Steven Matthews Explained

Honorific-Suffix:TD
Office:Chair of the Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Term Start:15 September 2020
Predecessor:Noel Rock
Office1:Teachta Dála
Term Start1:February 2020
Constituency1:Wicklow
Birth Name:[1]
Birth Place:Dublin, Ireland
Nationality:Irish
Party:Green Party
Spouse:Erika Doyle
Children:2
Alma Mater:Dublin Institute of Technology

Steven Matthews (born 1970/1971) is an Irish Green Party politician who has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Wicklow constituency since the 2020 general election. He was appointed Chair of the Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage in September 2020.[2]

Personal and early life

Matthews is a trained Engineer, holding a degree from Dublin Institute of Technology in Planning and Environmental Management. He lives in Bray, County Wicklow, with his wife Erika Doyle and their two children. Doyle replaced her husband on Wicklow County Council in February 2020.[3] Doyle was hired as Matthews' secretarial assistant in the Oireachtas in June 2020.[4]

Political career

Before being elected as a TD, he was a Bray Town Councillor, where he served from 2008 to 2014, before becoming a member of Wicklow County Council following the 2014 local elections. He served as chairperson of the Bray Municipal District of the council in 2016 and 2019.[5] [6] He held that office until he was elected as a Green Party TD for Wicklow following the 2020 general election.[5]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Election 2020: Stephen Matthews (Green Party). Irish Times. 8 June 2023. 11 February 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200211113306/https://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/election-2020-stephen-matthews-green-party-1.4169223. live.
  2. Web site: Steven Matthews. Oireachtas Members Database. 15 February 2020. 15 February 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200215204442/https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/members/member/Steven-Matthews.D.2020-02-08/. live.
  3. Web site: Journalist Erika Doyle to replace Green Party's Steven Matthews on Wicklow County Council. WicklowNow.ie. 20 February 2020. 13 June 2020. 13 June 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200613163130/https://wicklownow.ie/news/journalist-erika-doyle-to-replace-green-partys-steven-matthews-on-wicklow-county-council/. live.
  4. Web site: One in seven TDs has hired member of their family to work for them. Irish Independent. 22 June 2020. 23 June 2020. 24 June 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200624171138/https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/politics/one-in-seven-tds-has-hired-member-of-their-family-to-work-for-them-39307761.html. live.
  5. Web site: Steven Matthews . . greenparty.ie . 10 February 2020 . 15 January 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200115005248/https://www.greenparty.ie/people/steven-matthews/ . live .
  6. Matthews elected Bray cathaoirleach. Independent.ie. Mary. Fogarty. 21 June 2019. 9 February 2020. 27 June 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190627134014/https://www.independent.ie/regionals/braypeople/news/matthews-elected-bray-cathaoirleach-38231223.html. live.