• 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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Sudan: Statements (27 Nov 2025)

“I do not often thank the Government but I will do so for facilitating this important debate on the horror that is being inflicted on the people of Sudan. The genocidal horror they are enduring at the moment has led to at least 150,000 people being killed, more than 21 million people, which is 45% of the population, facing hunger and famine, 12 million people being forcibly displaced, and the...”

Sanctions against the State of Israel Bill 2025: First Stage (27 Nov 2025)

“I move: "That Second Stage be taken in Private Members' time."”

Sanctions against the State of Israel Bill 2025: First Stage (27 Nov 2025)

“I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to prevent and address the commission of the international crimes of genocide and apartheid by the State of Israel, by providing for the establishment of economic sanctions. This Bill, in line with our moral and legal obligations under the Genocide Convention, international conventions on apartheid and international...”

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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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