• 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, Brexit Issues, Schools Building Projects, Foreign Conflicts

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Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Aircraft Noise (Dublin Airport) Regulation Bill 2018: Committee Stage (16 Jan 2019)

“Seeing as they are the World Health Organization's environmental guidelines that have been approved, I assume the Government will accept them. That would represent best practice in the monitoring of noise levels and their impact on surrounding communities. It is crucial that the provision be included in the legislation and that it represents best up-to-date practice. That is why I support...”

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Aircraft Noise (Dublin Airport) Regulation Bill 2018: Committee Stage (16 Jan 2019)

“With respect, the Minister may have misunderstood the purpose of the amendment. It is not to remove the 2002 regulations but to add the 2018 guidelines which are the most up-to-date guidelines. It would not contravene anything. We have checked this out and researched the matter and our clear view is that it would not be a contravention but actually strengthen the legislation. It would not...”

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Aircraft Noise (Dublin Airport) Regulation Bill 2018: Committee Stage (16 Jan 2019)

“I do not dispute that the Minister has got legal advice. Will the Minister and his officials be willing to share that written legal advice with members of the committee to allow us to review it in advance of Report Stage? Are we simply to take it on the nod that the legal advice states it is contrary to this measure being included? I reiterate that we are not in any way seeking to...”

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• Has spoken in 85 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 521 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.
• 25 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") 192 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.
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