• Fianna Fail TD for Dublin Fingal East
• Former Fianna Fail Senator (Labour Panel)
• Entered the Dáil on 24 May 2007 — General election
• Entered the Seanad on 8 March 2011 — appointed
• Left the Seanad on 27 February 2016 — Resigned
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• Subjects (based on headings added by the Dáil record): Schools Building Projects Status, Garda Deployment, Schools Building Projects, Brexit Issues, Schools Site Acquisitions

(based on written questions asked by Darragh O'Brien and answered by departments)

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Inland Fisheries (8 Sep 2025)

“The statutory remit of Inland Fisheries Ireland is set out under the Inland Fisheries Act 2010. Specifically, its statutory functions are provided for in Section 7 of the Act.”

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Departmental Funding (8 Sep 2025)

“All offshore wind generators developing projects under the Offshore Renewable Electricity Support Scheme (ORESS) are required to make contributions to their respective project Community Benefit Fund. This amounts to very substantial annual funds over its twenty-year life cycle. Such funding is anticipated to facilitate the local community in undertaking long term planned community support...”

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Energy Prices (8 Sep 2025)

“The Government has made a number of important commitments in respect of addressing the continued high cost of energy for households and businesses. The Programme for Government acknowledges the increased energy cost pressures on households and businesses and commits to bringing forward measures to help contain energy costs. The Government has put in place a range of improved supports as...”

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• Has spoken in 36 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — below average among TDs.
• Has spoken in 95 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — above average among Senators.
• Has received answers to 0 written questions in the last year — Ministers do not ask written questions.
• People have made 2 comments on this TD's speeches — well above average among TDs.
• People have made 1 comment on this Senator's speeches — average among Senators.
• 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.
• 60 people are tracking whenever this TD speaks — email me whenever Darragh O'Brien speaks.
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "public-private partnership") 946 times in debates — well above average among TDs.
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• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "public-private partnership") 728 times in debates — above average among Senators.
  (Yes, this is a silly statistic. We include it to draw your attention to why you should read more than just these numbers when forming opinions.)