• 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, Garda Deployment, Brexit Issues, Schools Building Projects, Social and Affordable Housing Data

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

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Agency Data (5 Dec 2019)

“411. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of Rebuilding Ireland home loans approved; the number of loans drawn down; the average loan approved; the amount approved; the draw down in this regard; and the number of loan applications rejected by the Housing Agency in each of the months since the scheme was introduced by county in tabular form. [50714/19]”

Written Answers — Department of Health: Homeless Persons Supports (4 Dec 2019)

“147. To ask the Minister for Health the status of plans to improve mental health and primary care services for homeless persons; and the specific budget allocation in each of the years 2016 to 2018 and to date in 2019, in tabular form. [50519/19]”

Written Answers — Department of Health: Homeless Persons Supports (4 Dec 2019)

“148. To ask the Minister for Health the status of plans to address the rehabilitation needs of homeless persons with addiction issues through the new national drugs strategy which was to be effective from January 2017. [50520/19]”

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• Has spoken in 76 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 418 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 15–16 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
• 27 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") 251 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.)