• 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, Schools Site Acquisitions

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

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (16 Oct 2019)

“108. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the severe shortage of secondary school places in Rush, County Dublin, in which over 100 students are on a waiting list for a school (details supplied); the steps he is taking to resolve the issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42420/19]”

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Land Development Agency Bill 2019: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Oct 2019)

“I thank all the witnesses for their presentations. I am sorry I missed the start of them but I read the opening statements in advance of the meeting. To provide some context, this is the fourth meeting we have had on this legislation. My colleague, Deputy Ó Broin, has covered a number of issues. In saying that members have concerns, I am not being obstructionist in any way. A...”

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Land Development Agency Bill 2019: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Oct 2019)

“There was also the land cost issue.”

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• Has spoken in 73 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 388 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") 238 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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