Commission of Investigation into the Tuam Mother and Baby Home

15 March 2017

I spoke in the Seanad about the Tuam Mother and Baby Home in the context of Ireland's appalling history of institutional violence and the culture of denial. I called for the long-overdue separation of church and state in our country.

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Participation in new EU Security and Defence initiative undermines Irish Neutrality and Peacebuilding Role

21 November 2017

The cabinet’s decision today to apply for membership of the European Union’s Permanent Structured Cooperation on Security and Defence (PESCO) is a “sad day for Ireland’s neutrality and peacebuilding role” said Senator Alice-Mary Higgins who debated the issue with Minister for Defence Paul Kehoe in Seanad Éireann today.

Data Sharing and Governance Bill returns to the Seanad

1 October 2018

The Data Sharing and Governance Bill returns to the Seanad this week with a commitment from the Minister to address issues of privacy, transparency and accountability raised by Senator Higgins earlier in the process.

Senator Alice-Mary Higgins responds to the ongoing impasse of the EU-Canada trade deal CETA

24 October 2016

"The real issue here is not about Canada and it is not about Wallonia, it is about the stubborn refusal, particularly by the European Commission, to acknowledge that the inclusion of special investor courts in international trade agreements is simply not appropriate or acceptable."