• 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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• 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 Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Property Registration Authority (30 Jun 2020)

“I understand that, as part of an escalated recovery plan, the Property Registration Authority (PRA) is now providing a full range of registration services.  However, the PRA is currently experiencing an increased backlog due to the impact of the Covid-19 crisis, but as the number of applications being lodged is decreasing, response times will improve over time.  The PRA's...”

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water Safety (30 Jun 2020)

“The means for communicating bathing water information to the public are well established and include beach signage, print media and social media. In relation to the Dublin Bay Area, my Department is working with Dublin City Council, Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council, Environmental Protection Agency and the Health Service Executive to improve co-ordination of all matters related to...”

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Telecommunications Infrastructure (30 Jun 2020)

“Under the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended (the Act), all development, unless specifically exempted under the Act or associated Regulations, requires planning permission. In this regard, Class 31 of Schedule 2 of the Planning and Development Regulations 2001, as amended, provides that certain classes of development carried out by a statutory undertaker authorised to provide a...”

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• Has spoken in 42 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 306 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.
• 29 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") 262 times in debates — 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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