• 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): Covid-19 Pandemic, Forestry Sector, Tax Code, Housing Schemes, Special Educational Needs

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Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (22 Jan 2026)

“Will the Tánaiste join me in welcoming performers and participants from Jenin refugee camp and the Freedom Theatre who are coming here? They will be performing Return to Palestine starting next Wednesday in the Project Arts Centre as part of the Seachtain Saoirse don Phalaistín, the week of freedom for Palestine, organised by Cairde Amharclann na Saoirse in Éirinn, friends of...”

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (22 Jan 2026)

“Is there a split in the ranks of the Government?”

Water: Statements (21 Jan 2026)

“We urgently need to invest in our decrepit water infrastructure. It is totally inadequate to deal with the housing needs we have, with almost half of the water leaking out of the pipes because of Victorian and decrepit infrastructure. We need a water system that is responsive to the needs of people rather than one that refuses to get back to or talk to the public or its representatives. ...”

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• Has spoken in 114 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — above average among TDs.
• Has received answers to 808 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.
• 73 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") 3270 times in debates — well above average among TDs.
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