• 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, Covid-19 Pandemic Supports, Tax Code, Housing Schemes

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Report of the Joint Committee on Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Motion (2 May 2024)

“I apologise that I was not able to listen to much of the earlier discussion. I was busy with something else in this place. This is a very important issue. It is of particular interest in my area because there are plans for a very significant offshore renewable energy development off the east coast. As anybody who is concerned about the climate crisis we are facing knows, the starting...”

Defence (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (2 May 2024)

“I welcome the members of Fórsa in Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council who are visiting. They might be interested to know we are discussing trade union-related matters, but this time with respect to members of our Defence Forces. The Bill seeks to allow them to associate with the Irish Congress of Trade Unions. “Allowed to associate with” is an interesting phrase...”

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 May 2024)

“We did not.”

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• Has spoken in 254 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — well above average among TDs.
• Has received answers to 446 written questions in the last year — 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.
• 71 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") 3066 times in debates — well above average among TDs.
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