Matt Carthy: attention map

Questions, speeches, votes and lobbying pressure grouped by public-record topic. Public-record overlap is not proof of influence.

Parliamentary questions in the dail_tracker question table.

Speech/debate records in the dail_tracker speech table.

Division vote records in the current Dáil vote table.

Lobbying returns naming this TD or public office holder.

Caveat: Public-record overlap is not proof of influence.

Topic Alignment

Topic	Questions	Speeches	Votes	Lobbying	Signal
Agriculture	1232		2	645	attention/lobbying overlap
Health	702		63	168	attention/lobbying overlap
Justice	799		34		high public attention
Foreign	456				high public attention
Defence	360				high public attention
Children	349				high public attention
Education	316		17		high public attention
Finance	206			120	attention/lobbying overlap
Defence Forces	217	76			high public attention
Housing	217		45	10	attention/lobbying overlap
Environment	138			117	attention/lobbying overlap
Transport	220		1	17	attention/lobbying overlap
Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions		237			high public attention
Agriculture Schemes	198	23			high public attention
EU Affairs				189	high lobbying pressure
Middle East	126	50			high public attention
Social	164				high public attention
Disability Services	148	16			high public attention
An Garda Síochána	142	19			high public attention
International Protection	126	23			high public attention
Enterprise	143				high public attention
Forestry Sector	122	18			high public attention
Justice and Equality				137	high lobbying pressure
An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business		131			high public attention
Departmental Data	129				high public attention

Area	Speeches	Words
Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions	237	9043
An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business	131	5503
Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation	107	6634
Defence Forces	76	6426
Middle East	50	4623
International Protection Bill 2026: Committee Stage	45	14260
North-South Interconnector	42	3186
Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation	38	3120
Horticulture Sector	35	3943
Passport Services	32	3433
Cabinet Committees	31	2699
Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil	27	472

Policy area	Returns	Lobbyists
Agriculture	645	38
EU Affairs	189	53
Health	168	55
Justice and Equality	137	62
Finance	120	17
Environment	117	17
Foreign Affairs	77	17
Taxation	59	10
Energy and Natural Resources	53	16
Trade	50	8
Budgetary matters	34	17
Education and Training	33	15