓSA | PPE | Hungary | 4 |
Gabriele ALBERTINI | PPE | Italy | 4 |
Isabella LÖVIN | Verts/ALE | Sweden | 4 |
Raül ROMEVA i RUEDA | Verts/ALE | Spain | 4 |
Jean-Paul BESSET | Verts/ALE | France | 4 |
Jean-Pierre AUDY | PPE | France | 3 |
Ivo BELET | PPE | Belgium | 3 |
Eva LICHTENBERGER | Verts/ALE | Austria | 3 |
Roberts ZĪLE | ECR | Latvia | 3 |
Inés AYALA SENDER | S&D | Spain | 3 |
Dirk STERCKX | ALDE | Belgium | 3 |
Mairead McGUINNESS | PPE | Ireland | 3 |
Alejo VIDAL-QUADRAS | PPE | Spain | 2 |
Lambert van NISTELROOIJ | PPE | Netherlands | 2 |
Judith A. MERKIES | S&D | Netherlands | 2 |
Kathleen VAN BREMPT | S&D | Belgium | 2 |
Gesine MEISSNER | ALDE | Germany | 2 |
Brian SIMPSON | S&D | United Kingdom | 2 |
Artur ZASADA | PPE | Poland | 2 |
Kriton ARSENIS | S&D | Greece | 2 |
Gay MITCHELL | PPE | Ireland | 2 |
Marietta GIANNAKOU | PPE | Greece | 2 |
Liam AYLWARD | ALDE | Ireland | 2 |
Brian CROWLEY | ALDE | Ireland | 2 |
Emer COSTELLO | S&D | Ireland | 2 |
Hannu TAKKULA | ALDE | Finland | 1 |
Eija-Riitta KORHOLA | PPE | Finland | 1 |
Sari ESSAYAH | PPE | Finland | 1 |
Anne E. JENSEN | ALDE | Denmark | 1 |
Nils TORVALDS | ALDE | Finland | 1 |
Anneli JÄÄTTEENMÄKI | ALDE | Finland | 1 |
Gunnar HÖKMARK | PPE | Sweden | 1 |
Christofer FJELLNER | PPE | Sweden | 1 |
Anna IBRISAGIC | PPE | Sweden | 1 |
Alf SVENSSON | PPE | Sweden | 1 |
Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT | PPE | Sweden | 1 |
Bendt BENDTSEN | PPE | Denmark | 1 |
Hubert PIRKER | PPE | Austria | 1 |
Nuno TEIXEIRA | PPE | Portugal | 1 |
Piotr BORYS | PPE | Poland | 1 |
Joachim ZELLER | PPE | Germany | 1 |
Santiago FISAS AYXELÀ | PPE | Spain | 1 |
Marie-Thérèse SANCHEZ-SCHMID | PPE | France | 1 |
Esther DE LANGE | PPE | Netherlands | 1 |
Jarosław WAŁĘSA | PPE | Poland | 1 |
Nikolaos SALAVRAKOS | EFD | Greece | 1 |
By types
Amendments (368)Opinions (1)
Plenary speeches (439)
Reports (2)
Shadow opinions (3)
Shadow reports (4)
Written declarations (4)
By dossiers
Count | Dossier Reference | Title |
61 | 2011/0195(COD) | Common fisheries policy (CFP) |
39 | 2011/0194(COD) | Common organisation of the markets in fishery and aquaculture products |
31 | 2011/0281(COD) | Common organisation of the markets in agricultural products 2014-2020. Single CMO Regulation |
20 | 2011/0196(COD) | Tachographs in road transport |
16 | 2012/0184(COD) | Periodic roadworthiness tests for motor vehicles and their trailers. 'Roadworthiness package' |
15 | 2012/2067(INI) | Passenger rights in all transport modes |
14 | 2011/2150(INI) | Functioning and application of established rights of people travelling by air |
12 | 2011/0397(COD) | Groundhandling services at Union airports |
12 | 2011/0280(COD) | Common agricultural policy (CAP): direct payments to farmers under support schemes 2014-2020 |
11 | 2011/0282(COD) | European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD): support for rural development 2014-2020 |
10 | 2008/0241(COD) | Waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE). Recast |
9 | 2012/0366(COD) | Tobacco and related products: manufacture, presentation and sale |
9 | 2010/0271(COD) | Approval and market surveillance of two- or three-wheel vehicles and quadricycles |
8 | 2013/0072(COD) | Air passenger rights |
8 | 2011/2196(INI) | Future of regional airports and air services in the EU |
7 | 2012/2056(INI) | eCall: new 112 service for citizens |
7 | 2013/0105(COD) | Road transport: maximum authorised dimensions and weights for certain road vehicles |
7 | 2011/0288(COD) | Common agricultural policy (CAP): financing, management and monitoring 2014-2020 |
7 | 2008/2214(INI) | Follow-up of the energy efficiency national action plans: a first assessment |
6 | 2011/0302(COD) | Connecting Europe Facility 2014-2020 |
6 | 2012/0305(COD) | Fluorinated greenhouse gases |
6 | 2011/0398(COD) | Noise-related operating restrictions at Union airports: rules and procedures |
6 | 2011/2290(INI) | Reform of the common fisheries policy - overarching communication |
6 | 2008/0249(COD) | Dual-use items and technology: Community regime for the control of exports, transfer, brokering and transit |
