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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 25 Mar 2025 · to Justice
591. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice if there are joint policing committees operating until such stage as local community safety partnership structures are in place; the local authorities where this is the case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14174/25]
Matt Carthy Written 25 Mar 2025 · to Agriculture
603. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the levels of Irish beef exports, by category, to the UK, for each month since January 2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13377/25]
Matt Carthy Written 25 Mar 2025 · to Health
758. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health the number of systems analysis review reports, or similar reviews, which were carried out in respect of occurrences at each psychiatric hospital or unit from 2016 to 2024 and to date in 2025; the number therein that were commissioned following the death of a patient, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13756/25]
Matt Carthy Written 25 Mar 2025 · to Health
759. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health the staff allocated to the home based treatment team in Cavan Monaghan Mental Health Service at present, by title, discipline, grade; those positions which are currently unfilled; the corresponding figures for March 2020, March 2021, March 2022, March 2023 and March 2024, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13757/25]
Matt Carthy Written 25 Mar 2025 · to Health
760. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health the current risk assessment and management policies that guide the home based treatment team in Cavan Monaghan Mental Health Service; when these policies were last revised; if there are plans to review these policies; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13758/25]
Matt Carthy Written 25 Mar 2025 · to Health
761. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health if the home-based treatment team in Cavan Monaghan Mental Health Service operates a specific discharge safety plan; if such a plan mandates active service user participation and-or the participation of family members and interested third parties; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13759/25]
Matt Carthy Written 25 Mar 2025 · to Health
762. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health if an early intervention in psychosis (EIP) service operates within Cavan Monaghan Mental Health Service; the date that this EIP service was established; the number of users that have been referred to this service in each month since its establishment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13760/25]
Matt Carthy Written 25 Mar 2025 · to Health
763. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health the total current funding allocation and the final expenditure for Cavan Monaghan mental health service for each of the years 2020 to 2024; the current funding allocation for 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13761/25]
Matt Carthy Written 25 Mar 2025 · to Health
764. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health the total capital funding allocation and the final expenditure for Cavan Monaghan mental health service for each of the years 2020 to 2024; the capital funding allocation for 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13762/25]
Matt Carthy Written 25 Mar 2025 · to Health
765. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health the status of the proposed new purpose-built acute psychiatric admission unit on the grounds of Cavan General Hospital; when work will commence on this project; when it is expected to be completed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13763/25]
Matt Carthy Written 25 Mar 2025 · to Health
766. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health if she will review the decision by the HSE not to share the records held by Cavan Monaghan mental health services in respect of a person (details supplied) who died by suicide on 18 November 2020, having been discharged from the psychiatric unit at Cavan Hospital with their family; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13764/25]
Matt Carthy Written 25 Mar 2025 · to Health
767. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health to outline, given that the stated reason for the decision of HSE not to share the records held by Cavan Monaghan mental health services in respect of a person (details supplied) who died by suicide on 18 November 2020 having been discharged from the psychiatric unit at Cavan Hospital with their family, is based on the position that the person expressly stated that…
Matt Carthy Written 25 Mar 2025 · to Health
768. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health if an early intervention in psychosis information pack is made available to family members of patients attending Cavan Monaghan mental health service; if so, the number of families that have received such information packs in each year since 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13766/25]
Matt Carthy Written 25 Mar 2025 · to Health
769. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health the number of community support and peer support workers that are currently employed with the home based treatment team at Cavan Monaghan mental health service; if there are any vacancies of these posts at present; if there are proposals to employ additional such posts; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13767/25]
Matt Carthy Written 25 Mar 2025 · to Health
770. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health the community response plans that guide Cavan Monaghan mental health service following suicides; when the current plans were established and revised; if there are proposals to review these plans; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13768/25]
Matt Carthy Written 25 Mar 2025 · to Health
771. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health if a review was undertaken within Cavan Monaghan mental health service on the impact of Covid-19 restrictions on the service and on service-users; if recommendations were made by any such review; the status of any such recommendations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13769/25]
Matt Carthy Written 25 Mar 2025 · to Health
772. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health if there are proposal to further improve WiFi and mobile phone coverage at Cavan General Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13770/25]
Matt Carthy Written 25 Mar 2025 · to Health
773. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health the staff allocated to the Psychiatric Unit at Cavan General Hospital at present, by title, discipline and grade; those positions which are currently unfilled; the corresponding figures for March 2020, March 2021, March 2022, March 2023 and March 2024, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13771/25]
Matt Carthy Written 25 Mar 2025 · to Health
774. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health the number of patients that were admitted to the Psychiatric Unit at Cavan General Hospital in each month since January 2020; the number therein that were involuntary admissions; the number that were admitted of periods of less than 24 hours, more than one day, less than two days, more than two days, less than three days, three to five days, five to seven days, on…
Matt Carthy Oral 20 Mar 2025 · to Justice
114. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice if he will establish a public inquiry into the death of a person (details supplied), as mandated by the Dáil on two separate occasions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12757/25]
Matt Carthy Oral 20 Mar 2025 · to Justice
116. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice the actions he will take to address the fact that the suspects for 40,348 crimes carried out in 2024 were on bail; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12758/25]
Matt Carthy Oral 20 Mar 2025 · to Justice
123. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice his plans to increase the training intake capacity for An Garda Síochána; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12801/25]
Matt Carthy Written 20 Mar 2025 · to Justice
131. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice if he will introduce a payment for loss of earnings, childcare and others costs for those undertaking jury service, due to the impact on jurors of the failure to cover the costs incurred by jury service, given the highlighted impacts on jurors in reports (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12802/25]
Matt Carthy Written 20 Mar 2025 · to Justice
151. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice to provide an update on the previous commitments to deliver domestic violence refuges in each county, including Monaghan and Cavan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12805/25]
Matt Carthy Written 20 Mar 2025 · to Justice
171. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice the actions he intends to take to tackle the growing problem of knife crime; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12804/25]