• 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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Asks most questions about

• Subjects (based on headings added by the Dáil record): Covid-19 Pandemic, Covid-19 Pandemic Supports, Forestry Sector, Tax Code, Tax Data

(based on written questions asked by Richard Boyd Barrett and answered by departments)

Rent Reduction Bill 2022: First Stage (30 Jun 2022)

“I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to amend the Residential Tenancies Act 2004 to reduce rents to affordable levels by limiting them to a maximum of a quarter of monthly household incomes and to establish a National Rent Authority for this purpose. The purpose of this Bill is to amend the Residential Tenancies Act 2004 to reduce rents to affordable levels...”

Rent Reduction Bill 2022: First Stage (30 Jun 2022)

“I move: "That the Bill be taken in Private Members' time."”

Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998: Motion (Resumed) (29 Jun 2022)

“The difference between the "Tá" and "Níl" votes is greater than ten.”

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• Has spoken in 282 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — well above average among TDs.
• Has received answers to 566 written questions in the last year — well 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") 2647 times in debates — well above average among TDs.
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