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Holly Cairns

Social Democrats Cork South-West TD in this Dáil since 29 November 2024

Official Oireachtas profile

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460
questions asked
Oral and written, to government departments
49,875
words spoken in the chamber
Across 276 contributions
106
votes recorded
Each Yes, No or Abstained in a recorded vote
124
topics asked about
Across 20 departments

From the Dáil chamber only: committee meetings are not in this archive.

What they ask about

The subject headings the Oireachtas filed their questions under.

Who they ask

The departments their questions were addressed to.

Month by month

Low months are usually recesses, when the Dáil does not sit. The archive runs to 22 October 2026.

Questions asked 460 in all

Dec 2024Oct 2026

Contributions to debates 276 in all

Dec 2024Oct 2026
Show as a table
MonthQuestionsContributions
December 2024 0 0
January 2025 48 0
February 2025 83 0
March 2025 8 0
April 2025 106 0
May 2025 10 0
June 2025 28 0
July 2025 14 0
August 2025 0 0
September 2025 7 17
October 2025 23 29
November 2025 6 37
December 2025 4 26
January 2026 10 8
February 2026 18 32
March 2026 30 15
April 2026 9 21
May 2026 5 27
June 2026 11 25
July 2026 11 38
August 2026 0 1
September 2026 19 0
October 2026 10 0

Debates they spoke in most

Plus 249 contributions in the regular slots, such as Leaders' Questions and Priority Questions. Speech from the chair is not counted.

Asked about similar topics

Worked out by computer from the subject headings of each TD's questions, giving more weight to headings few TDs use. It shows shared subjects, not shared views.

Party, constituency and offices

  1. constituency Cork South-West 29 November 2024 to now
  2. party Social Democrats 29 November 2024 to now
Holly Cairns Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Further and Higher Education
2570. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science 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. [20365/25]
Holly Cairns Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Further and Higher Education
2571. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science 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. [20383/25]
Holly Cairns Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Rural
2589. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the total amount provided to each local authority annually in order to employ veterinary inspectors and dog wardens, by local authority, from 2020 to date, in tabular form. [19154/25]
Holly Cairns Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Rural
2590. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development to detail the actions his Department undertakes in order to implement the Dog Breeding Establishments Act 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19155/25]
Holly Cairns Written 29 Apr 2025 · 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/…
Holly Cairns Written 29 Apr 2025 · 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 Depa…
Holly Cairns Written 29 Apr 2025 · 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]
Holly Cairns Written 29 Apr 2025 · 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]
Holly Cairns Written 29 Apr 2025 · 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]
Holly Cairns Written 29 Apr 2025 · 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]
Holly Cairns Written 29 Apr 2025 · 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]
Holly Cairns Written 29 Apr 2025 · 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]
Holly Cairns Written 29 Apr 2025 · 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]
Holly Cairns Written 29 Apr 2025 · 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]
Holly Cairns Written 8 Apr 2025 · 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 Marc…
Holly Cairns Written 8 Apr 2025 · 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 month…
Holly Cairns Written 8 Apr 2025 · 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]
Holly Cairns Written 8 Apr 2025 · 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]
Holly Cairns Written 1 Apr 2025 · 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]
Holly Cairns Written 1 Apr 2025 · 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]
Holly Cairns Written 1 Apr 2025 · 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]
Holly Cairns Written 19 Mar 2025 · 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]
Holly Cairns Written 19 Mar 2025 · 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]
Holly Cairns Written 19 Mar 2025 · 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]
Holly Cairns Written 19 Mar 2025 · 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]