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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, Tax Code, Tax Data, Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
(based on written questions asked by Richard Boyd Barrett and answered by departments)
Most recent appearances in parliament
- Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Pay Dispute (26 Jun 2025)
“302. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will intervene in a pay dispute between a trade union and an organisation majority funded by her Department (details supplied), to encourage the organisation to implement its pay agreements and engage with the WRC. [35088/25]”
- Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Pension Provisions (25 Jun 2025)
“125. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to outline, in relation to the forecasts underpinning the forthcoming auto-enrolment scheme, the number of contributors he expects in each €10,000 income bracket from €20,000 up to €100,000, both in absolute numbers and as a percentage of all contributors; and if he will make a statement on the matter....”
- Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Pension Provisions (25 Jun 2025)
“126. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to outline, in relation to the forecasts supporting the forthcoming auto-enrolment scheme, the number of contributors expected to be liable for the higher 40% income tax rate, both in absolute numbers and as a percentage of all contributors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34650/25]”
Numerology
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- Has spoken in 137 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — well above average among TDs.
- Has received answers to 618 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") 3225 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