• 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

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Seanad: Electricity (Supply) (Amendment) Bill 2025: Second Stage (13 Nov 2025)

“Go raibh maith agat, a Leas-Chathaoirligh. I thank you and your colleagues for the opportunity to come before the Seanad. I am pleased to address the House on the Second Stage of the Electricity (Supply) (Amendment) Bill 2025. The Bill before the House today will provide the legal mechanism for the payment of €1.5 billion of equity investment in the ESB as committed to by the...”

Seanad: Electricity (Supply) (Amendment) Bill 2025: Second Stage (13 Nov 2025)

“I thank all Senators for their contributions. There are general points and a large degree of commonality within specific points. First, I thank Senators for their support and understand about the urgent nature of this legislation to be passed. Senator Clifford-Lee said that this investment will enable the development of critical infrastructure to underpin the NDP delivery across all our...”

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Electricity Grid (13 Nov 2025)

“The Commission for Regulation of Utilities (CRU) was assigned responsibility for the regulation of the Irish electricity sector following the enactment of the Electricity Regulation Act, 1999 and subsequent legislation. The procurement of battery storage facilities supplying the electricity grids is an operational matter for the entities involved and is not one in which the Minister has a...”

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• Has spoken in 35 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — well 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.
• 62 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") 979 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.
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