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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, Covid-19 Pandemic Supports, Tax Code, Housing Schemes
(based on written questions asked by Richard Boyd Barrett and answered by departments)
Most recent appearances in parliament
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Apr 2024)
“All those statistics are cold comfort to Amy and her husband, who were in my office this week. Amy is out of work on illness benefit at the moment and her husband is a bus driver. Their net income after tax is €48,000. They are facing homelessness because of an eviction on grounds of sale. The only accommodation available costs €3,000 in rent per month. Because they are...”
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Apr 2024)
“It could not be worse than it is.”
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Apr 2024)
“They have spent two Christmases in a hub with their family.”
Numerology
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- Has spoken in 255 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — well above average among TDs.
- Has received answers to 417 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") 3053 times in debates — well above average among TDs.
(Yes, this is a silly statistic. We include it to draw your attention to why you should read more than just these numbers when forming opinions.)
Register of Members' Interests
Register last updated: 11 Mar 2015. More about the Register