Steven Matthews
Steven Matthews | |
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![]() Matthews in 2020 | |
Chair of the Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage | |
Assumed office 15 September 2020 | |
Preceded by | Noel Rock |
Teachta Dála | |
Assumed office February 2020 | |
Constituency | Wicklow |
Personal details | |
Born | Dublin, Ireland |
Political party | Green Party |
Spouse | Erika Doyle |
Children | 2 |
Alma mater | Dublin Institute of Technology |
Steven Matthews 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.[1]
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.[2] 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.[2][5] He held that office until he was elected as a Green Party TD for Wicklow following the 2020 general election.[2]
References
- ^ "Steven Matthews". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 15 February 2020.
- ^ a b c "Steven Matthews". greenparty.ie. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
- ^ "Journalist Erika Doyle to replace Green Party's Steven Matthews on Wicklow County Council". WicklowNow.ie. 20 February 2020.
- ^ "One in seven TDs has hired member of their family to work for them". Irish Independent. 22 June 2020.
- ^ Fogarty, Mary (21 June 2019). "Matthews elected Bray cathaoirleach". Independent.ie. Retrieved 9 February 2020.