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Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Funding (9 Apr 2024)

Holly Cairns: 1724. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the funding currently available to each local authority for dog wardens and animal welfare inspectors; when dog wardens and an animal welfare inspector will be appointed in Limerick; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14314/24]

Immigration: Motion [Private Members] (6 Dec 2023)

Holly Cairns: This motion is a disgrace. It involves point after point of dog whistles. I do not believe that the Rural Independent Group does not know exactly what it is doing here. They all know well that they are pandering to the far right, stoking up divisions and spreading fear and complete misinformation. In doing so, they are putting a target on the backs of migrants and asylum seekers for the...

Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2023: Motion (29 Nov 2023)

Holly Cairns: ...clearly knows, which is that greyhound racing is, not exclusively but predominantly, a cruel industry that has no place in modern society? Despite some breeders and trainers taking good care of their dogs, everywhere greyhound racing operates, the story is the same, with rampant animal welfare abuses, injuries, fatalities, overbreeding and culls. In country after country, the industry is...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wildlife Protection (4 Jul 2023)

Holly Cairns: 351. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps he is taking to monitor mink hunting with dogs, including the actions to prevent these hunts disrupting other wildlife and hunting otters; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32223/23]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Animal Welfare (4 Jul 2023)

Holly Cairns: 734. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development to outline the process by which a closure order for a premises engaged in dog breeding is withdrawn, including the list of rationales for a withdrawal. [32222/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Passports (30 May 2023)

Holly Cairns: 564. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he is taking to remove barriers concerning pet dog, cat and ferret travel between Ireland and the UK; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25805/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (18 Apr 2023)

Holly Cairns: 1122. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide information from the Rásaíocht Con Éireann Traceability System on the number of non-coursing dogs entered on the RCETS for each of the years 2021 and 2022; the breakdown of the 35,701 greyhounds entered on RCETS by year of birth, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (18 Apr 2023)

Holly Cairns: ...Con Éireann Traceability System on the number of non-coursing greyhound pups who were born in 2019, 2020 and 2021 who were registered on RCETS but did not race, and a breakdown of what happened to these dogs; the breakdown of the cause of death in the case of the 1,867 dogs listed as dead in 2022; the breakdown of the status (reason for inactivity) of the 8,314 dogs listed as inactive...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Animal Welfare (21 Mar 2023)

Holly Cairns: 1610. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will outline any activities he is pursuing around legislative changes concerning conditions of dog ownership and or licensing. [12762/23]

Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2022: Motion (30 Nov 2022)

Holly Cairns: ...is a cruel industry that has no place in modern society. No matter where this industry is, it is plagued with animal welfare concerns. Of course it is, when it is based on the overbreeding of dogs solely for speed. While in jurisdiction after jurisdiction the industry is being banned, the Irish Government continues to invest millions of euro in it every year. I do not think that any...

Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2022: Motion (30 Nov 2022)

Holly Cairns: ...in attendance. The facts as outlined in RTÉ’s documentary “Greyhounds - Running for their Lives” remain the definitive record of the appalling standards and cruelty of the industry. Up to 6,000 dogs are bred annually to be killed. I have to raise the same questions every year. In whose interest is this? It is certainly not in the public interest. Why is...

Criminal Justice (Incitement to Violence or Hatred and Hate Offences) Bill 2022: Second Stage (10 Nov 2022)

Holly Cairns: ...and newer, more covert methods of conveying hatred are emerging every day. We see this prolifically online, where certain communities founded on vile intent codify hostility and develop so-called dog whistles that are not easily identifiable as hatred. They are unscrupulous in their methods, wrapping contempt and venom up as seemingly legitimate positions. These actions are...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (25 Oct 2022)

Holly Cairns: 228. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on increasing the fines for public transport providers who do not accommodate persons with guide dogs or assistance dogs. [53274/22]

Financial Resolutions 2021 - Financial Resolution No. 2: General (Resumed) (13 Oct 2021)

Holly Cairns: Just one last point. Sorry, a Leas-Cheann Comhairle. To give context of a previous budget, Irish Guide Dogs for the Blind was allocated €886,000. It had to raise €5 million itself. Why is it not getting a fraction of what the greyhound racing industry is getting?

National Maternity Hospital: Motion [Private Members] (23 Jun 2021)

Holly Cairns: ...one of the most oppressive abortion regimes in western countries. For 35 years, it not only restricted bodily autonomy but it caused immeasurable damage and suffering. It was only thanks to the activism and dogged determination of women that it was repealed. Politicians delayed and obstructed, opposing even giving the Irish people a vote until the pressure was too much for them to hold...

Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2020: Motion (1 Dec 2020)

Holly Cairns: ...for an end to the State propping up this highly problematic industry and shielding it from commercial realities. The industry receives extraordinary sums of money from the public purse while breeding 6,000 dogs annually to kill them. The vast majority of the general public cannot understand why Government continues to blatantly ignore common sense on this issue. Not only does our...

Greyhound Industry: Motion [Private Members] (25 Nov 2020)

Holly Cairns: .... I am also constantly hearing that we are referring to all trainers as terrible people who are involved in animal cruelty. I do not know how many times we have to say that we are aware not all trainers treat their dogs badly. Indeed, many of those trainers have been in touch to thank us for tabling this motion because they are so aware of how badly dogs are treated in the industry. Many...

Greyhound Industry: Motion [Private Members] (25 Nov 2020)

Holly Cairns: ...Greyhound Board/GRI has not delivered a dividend to the State in the past 25 years and is unlikely to do so in the future; and calls on the Government to: — waive the increased funding of €2.4 million due to be given to the greyhound industry; — incrementally refocus greyhound racing funding to the welfare of dogs impacted by breeding and racing associated with the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse and Greyhound Fund Regulations 2020: Motion (24 Nov 2020)

Holly Cairns: ...every year to keep this industry going and almost 6,000 of them are killed because they fail to make qualification times or their performance has declined. Basically, the industry kills about 6,000 dogs a year for not racing fast enough. The Government continues to fund it and is now increasing the funding. The animal welfare issues are bad enough but it is worth noting that this is...