5 | 2012/2005(INI) | Implementation of the Single European Sky legislation |
5 | 2011/2044(INI) | |
5 | 2008/0147(COD) | Charging of heavy goods vehicles for the use of infrastructure: differentiated charging |
5 | 2011/0105(COD) | Export and import of hazardous chemicals. Recast |
5 | 2011/2120(INI) | Work of the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly in 2010 |
4 | 2010/2235(INI) | European road safety 2011-2020 |
4 | 2011/0389(COD) | Statutory audits of annual accounts and consolidated accounts |
4 | 2008/2216(INI) | Intelligent transport systems action plan |
4 | 2011/0434(COD) | Conservation of fish stocks: measures in relation to countries allowing non-sustainable fishing |
4 | 2011/2286(INI) | Defining a new development cooperation with Latin America |
4 | 2010/0362(COD) | Milk and milk products sector: contractual relations |
4 | 2011/2115(INI) | Trade and investment barriers |
4 | 2010/0257(COD) | Integrated maritime policy: programme to support the further development |
4 | 2006/0167(COD) | Officially supported export credits: application of certain guidelines |
3 | 2011/0294(COD) | Trans-European transport network: development |
3 | 2011/2096(INI) | Roadmap to a Single European Transport Area – Towards a competitive and resource efficient transport system |
3 | 2011/2291(INI) | Reporting obligations under Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002 on the conservation and sustainable exploitation of fisheries resources under the CFP |
3 | 2008/2217(INI) | Action plan on urban mobility |
3 | 2008/2099(INI) | Reaping the full benefits of the digital dividend in Europe: a common approach to the use of the spectrum released by the digital switchover |
3 | 2011/0137(COD) | Customs enforcement of intellectual property rights |
3 | 2011/0092(CNS) | Taxation of energy products and electricity: restructuring the Community framework |
3 | 2010/0373(COD) | Single Euro Payments Area: technical requirements for credit transfers and direct debits |
3 | 2010/0251(COD) | Financial markets: short selling and certain aspects of credit default swaps |
3 | 2010/0063(COD) | Statistics on tourism |
2 | 2011/0391(COD) | Allocation of slots at EU airports |
2 | 2011/0274(COD) | Cohesion Fund 2014-2020 |
2 | 2010/2154(INI) | Aviation security with a special focus on security scanners |
2 | 2011/2292(INI) | Small scale and artisanal fisheries and the CFP reform |
2 | 2012/2309(INI) | Composition of the European Parliament with a view to the 2014 elections |
2 | 2007/2150(INI) | Evaluation of the Peace programme and strategies for the future |
2 | 2007/0002(COD) | Energy statistics |
2 | 2007/2147(INI) | Sustainable European transport policy, taking into account European energy and environment policies |
2 | 2006/0194(CNS) | International Fund for Ireland: Community financial contributions 2007-2010 |
2 | 2012/2296(INI) | Strategy for an electronic toll service and a vignette system on light private vehicles in Europe |
2 | 2011/0093(COD) | Enhanced cooperation in the area of the creation of unitary patent protection: implementation |
2 | 2011/0322(NLE) | EU/Russia Agreement: administration of tariff-rate quotas applying to exports of wood; Protocol on technical modalities |
2 | 2011/0117(COD) | Scheme of generalised tariff preferences (GSP) |
2 | 2011/0131(COD) | Issuance of euro coins |
2 | 2011/2116(INI) | Statute for a European cooperative society with regard to the involvement of employees |
2 | 2010/0195(COD) | Air quality: provisions for engines placed on the market under the flexibility scheme |
2 | 2010/0280(COD) | Economic governance: strengthening of surveillance of budgetary positions and surveillance and coordination of economic policies. 'Six pack' |
2 | 2010/2295(INI) | Activities of the Committee on Petitions in 2010 |
2 | 2008/0028(COD) | Food information to consumers |
2 | 2008/0142(COD) | Patients' rights in cross-border healthcare |
2 | 2008/0227(COD) | Metrology |
2 | 2008/0193(COD) | Health and safety at work: workers who are pregnant, have recently given birth or are breastfeeding |
