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 15 Jul 2025 · to Justice
768. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of births in Irish prisons in each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39634/25]
Matt Carthy Written 15 Jul 2025 · to Justice
769. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the breakdown of the category of offences for which female prisoners have been imprisoned in each of the past five years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39635/25]
Matt Carthy Written 15 Jul 2025 · to Justice
770. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of infants under the age of 12 months housed in prisons in the state in each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39636/25]
Matt Carthy Written 15 Jul 2025 · to Justice
771. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration his plans to expand the bail supervision scheme; if he is considering expanding it to include women facing charges in relation to non-violent crimes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39637/25]
Matt Carthy Written 15 Jul 2025 · to Justice
772. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if there are separate units for mothers with babies in each relevant prison; if there have been incidents of babies housed in general population; if separate risk assessments are carried out in such instances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39638/25]
Matt Carthy Written 15 Jul 2025 · to Agriculture
793. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on the independent review of the issues pertaining to the environmental impact of industrial emissions in Castlecomer, County Kilkenny, as announced by the previous Minister in Dáil Éireann on 4 July 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39539/25]
Matt Carthy Written 10 Jul 2025 · to Foreign
17. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on his engagements regarding the Mercosur Trade Agreement. [37569/25]
Matt Carthy Written 10 Jul 2025 · to Foreign
56. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether he intends to take legal action in respect of the failure of the EU to implement sanctions against Israel for ongoing breeches of international law. [37568/25]
Matt Carthy Oral 10 Jul 2025 · to Rural
95. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht if he will provide an additional allocation to Monaghan County Council for the local improvement scheme in 2025. [38304/25]
Matt Carthy Written 10 Jul 2025 · to Rural
120. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the number of applications received per year in 2023 and 2024, per county, for funding under the Community Recognition Fund; the number therein that were successful and the number that were unsuccessful in each county; the allocation that will be provided to each county in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matt…
Matt Carthy Written 10 Jul 2025 · to Justice
284. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of applicants currently waiting for their application to be processed at each stage in the asylum process; the average duration which they have been waiting at each stage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38560/25]
Matt Carthy Written 10 Jul 2025 · to Justice
285. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of negative decisions in the international protection system; the number of those that received a negative decision who left voluntarily; the number who were subject to a deportation order; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38561/25]
Matt Carthy Written 10 Jul 2025 · to Justice
286. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of those subjected to deportation orders whose departure from the State was confirmed; the number whose whereabouts is unknown, for the past five years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38562/25]
Matt Carthy Written 8 Jul 2025 · to Public Expenditure
345. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the estimated cost of increasing the Garda training allowance to €579.15 per week for 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37368/25]
Matt Carthy Written 8 Jul 2025 · to Justice
645. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the estimated annual cost of recruiting 500, 1,000 and 1,500 gardaí; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37438/25]
Matt Carthy Written 8 Jul 2025 · to Justice
667. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the total spent by his Department on accommodation for international protection applicants in each of the past five years; the average cost per night of accommodating an international protection applicant in private accommodation and State-owned accommodation in each of the past five years; the highest rate and lowest rate paid per nig…
Matt Carthy Written 8 Jul 2025 · to Justice
668. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the total number of staff in the International Protection Office and International Protection Appeals Tribunal; if his Department has any plans to increase the number of staff in each; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37749/25]
Matt Carthy Written 8 Jul 2025 · to Justice
669. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the cost of increasing the number of staff in the International Protection Office and International Protection Appeals Tribunal by 10%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37750/25]
Matt Carthy Oral 3 Jul 2025 · to Justice
1. 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. [36637/25]
Matt Carthy Oral 3 Jul 2025 · to Justice
3. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the annual percentage of those who received a final negative decision on their international protection application who left Ireland within 30 days and who provided authorities with documentary evidence that they had left within three days of arrival in their home country, for each of the past five years, in tabular form; and if he will …
Matt Carthy Oral 3 Jul 2025 · to Justice
10. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration for an outline of the findings of the report of the civil legal aid review group, which has indicated that he has received the report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36599/25]
Matt Carthy Written 3 Jul 2025 · to Justice
35. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration when he will sign the regulations to establish community safety partnerships, as provided for in the Policing, Security and Community Safety Act 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36601/25]
Matt Carthy Written 3 Jul 2025 · to Justice
60. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of opt-ins under Article 3 and under Article 4 of Protocol 21 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union in each year since the introduction of the protocol, including to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36604/25]
Matt Carthy Written 3 Jul 2025 · to Justice
70. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to outline his plans for further increasing the Garda training allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36603/25]
Matt Carthy Written 3 Jul 2025 · to Justice
72. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will establish an historical investigations unit to allow for independent police investigation into unresolved deaths and incidents of torture or ill-treatment, as proposed by the Irish Council for Civil Liberties and the Committee on the Administration of Justice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36602/25]