Steven Matthews
{{Short description|Irish politician (born 1970/1971)}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| image = Steven Matthews 2020.jpg
| caption = Matthews in 2020
| office = Chair of the Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage
| term_start = 15 September 2020
| term_end = 8 November 2024
| predecessor = Noel Rock
| successor =
| office1 = Teachta Dála
| term_start1 = February 2020
| term_end1 = November 2024
| constituency1 = Wicklow
| birth_date = {{birth based on age as of date|49|2020|02|10|slash=y}}{{cite web|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/election-2020-stephen-matthews-green-party-1.416922|title=Election 2020: Stephen Matthews (Green Party)|work=Irish Times|access-date=8 June 2023|archive-date=11 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200211113306/https://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/election-2020-stephen-matthews-green-party-1.4169223|url-status=live}}
| birth_place = Dublin, Ireland
| death_date =
| death_place =
| party = Green Party
| spouse = Erika Doyle
| children = 2
| alma_mater = Dublin Institute of Technology
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Steven Matthews (born 1970/1971) is an Irish Green Party politician who served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Wicklow constituency from 2020 to 2024. He was appointed Chair of the Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage in September 2020.{{cite web|url=https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/members/member/Steven-Matthews.D.2020-02-08/|title=Steven Matthews|work=Oireachtas Members Database|access-date=15 February 2020|archive-date=15 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200215204442/https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/members/member/Steven-Matthews.D.2020-02-08/|url-status=live}}
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.{{cite web|url=https://wicklownow.ie/news/journalist-erika-doyle-to-replace-green-partys-steven-matthews-on-wicklow-county-council/|work=WicklowNow.ie|title=Journalist Erika Doyle to replace Green Party's Steven Matthews on Wicklow County Council|date=20 February 2020|access-date=13 June 2020|archive-date=13 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200613163130/https://wicklownow.ie/news/journalist-erika-doyle-to-replace-green-partys-steven-matthews-on-wicklow-county-council/|url-status=live}} Doyle was hired as Matthews' secretarial assistant in the Oireachtas in June 2020.{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/politics/one-in-seven-tds-has-hired-member-of-their-family-to-work-for-them-39307761.html|title=One in seven TDs has hired member of their family to work for them|work=Irish Independent|date=22 June 2020|access-date=23 June 2020|archive-date=24 June 2020|archive-url=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|url-status=live}}
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.{{cite web|url=https://www.electionsireland.org/candidate.cfm?ID=9097|title=Steven Matthews|work=ElectionsIreland.org|access-date=11 March 2025}} He served as chairperson of the Bray Municipal District of the council in 2016 and 2019.{{cite web |url=https://www.greenparty.ie/people/steven-matthews/ |title=Steven Matthews |author= |website=greenparty.ie |access-date=10 February 2020 |archive-date=15 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200115005248/https://www.greenparty.ie/people/steven-matthews/ |url-status=live }}{{cite journal|url=https://www.independent.ie/regionals/braypeople/news/matthews-elected-bray-cathaoirleach-38231223.html|title=Matthews elected Bray cathaoirleach|journal=Independent.ie|first=Mary|last=Fogarty|date=21 June 2019|access-date=9 February 2020|archive-date=27 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190627134014/https://www.independent.ie/regionals/braypeople/news/matthews-elected-bray-cathaoirleach-38231223.html|url-status=live}} He held that office until he was elected as a Green Party TD for Wicklow following the 2020 general election.
References
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External links
- [https://www.greenparty.ie/people/steven-matthews/ Green Party profile]
{{Wicklow (Dáil constituency)/TDs}}
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Category:Members of the 33rd Dáil
Category:Green Party (Ireland) TDs