1 | 2012/2097(INI) | Corporate Social Responsibility: promoting society's interests and a route to sustainable and inclusive recovery |
1 | 2012/0082(COD) | Single Market: simplifying the transfer of motor vehicles registered in another Member State |
1 | 2012/0062(COD) | Port State control: aligning the Directive to the Maritime Labour Convention requirements |
1 | 2011/0439(COD) | Procurement in the water, energy, transport and postal services sectors |
1 | 2011/0438(COD) | Public procurement |
1 | 2011/0275(COD) | European Regional Development Fund (ERDF): support to the Investment for growth and jobs goal, 2014-2020 |
1 | 2011/0409(COD) | Sound level of motor vehicles and of replacement silencing systems |
1 | 2011/0273(COD) | European Regional Development Fund (ERDF): support to the European territorial cooperation goal 2014-2020 |
1 | 2010/0253(COD) | Single European railway area. Recast |
1 | 2012/2261(INI) | Strategy for fisheries in the Adriatic and Ionian Seas |
1 | 2012/2297(INI) | Blue growth - Enhancing sustainable growth in the EU's marine, maritime transport and tourism sectors |
1 | 2011/0364(COD) | Fish stock conservation: removal of fins of sharks on board vessels |
1 | 2012/2063(INI) | EU 2011 report on policy coherence for development |
1 | 2008/2169(INL) | Guidelines for a proposal of a regulation of the European Parliament and the Council on the implementation of the citizens' initiative, pursuant to Article 11(4) of the Treaty on the European Union |
1 | 2008/2212(INI) | Facing oil challenges |
1 | 2005/0236(COD) | Maritime safety: discharge by the Member States of their obligations as flag States in accordance with the IMO Conventions |
1 | 2007/0019(COD) | Specification of petrol, diesel and gas-oil: mechanism to monitor and reduce greenhouse gas emissions from fuels. "Fuel Quality Directive" |
1 | 2008/2156(INI) | EMU@10: The first 10 years of Economic and Monetary Union and future challenges |
1 | 2007/0113(COD) | Protection of consumers: timeshare, long-term holiday products, resale and exchange contracts |
1 | 2008/2621(RSP) | Resolution on maternal mortality ahead of the UN High-level event on the Millennium Development Goals to be held on 25 September 2008 |
1 | 2007/0243(COD) | Air transport services: Code of Conduct for computerised reservation systems |
1 | 2007/0099(COD) | Access to the international road haulage market. Recast |
1 | 2007/2112(INI) | Policy to reduce unwanted by-catches and eliminate discards in European fisheries |
1 | 2007/0013(COD) | Airport charges |
1 | 2006/0048(NLE) | EU/Morocco Euro-Mediterranean Aviation Agreement |
1 | 2006/0058(NLE) | EU/United States Air Transport Agreement |
1 | 2007/0127(CNS) | Common Fisheries Policy: Community framework for the collection and management of fisheries data |
1 | 2006/0297(COD) | Community action in the field of water policy: implementing powers conferred on the Commission |
1 | 2006/0130(COD) | Common rules for the operation of air services in the Community. Recast |
1 | 2005/0214(COD) | Improving the acquisition and preservation of supplementary pension rights in order to enhance worker mobility |
1 | 2005/0191(COD) | Civil aviation security |
1 | 2007/2525(RSP) | Resolution on the air transport agreement between the EC and the USA |
1 | 2006/2112(INI) | European road safety action programme, 2003. Mid-term review |
1 | 2005/0103(CNS) | Second generation Schengen Information System (SIS II): establishment, operation and use |
1 | 2006/0002(CNS) | Fisheries resources: recovery of the stocks of plaice and sole in the North Sea |
1 | 2006/0131(AVC) | Growth and jobs: cohesion policy, Community strategic guidelines, 2007-2013 |
1 | 2005/0033(COD) | European Union Solidarity Fund: common and coordinated action to provide assistance to the Member States and the candidate countries in case of major disasters or public health emergencies |
1 | 2005/2053(INI) | Commom agricultural policy CAP: risk and crisis management |
1 | 2011/2308(INI) | Environmental impacts of shale gas and shale oil extraction activities |
1 | 2011/0239(COD) | Maritime safety: minimum level of training of seafarers |
