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Holly Cairns

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

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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 18 Feb 2025 · to Agriculture
612. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine whether it is his intention to proceed with a ban on pair trawling within the six-mile limit; and if so, to provide an update and estimate timeframe for the ban to be implemented. [5991/25]
Holly Cairns Written 18 Feb 2025 · to Agriculture
613. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide details of the empty buildings, by county, in his Department’s portfolio; the value of the property; the length of time they have lain empty; and the physical status of each building, in tabular form. [6224/25]
Holly Cairns Written 18 Feb 2025 · to Agriculture
614. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide details of undeveloped sites, by county, in his Department’s portfolio; the value of the property; the length of time they have lain undeveloped; and the reason for the lack of development, in tabular form. [6242/25]
Holly Cairns Written 18 Feb 2025 · to Children
666. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide details of the empty buildings, by county, in her Department’s portfolio; the value of the property; the length of time they have lain empty; and the physical status of each building, in tabular form. [6225/25]
Holly Cairns Written 18 Feb 2025 · to Children
667. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide details of undeveloped sites, by county, in her Department’s portfolio; the value of the property; the length of time they have lain undeveloped; and the reason for the lack of development, in tabular form. [6243/25]
Holly Cairns Written 18 Feb 2025 · to Health
810. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health to provide details of the empty buildings, by county, in her Department’s portfolio; the value of the property; the length of time they have lain empty; and the physical status of each building, in tabular form. [6233/25]
Holly Cairns Written 18 Feb 2025 · to Health
811. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health to provide details of undeveloped sites, by county, in her Department’s portfolio; the value of the property; the length of time they have lain undeveloped; and the reason for the lack of development, in tabular form. [6251/25]
Holly Cairns Written 18 Feb 2025 · to Further and Higher Education
867. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to provide details of the empty buildings, by county, in his Department’s portfolio; the value of the property; the length of time they have lain empty; and the physical status of each building, in tabular form. [6232/25]
Holly Cairns Written 18 Feb 2025 · to Further and Higher Education
868. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to provide details of undeveloped sites, by county, in his Department’s portfolio; the value of the property; the length of time they have lain undeveloped; and the reason for the lack of development, in tabular form. [6250/25]
Holly Cairns Written 18 Feb 2025 · to Rural
877. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development to provide details of the empty buildings, by county, in his Department’s portfolio; the value of the property; the length of time they have lain empty; and the physical status of each building, in tabular form. [6237/25]
Holly Cairns Written 18 Feb 2025 · to Rural
881. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development to provide details of undeveloped sites, by county, in his Department’s portfolio; the value of the property; the length of time they have lain undeveloped; and the reason for the lack of development, in tabular form. [6533/25]
Holly Cairns Written 11 Feb 2025 · to Social
397. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Social Protection to provide a report of the inspections which took place in 2024 of schools participating in the hot school meals programme; and to provide a representative sample of lunches provided, with an ingredient and preparation method breakdown. [3999/25]
Holly Cairns Written 11 Feb 2025 · to Agriculture
471. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the current status of the 11,666 non-coursing greyhounds whose year of birth was 2021, who were being tracked on the Rásaíocht Con Éireann traceability system as of 15 August 2024, giving a detailed breakdown into active, inactive, exported etc; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3991/25]
Holly Cairns Written 11 Feb 2025 · to Agriculture
472. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of non-coursing greyhounds exported to the United Kingdom for the years 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024, as recorded on the Rásaíocht Con Éireann traceability system, by year of birth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3992/25]
Holly Cairns Written 11 Feb 2025 · to Agriculture
473. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of non-coursing greyhounds recorded as export international on the Rásaíocht Con Éireann traceability system for the years 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024, by year of birth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3993/25]
Holly Cairns Written 11 Feb 2025 · to Children
520. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 1284 of 22 January 2025, to provide a breakdown of the 12+ month category to indicate the length of time individuals have been waiting, by CHO, in tabular form. [4071/25]
Holly Cairns Written 11 Feb 2025 · to Children
570. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 1284 of 22 January 2025, to detail which individual CDNTs, and their corresponding CHO areas, do not yet have a system in place to capture the level of activity requested; and to provide a timeline for the full roll out of the national information management system. [4725/25]
Holly Cairns Written 11 Feb 2025 · to Health
694. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health whether promised interim funding for an organisation (details supplied) will be released; and to provide details of the funding amount and timeline for its release. [4724/25]
Holly Cairns Written 11 Feb 2025 · to Rural
743. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development whether the urban regeneration and development fund could be replicated for rural towns and villages in order to support sustainable and regenerative development; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4726/25]
Holly Cairns Written 11 Feb 2025 · to Rural
744. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development to detail the funding avenues available for sports, arts and community facilities and amenities in growing towns and villages. [4727/25]
Holly Cairns Written 6 Feb 2025 · to Agriculture
205. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for clarification on the Government's policy towards the farming of hemp, particularly in light of a number of cases of licensed hemp farmers being monitored and raided by An Garda Síochána; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3907/25]
Holly Cairns Written 6 Feb 2025 · to Health
220. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health for clarification on the Government's policy towards the farming of hemp, particularly in light of a number of cases of licensed hemp farmers being monitored and raided by An Garda Síochána; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3906/25]
Holly Cairns Written 5 Feb 2025 · to Education
413. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education to provide an update on the planned phasing out of the ‘nearest school’ rule for the school transport scheme; a timeline for its abolishment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2353/25]
Holly Cairns Written 5 Feb 2025 · to Education
414. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education whether her attention has been drawn to the calls from organisations (details supplied) for an urgent review of the reporting mechanism for the use of restraint in schools; whether she would consider instigating an independent child protection review of the guidelines and the reporting mechanism on the use of seclusion and restraint in schools; and if she will…
Holly Cairns Written 5 Feb 2025 · to Education
466. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education the supports that are being provided by her Department to national schools under the threat of closure due to low enrolment numbers. [2870/25]