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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 Children
1981. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the supports available for the establishment of new independent living centres; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46306/25]
Matt Carthy Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Children
1982. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality her plans for the establishment of new independent living centres in Cavan or Monaghan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46305/25]
Matt Carthy Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Health
2500. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 2101 of 29 July 2025, if the information is now available regarding the number of prisoners transferred to the central mental hospital from each prison in 2022, 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, including the average wait time for transfer each year, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46407/25]
Matt Carthy Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Health
2532. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment to see a consultation at National Orthopaedic Hospital, Cappagh; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46597/25]
Matt Carthy Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Defence
378. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the establishment figure for each branch of the Permanent Defence Forces; the actual number for each year 2019 to date; in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43832/25]
Matt Carthy Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Defence
379. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the establishment figure for each branch of the Reserve Defence Forces; the actual number for each year 2019 to date; in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43833/25]
Matt Carthy Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Defence
380. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the number of members of the Defence Forces who served overseas on a United Nations mandated mission in the years 2019 to date; by year; in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43834/25]
Matt Carthy Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Transport
394. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Transport if facilities are available for those that have literacy or computer difficulties to avail of adequate assistance with the driver theory test; if such are a requirement of the service provider; if they are available at all test centres; the criteria by which it is determined if a person can avail of such facilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter…
Matt Carthy Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Transport
587. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Transport to outline the earliest construction start and end dates regarding the N2 Ardee to Castleblayney road scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43851/25]
Matt Carthy Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Transport
588. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Transport to outline the funding provided to Monaghan County Council for road maintenance and improvement in the years 2019 to 2024 and date in 2025, by year; in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43852/25]
Matt Carthy Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Finance
763. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Finance if he will outline the number of times he intends to increase the cost of petrol, diesel and home heating oil until 2030; the cost to consumers of each increase; the compounded total cost of the increase, by increase and by category; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43927/25]
Matt Carthy Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Enterprise
882. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the current number of work permits allocated for motor-auto mechanics; the number therein of the car mechanic quota and of the HGV-bus mechanic quota that have been issued; if he has any plans to review those quotas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41020/25]
Matt Carthy Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Enterprise
912. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the reviews and inspections that have been carried out in relation to employment practices in the English language teaching sector in the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42333/25]
Matt Carthy Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Enterprise
929. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the number of people in the State on work permits who were paid the minimum wage or less; the number that were paid between the minimum wage and the average industrial wage; the number that were paid in excess of the average industrial wage, in each of the past five years, by sector, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on t…
Matt Carthy Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Enterprise
932. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the number of people currently holding employment permits under each category for which an employment permit is issued in each of the past five years and to date in 2025, by country of origin, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43132/25]
Matt Carthy Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Enterprise
946. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment for each of the past five years, the number of employers who undertook a Labour Market Needs Test to see if there was anyone in the State/EEA who could fill a vacancy and, having found there was no one suitable, applied for a visa; and the number of such occasions where a visa was subsequently granted, in tabular form; and if he will ma…
Matt Carthy Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Enterprise
947. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if the review of the critical skills occupations list and the ineligible occupations list will take into consideration issues related to low pay, downward pressures on wages and the availability of housing, in addition to the needs of the labour market; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43357/25]
Matt Carthy Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Enterprise
948. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the list of occupations currently subject to quotas for work visas; the number of visas issued for each of these occupations in each of the past five years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43358/25]
Matt Carthy Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Culture
1325. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if there are any grant supports within his Department that would apply to an organisation (details supplied) which operates on an 32 county basis and is registered in the North for accounting purposes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40997/25]
Matt Carthy Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Housing
1550. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the assessments his Department has carried out on the impact of students studying English language courses on housing pressures in the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42335/25]
Matt Carthy Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Housing
1551. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to outline his Department’s strategy in relation to the housing needs of students studying on English language courses in the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42336/25]
Matt Carthy Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Housing
1552. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the percentage of students studying on English language courses who were housed in the private rented sector, who were housed in designated student accommodation, who were staying with host families and who were in other types of accommodation, in the last five years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. …
Matt Carthy Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Justice
1947. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if, in the absence of a harmonised EU-wide approach to exiting temporary protection, under existing domestic legislative/administrative arrangements the period of continuous residence in the State exercised by temporary protection beneficiaries that would qualify as part of the duration of reckonable residence required for the purpose…
Matt Carthy Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Justice
1948. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he has sought any legal advice or guidance concerning the period of continuous residence in the State exercised by temporary protection beneficiaries as to whether this may qualify as part of the duration of reckonable residence required for the purposes of eligibility to apply for long-term residency in the State; if he will provi…
Matt Carthy Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Justice
2041. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of inspections carried out of English language schools by immigration officials in each of the past five years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42326/25]