Official portrait of Holly Cairns

Holly Cairns

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Social Democrats · Cork South-West · serving since 2024-11-29

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Voting record Contributions PQs asked
written 2025-04-29 · to Rural
2591. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development whether his Department maintains a register of all veterinary inspectors and dog wardens hired by local authorities in order to carry out functions under the Dog Breeding Establishments Act 2010; if so, to provide detail of the number of each role employed under each local authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19156/25]
written 2025-04-29 · to Rural
2592. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development whether his attention has been drawn to the disparity among local authorities in regard to their regulation of dog breeding practices, such as a disparity in requirements for registering on a dog breeding establishment register, regular inspections by a county vet, and planning permission for dog breeding establishments; whether his Department has issued local authorities with guidance in regard to regulating dog breeding establishments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19157/25]
written 2025-04-29 · to Rural
2593. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development whether his Department maintains a register of all dog breeding establishments in the country; and, if so, to provide a list of all establishments, by county, in tabular form. [19158/25]
written 2025-04-29 · to Rural
2594. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if his Department maintains a register of county vet inspections to dog breeding establishments; if so, to provide the number of visits per establishment conducted in 2024, by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19159/25]
written 2025-04-29 · to Rural
2595. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development to provide a list of all local authorities that operate a register in accordance with the Dog Breeding Establishments Act 2010; and to detail the work conducted by his Department to ensure that local authorities are monitoring all dog breeding establishments. [19160/25]
written 2025-04-29 · to Rural
2616. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development whether his attention has been drawn to the work of an organisation (details supplied); and to outline funding streams which may be available to them to continue and expand their social enterprise. [20285/25]
written 2025-04-29 · to Rural
2618. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development to provide a list of all EU directives which are awaiting transposition in his Department; the date on which transposition is due; and the reasons for any delay in transposition, in tabular form. [20334/25]
written 2025-04-29 · to Rural
2619. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development to provide a list of all properties his Department have rented from 2015 to date in 2025, including the length of tenancy; and the amount spent on rent on each property over this time period. [20352/25]
written 2025-04-29 · to Rural
2620. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development whether an external company is contracted to provide cleaning services to his Department building; and if so, the name of the company and the value of the contract. [20370/25]
written 2025-04-29 · to Rural
2621. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development whether an external company is contracted to provide security services to his Department building; and if so, the name of the company and the value of the contract. [20388/25]
written 2025-04-08 · to Health
923. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the psychology waiting-list numbers and exact wait-times, in months and years, for children and adolescents in each integrated health area of the Mid West Regional Health Area primary care services, in tabular form, to also include numbers of years waiting for young people waiting more than twelve months; and the longest wait-time, in years and months, as of March 1 2025. [16843/25]
written 2025-04-08 · to Health
924. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the psychology waiting-list numbers and exact wait-times, in months and years, for children and adolescents in each integrated health area of the Dublin and South East Regional Health Area primary care services, in tabular form, to also include numbers of years waiting for young people waiting more than twelve months; and the longest wait-time, in years and months, as of March 1 2025. [16844/25]
written 2025-04-08 · to Health
925. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health for the current primary care psychology staffing levels, by grade of psychologist, and per population size, served in each integrated health area of the Mid West Regional Health Area, as of March 1 2025. [16845/25]
written 2025-04-08 · to Health
926. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health for the current primary care psychology staffing levels, by grade of psychologist, and per population size, served in each integrated health area of the Dublin and South East Regional Health Area, as of March 1 2025. [16846/25]
written 2025-04-01 · to Justice
542. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Justice to detail the groups and stakeholders which were consulted as part of the review of the Sexual Offences Act 2017; whether the Department consulted active sex workers as part of said review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15253/25]
written 2025-04-01 · to Agriculture
598. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine how often a census is undertaken of the Irish fishing fleet; and to provide a breakdown of the current fleet, by boat size. [15254/25]
written 2025-04-01 · to Agriculture
599. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine whether it is his intention to reexamine the proportion of the mackerel and herring quota allocated to small fishers and inshore fishers; whether he has met with representatives of small fishers and inshore fishers on the issue of the quota since taking office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15255/25]
written 2025-03-19 · to Finance
396. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Finance the number of rent tax credit claims which have been made annually in County Cork, by local area, from 2022 to date, in tabular form. [11012/25]
written 2025-03-19 · to Public Expenditure
453. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform whether his Department has circulated advice on instances where a civil servant is serving a custodial sentence for a serious violent crime; and if he could provide detail of this advice, and the impact such a conviction would have on the individual’s employment status within the civil service. [11005/25]
written 2025-03-19 · to Education
669. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education if she is aware of US-based Catholic missionary organisations (details supplied) running pilot programmes in State-funded primary schools for pre-confirmation classes; if the content of these programmes has been examined by her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11713/25]
written 2025-03-19 · to Education
670. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education if her Department has issued advice to primary schools on specific requirements or criteria for outside organisations brought into primary schools to run educational programmes; and if the learning outcomes of said programmes are overseen in any way by her Department. [11714/25]
written 2025-03-19 · to Justice
1156. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Justice the visa requirements for missionaries visiting Ireland to proselytise; and to provide a breakdown of the number of visas issued, by organisation, from 2014 to date. [11715/25]
written 2025-03-19 · to Justice
1188. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Justice to provide a list of the religious bodies and faith communities eligible for the minister of religion visa; and to outline the process and eligibility requirements for a religious body or faith community to qualify. [12230/25]
written 2025-03-19 · to Children
1337. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if there are plans to roll out HSE adult autism assessments; and, if so, the timeline involved in such a roll-out. [11174/25]
written 2025-03-04 · to Finance
289. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Finance if he is aware of indemnity insurance requirements excluding people in bankruptcy from practicing as therapists; and if this exclusion is continued after they are discharged from their bankruptcy. [9318/25]
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