• 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)

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Asks most questions about

• Subjects (based on headings added by the Dáil record): Covid-19 Pandemic, Forestry Sector, Tax Code, Tax Data, Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

(based on written questions asked by Richard Boyd Barrett and answered by departments)

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Diaspora Issues (8 Sep 2025)

“68. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to respond to concerns (details supplied) that his Department’s diaspora survey did not include questions related to housing. [46742/25]”

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (8 Sep 2025)

“383. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when free travel for children under nine years of age is expected to be implemented. [46695/25]”

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (8 Sep 2025)

“463. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the annual cost of maintaining wheelchair access in train stations and other public transport infrastructure, in particular with respect to elevators; and to comment on the estimated cost of ensuring that all out of order lifts are fully repaired on the day that they are reported. [47491/25]”

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• Has spoken in 114 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — well above average among TDs.
• Has received answers to 517 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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