• 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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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Oct 2019)

“The shameful human consequences of the Government's failure in the area of housing are personified in Sam's tragic plight and are well known. I also want to highlight another fairly shameful failure on the part of the Government in not providing a key public service to citizens. I refer to what is happening in the context of public transport and bus services. Anybody who uses buses in this...”

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Oct 2019)

“That is ideology.”

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Oct 2019)

“Our policy is to have free public transport and better public transport. That is incompatible with private sector investment because private sector investment is about profit. The Government has not put more money into Dublin Bus. In 2008, €85 million in subvention went to Dublin Bus and we had 1,200 buses. Today, there is €41 million going to Dublin Bus and we have 1,115...”

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• Has spoken in 259 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — well above average among TDs.
• Has received answers to 421 written questions in the last year — well 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") 2018 times in debates — well above average among TDs.
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