• 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, Offshore Exploration, Semi-State Sector Remuneration, Harbour Authorities Expenditure, Tax Code

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Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (22 Jan 2019)

“5. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent telephone call with Chancellor Merkel. [1384/19]”

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (22 Jan 2019)

“The comments by Mr. Margaritis Schinas of the European Commission to the effect that Ireland will see a new hard border if Britain fails to approve the Brexit withdrawal agreement are extremely alarming and may suggest that the mask of EU solidarity with Ireland over preventing a hard border on this island is slipping a little. Equally worrying is the fact that the Minister for Foreign...”

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Scrutiny of Tax Expenditures: Discussion (22 Jan 2019)

“I might pick up on that point first because I have read the analysis. The Deputy rightly posed significant questions about the film relief and put the caveat that while the section 481 relief should be extended for certainty in the industry, it needs to be monitored and scrutinised. It should be monitored and scrutinised closely. He alluded to the need for that to happen. Mention was...”

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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 374 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") 1881 times in debates — well above average among TDs.
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