Steven Matthews


Steven Matthews is an Irish Green Party politician who has been a Teachta Dála for the Wicklow constituency since the 2020 general election.

Background

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

Political career

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