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

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Irish Film Board (Amendment) Bill 2025 [Seanad]: Second Stage (4 Dec 2025)

“I welcome the opportunity to speak on this Bill. As I understand it, it is about raising the aggregate amount that Screen Ireland can give out, presumably because we are near the limit of €500 million. The Bill proposes to raise this to €800 million. I have long and repeatedly argued that we should increase the amount of money that we put into artistic and cultural...”

Irish Film Board (Amendment) Bill 2025 [Seanad]: Second Stage (4 Dec 2025)

“There would be hell to pay.”

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Refugee Resettlement Programme (4 Dec 2025)

“75. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide an update on pathways to resettlement for Palestinians in Gaza who wish to come to Ireland. [68957/25]”

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• Has spoken in 80 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — average among TDs.
• Has received answers to 682 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") 3241 times in debates — well above average among TDs.
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