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Matt Carthy TD
![Photo of Matt Carthy](/images/mpsL/488.jpg)
- Sinn Fein TD for Cavan-Monaghan
- Entered the Dáil on 9 February 2020 — General election
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Voting record
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Committees and topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Subjects (based on headings added by the Dáil record): Agriculture Schemes, Defence Forces, Covid-19 Pandemic, Forestry Sector, Agriculture Industry
(based on written questions asked by Matt Carthy and answered by departments)
Most recent appearances in parliament
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (11 Jul 2024)
“I do not know if the Tánaiste has had a chance to reread the letter he wrote to the grieving mother of Shane O'Farrell in December 2019. In it, the Tánaiste told her that she could be assured of his continued support for a public inquiry to be set up. Six months after that letter was sent to Lucia O'Farrell, the Tánaiste became Taoiseach. In his time as Taoiseach, he did...”
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (11 Jul 2024)
“Is that the Tánaiste's answer?”
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (11 Jul 2024)
“The scoping inquiry was established when the Tánaiste wrote that letter.”
Numerology
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- Has spoken in 135 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — well above average among TDs.
- Has received answers to 846 written questions in the last year — well above average among TDs.
- People have made 0 comments on this TD's speeches — average among TDs.
- This TD's speeches, in the printed record, are readable by an average 16–17 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
- 9 people are tracking whenever this TD speaks — email me whenever Matt Carthy speaks.
- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "public-private partnership") 400 times in debates — average among TDs.
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