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Richard Boyd Barrett TD

- People Before Profit Alliance TD for Dún Laoghaire
- Entered the Dáil on 26 February 2011 — General election
- Email me whenever Richard Boyd Barrett speaks (no more than once per day)
Voting record
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Committees and topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Subjects (based on headings added by the Dáil record): Covid-19 Pandemic, Forestry Sector, Tax Code, Housing Schemes, Tax Data
(based on written questions asked by Richard Boyd Barrett and answered by departments)
Most recent appearances in parliament
- Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Student Travel Card (14 Oct 2025)
“243. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if students resident in Ireland but studying at an international third level institution can avail of student Leap cards; and the way they may acquire one. [54661/25]”
- Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Student Travel Card (14 Oct 2025)
“244. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the measures he is taking to ensure that students resident in Ireland but studying at Northern Ireland-based third level institutions can avail of student Leap cards. [54662/25]”
- Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Student Travel Card (14 Oct 2025)
“245. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the measures he is taking to ensure that students resident in Ireland but studying at UK and EU-based third level institutions can avail of student Leap cards. [54663/25]”
Numerology
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- Has spoken in 78 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — above average among TDs.
- Has received answers to 628 written questions in the last year — well above average among TDs.
- People have made 11 comments on this TD's speeches — well above average among TDs.
- This TD's speeches, in the printed record, are readable by an average 16–17 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
- 73 people are tracking whenever this TD speaks — email me whenever Richard Boyd Barrett speaks.
- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "public-private partnership") 3225 times in debates — well above average among TDs.
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Register of Members' Interests
Register last updated: 11 Mar 2015. More about the Register