• Fianna Fail TD for Dublin Fingal
• 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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Asks most questions about

• Subjects (based on headings added by the Dáil record): Brexit Issues, Schools Building Projects Status, Schools Building Projects, Human Rights, Foreign Conflicts

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

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (11 Sep 2017)

“491. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the recent events in Myanmar; the efforts being made by the European Union and the international community to protect the Rohingya; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37979/17]”

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Policy (11 Sep 2017)

“490. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to recognise the deaths of a very large number of Armenian persons in 1915 as genocide; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37972/17]”

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Northern Ireland (11 Sep 2017)

“504. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of recent efforts to restart the power sharing Executive in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38347/17]”

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• Has spoken in 63 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — average among TDs.
• Has spoken in 95 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — above average among Senators.
• Has received answers to 390 written questions in the last year — above average among TDs.
• People have made 2 comments on this TD's speeches — 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.
• 22 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") 120 times in debates — below average among TDs.
  (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.)
• 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.)