• 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)

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (15 Nov 2018)

“On page 98 of the programme for Government, in the section on building on successes of rural and community policing, there is reference to an effective urban and rural policing plan, with a particular focus on what the Government has highlighted, and with which I agree, in the context of the importance of community policing. Will the Tánaiste provide an update on the progress in...”

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Nov 2018)

“There are interesting headlines in the papers today.”

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Nov 2018)

“A draft.”

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• Has spoken in 72 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — below average among TDs.
• Has spoken in 95 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — above average among Senators.
• Has received answers to 514 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") 180 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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