• 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): Harbour Authorities, Services for People with Disabilities, Offshore Exploration, Semi-State Sector Remuneration, Tax Code

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Pre-European Council: Statements (16 Oct 2019)

“Seventy nine years ago, the Nazis extradited Lluís Companys i Jover, the Catalan President, to Spain where he was executed by the fascist Franco regime for rebellion against the Spanish state. In the past few days, the Spanish Prime Minister has suggested that this action by the Franco regime was legitimate as he commented on the Spanish Government's right to imprison leaders of the...”

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Legislative Programme (16 Oct 2019)

“I have a positive suggestion in the context of something the Department could do, namely, take the lead role in the area of disability rights and services. Even today, two Deputies raised various issues of mental health and disability services on Leaders' Questions while carers were protesting outside about what they did not get in the rather miserable budget. This morning, two disability...”

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (16 Oct 2019)

“It did not campaign for Brexit.”

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• Has spoken in 257 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — well above average among TDs.
• Has received answers to 401 written questions in the last year — above average among TDs.
• People have made 10 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.
• 58 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") 2012 times in debates — well above average among TDs.
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