diff --git a/common/database_helpers.py b/common/database_helpers.py
index dbf3f2c2..63e5ed76 100644
--- a/common/database_helpers.py
+++ b/common/database_helpers.py
@@ -510,6 +510,17 @@ def _get_investigations_for_instrument(instrument_id):
         return investigations
 
 
+def get_facility_cycles_for_instrument(instrument_id, filters):
+    """
+    Given an instrument_id get facility cycles where the instrument has investigations that occur within that cycle
+    :param instrument_id: The id of the instrument
+    :return: A list of facility cycle entities
+    """
+    query = InstrumentFacilityCyclesQuery(instrument_id)
+    filter_handler = FilterOrderHandler()
+    filter_handler.add_filter(query.start_date_filter)
+    filter_handler.add_filter(query.end_date_filter)
+    return get_filtered_read_query_results(filter_handler, filters, query)
 
 
 def get_facility_cycles_for_instrument_count(instrument_id):