1 | 2009/2212(INL) | Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament on the detailed provisions governing the exercise of the European Parliament's right of inquiry |
1 | 2010/2301(INI) | EU and China: unbalanced trade? |
1 | 2011/0058(CNS) | Common Consolidated Corporate Tax Base (CCCTB) |
1 | 2010/0207(COD) | Deposit guarantee schemes. Recast |
1 | 2011/2899(RSP) | Resolution on the contribution of the common fisheries policy to the production of public goods |
1 | 2011/2114(INI) | Farm input supply chain: structure and implications |
1 | 2010/0254(COD) | Fruit juices and certain similar products intended for human consumption |
1 | 2011/2151(INI) | Gender mainstreaming in the work of the European Parliament |
1 | 2009/0164(COD) | International protection: standards for the qualification and status of third country nationals or stateless persons and the content of the protection granted. Recast |
1 | 2010/0387(CNS) | Company taxation: parent companies and subsidiaries of different Member States, common system. Recast |
1 | 2010/2100(INI) | EU policy framework to assist developing countries in addressing food security challenges |
1 | 2010/2302(INI) | Credit rating agencies: future perspectives |
1 | 2010/0036(COD) | Exceptional trade measures for countries and territories participating in or linked to the Stabilisation and Association process |
1 | 2010/0080(COD) | Common fisheries policy (CFP): Community financial measures for the implementation of the CFP and in the area of the Law of the Sea |
1 | 2009/0129(COD) | General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM): fishing in the GFCM Agreement Area |
1 | 2009/0173(COD) | Emission performance standards for new light commercial vehicles |
1 | 2008/0237(COD) | Rights of passengers in bus and coach transport; cooperation between national authorities |
1 | 2008/0098(COD) | Construction products: harmonised conditions for the marketing |
1 | 2010/2084(INI) | European initiative on Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias |
1 | 2010/0044(COD) | European Heritage Label |
1 | 2010/0074(COD) | Citizens' initiative |
1 | 2007/0229(COD) | Migration policy: single application procedure for a single permit to reside and work, common set of rights for third-country workers |
1 | 2009/2069(DEC) | 2008 discharge: EU general budget, European Parliament |
1 | 2009/0170(COD) | Civil aviation safety: investigation and prevention of accidents and incidents |
1 | 2009/2237(INI) | Fair revenues for farmers: a better functioning food supply chain in Europe |
1 | 2009/2139(INI) | Annual report on the activity of the Petitions Committee 2009 |
1 | 2009/2104(INI) | Action plan on organ donation and transplantation (2009-2015): strengthened cooperation between Member States |
1 | 2009/2166(INI) | European Investment Bank (EIB) - Annual report 2008 |
1 | 2009/2792(RSP) | Resolution on violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo |
1 | 2009/2733(RSP) | Resolution on Iran |
1 | 2009/2663(RSP) | Resolution on the crisis in the dairy farming sector |
1 | 2009/0084(CNS) | Common agricultural policy (CAP): support schemes for farmers |
1 | 2009/2221(INI) | Promoting youth access to the labour market, strengthening trainee, internship and apprenticeship status |
1 | 2012/2202(DEC) | 2011 discharge: European Fisheries Control Agency (EFSA) |
1 | 2012/2167(DEC) | 2011 discharge: EU general budget, Section III, Commission and executive agencies |
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BA (1966). Higher Diploma in Education (1970). Post-primary teacher (1966-1983).
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Chairman of Fine Gael Parliamentary Party (1994-1995).
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Senator (1981-1987; 2002-2007). Deputy (1987-2002).
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Minister of State at the Department of Finance (1995). Minister of State at the Department of Defence and Government Chief Whip (1995-1997).
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Member of the Council of Europe (2002- 2004).
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