Catherine Martin (born 30 September 1972) is an Irish Green Party politician who served as Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media from June 2020 to January 2025 and was deputy leader of the Green Party from June 2011 to July 2024.

[8] Catherine in turn vacated the seat on the death of the Martins' mother and co-opted it to local green party member Darcy Lonergan.

[3] Martin was elected the first chair of The Irish Women's Parliamentary Caucus in November 2017, an organisation she spearheaded the creation of.

[17] On entering government, Martin was appointed as Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media, succeeding both Josepha Madigan and Shane Ross in different aspects of her portfolio.

[19] On 22 June 2023, RTÉ admitted that it paid its top presenter Ryan Tubridy €345,000 more than publicly declared between 2017 and 2022.

[21] Two days later, Martin met with chair of the RTÉ Board Siún Ní Raghallaigh and ordered a full review of the governance and culture at RTÉ and said its executive board was not told of the hidden payments that caused an "existential" crisis for the national broadcaster.