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Deputy Steven Matthews discusses the National Biodiversity Action Plan in a meeting of the Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and...

Green TD Steven Matthews discusses reforms to the National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) as part of their strategic review in a...

I was delighted to attend the launch of the 4th National Biodiversity Action Plan in the Botanic Gardens with my Green Party colleague -...

I recently had the opportunity to ask the Taoiseach for an update on the pathfinder energy retrofit project. This scheme provides funding...

I recently had the opportunity to speak in the Dáil on the urgent need for extensions to Temple Carrig School and Coláiste Chraobh Abhann...

I raised the very important, albeit not very glamorous, issue of septic tanks in the Dáil this week and the urgent need to improve...

Following the damage done at The Murrough over the weekend by Storm Babet, I spoke in the Dáil this morning to raise the urgent need to...

I can confirm protection works and Irish Rail funding for the Murrough in Wicklow Town. The Murrough coastal walk in Wicklow suffered...

I’m delighted to confirm that Wicklow schools will be among the first to receive free solar panels. County Wicklow is one of the first...

I am delighted that my Green Party colleague and Minister of State Pippa Hackett has opened the Organic Farming Scheme to new applicants....

I have been pushing for progress on solar panels for schools since it was announced last year. Welcome news from Minister Foley that...

Budget day today and a lot of measures in this Budget to help people and their families financially but there are also visionary measures...

I welcome the announcement from my Green Party colleague and Minister for the Environment Eamon Ryan that three €150 energy credits will...

I am delighted that my Green Party colleague and Minister for Children Roderic O’Gorman has announced a 25% reduction in childcare fees...

I am delighted that the Government is extending half-price public transport fares for young adults up to the age of 26 as part of Budget...

The School Bus system this summer has been extremely challenging for many families in Wicklow with Blessington, Roundwood, Laragh and...

The Green Party is proposing practical measures to bring vacant and derelict buildings back into use. The Dereliction and Building...

The full express bus priority scheme for the N11 will now proceed following the decision by Green Party Minister Eamon Ryan and TII to...

‘The long-awaited refurbishment to the forecourt and station road area at Bray Railway Station is set to commence according to Green...

Green Party TD Steven Matthews has requested faster action to repair and reopen the hugely popular Bray to Greystones Cliff Walk. ‘It has...