• 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): Schools Building Projects Status, Brexit Issues, Schools Building Projects, Foreign Conflicts, Human Rights

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

Leaders' Questions (12 Jul 2018)

“What about the rent being charged?”

Leaders' Questions (12 Jul 2018)

“A fortune is being made out of it.”

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Data (12 Jul 2018)

“733. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the allocation for the serviced site fund in 2018; the targeted number of affordable units in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31943/18]”

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• Has spoken in 71 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 519 written questions in the last year — well 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 15–16 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
• 24 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") 161 times in debates — below 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.)