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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
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Mar 2024)
“I share these concerns. The Minister will be familiar with the idea of the shock doctrine, as outlined in Naomi Klein’s very good book. This is about how emergency and disaster situations are used to push through changes that undermine democracy. I have to be honest and say that I fear there is more than a bit of this here. This is to vary a development plan based on an approval...”
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (21 Mar 2024)
“Monkstown Educate Together National School has lost a whole special education teacher for next year. This is happening all over the place because of this new model of allocation of special education resources and the removal of complex needs as a criterion. It needs to be addressed. When speaking to school communities affected by this, they make a simple point - the Department should trust...”
Numerology
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- Has spoken in 259 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — well above average among TDs.
- Has received answers to 431 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") 3051 times in debates — well above average among TDs.
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Register of Members' Interests
Register last updated: 11 Mar 2015. More about the Register