TDs / Matt Carthy

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Matt Carthy

Sinn Féin Cavan-Monaghan TD in this Dáil since 29 November 2024

Official Oireachtas profile

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1,949
questions asked
Oral and written, to government departments
191,198
words spoken in the chamber
Across 883 contributions
389
votes recorded
Each Yes, No or Abstained in a recorded vote
252
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 1,949 in all

Dec 2024Oct 2026

Contributions to debates 883 in all

Dec 2024Oct 2026
Show as a table
MonthQuestionsContributions
December 2024 0 1
January 2025 17 27
February 2025 205 39
March 2025 172 56
April 2025 111 43
May 2025 119 40
June 2025 67 39
July 2025 104 45
August 2025 0 0
September 2025 122 11
October 2025 99 70
November 2025 109 25
December 2025 50 58
January 2026 200 49
February 2026 119 90
March 2026 101 48
April 2026 66 45
May 2026 41 46
June 2026 48 46
July 2026 86 52
August 2026 0 1
September 2026 84 33
October 2026 29 19

Debates they spoke in most

Plus 471 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 Cavan-Monaghan 29 November 2024 to now
  2. party Sinn Féin 29 November 2024 to now
Matt Carthy Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Justice
1462. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of complaints received against members of An Garda Síochána in the past five years, by garda division, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44645/25]
Matt Carthy Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Justice
1463. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of Gardaí suspended from duty in each of the past five years, by Garda division, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44646/25]
Matt Carthy Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Justice
1528. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the supports or scholarships that his Department provides regarding further and higher education; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45283/25]
Matt Carthy Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Justice
1537. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to provide details of the number of members of An Garda Síochána; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45339/25]
Matt Carthy Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Justice
1544. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the percentage of the current membership of An Garda Síochána who will be eligible to retire by 2030; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45381/25]
Matt Carthy Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Justice
1545. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of applications to join An Garda Síochána as part of each recruitment campaign in the past five years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45382/25]
Matt Carthy Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Justice
1546. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of Gardaí who attested in each year since 1995, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45383/25]
Matt Carthy Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Justice
1548. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of requests for retirement extensions from An Garda Síochána processed in each year since 2020, including the number extended to 61, to 62, to 63, to 64 and to 65, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45393/25]
Matt Carthy Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Justice
1549. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number in each intake of Gardaí, and the number who attested, in the past three years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45395/25]
Matt Carthy Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Justice
1550. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the average time in each of the past five years between application to join An Garda Síochána and attestation, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45396/25]
Matt Carthy Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Justice
1563. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of Gardaí who have resigned and retired in each of the past 15 years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45500/25]
Matt Carthy Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Justice
1564. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he has received the report of the recruitment and training capacity group regarding recruitment to An Garda Síochána which he indicated he would receive in mid-2025; if he will outline the main findings of that report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45501/25]
Matt Carthy Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Justice
1565. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if there are any impediments to five intakes of trainee Gardaí per annum at the Garda Training College, Templemore; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45502/25]
Matt Carthy Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Justice
1596. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of Gardaí who have resigned in each of the last five years who were under 25; aged 25 to 30; aged 30 to 35; aged 35 to 40; aged 40 to 50 and aged over 50, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45643/25]
Matt Carthy Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Justice
1597. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of Gardaí who resigned within five years of joining An Garda Síochána in each of the past 10 years and to date in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45644/25]
Matt Carthy Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Justice
1598. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of Gardaí who have left the force over the past five years; the number of Gardaí recruited in the same period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45645/25]
Matt Carthy Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Justice
1599. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of Gardaí who had previously resigned and rejoined the Gardaí in each of the last 10 years and to date in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45646/25]
Matt Carthy Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Justice
1600. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the percentage of garda trainees in the past five years who were from disadvantaged, very disadvantaged or extremely disadvantaged backgrounds as measured by the Pobal deprivation index, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45647/25]
Matt Carthy Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Justice
1614. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the maximum number of trainees per intake at the Garda Training College in Templemore; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45739/25]
Matt Carthy Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Justice
1627. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to outline the traditionally underrepresented communities that are eligible for the Garda Síochána Diversity Internship Programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45890/25]
Matt Carthy Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Justice
1628. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration for an annual breakdown of the numbers of those who completed the Garda Síochána Diversity Internship Programme since its introduction; and a breakdown of the traditionally underrepresented communities that they came from, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45891/25]
Matt Carthy Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Justice
1629. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration for an annual breakdown of the numbers of those who completed the Garda Síochána Diversity Internship Programme who later went on to attest as members of An Garda Síochána since its introduction; and the numbers who completed the Garda Síochána Diversity Internship Programme who later went on to take up clerical roles with an Garda Sí…
Matt Carthy Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Justice
1630. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the budget allocated to the Garda Síochána Diversity Internship Programme in each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45920/25]
Matt Carthy Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Justice
1639. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the total amount spent on IPAS accommodation in 2024; the amount spent each month to date in 2025; the total expenditure to date in 2025; the estimated total expenditure for 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46109/25]
Matt Carthy Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Justice
1640. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the total amount spent on Ukrainian TPD accommodation in 2024; the amount spent each month to date in 2025, the total expenditure to date in 2025; the estimated total expenditure for 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46110/25]