TDs / Darragh O'Brien

Darragh O'Brien

Fianna Fáil Dublin Fingal East TD in this Dáil since 29 November 2024

Minister for Climate, Energy and the EnvironmentMinister for Transport

Official Oireachtas profile

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questions asked

Members of the Government answer questions rather than ask them

168,229

words spoken in the chamber

166,330 as a minister, 1,899 as a TD

323

votes recorded

Each Yes, No or Abstained in a recorded vote

From the Dáil chamber only: committee meetings are not in this archive.

Members of the Government answer parliamentary questions rather than ask them, so this page lists none of theirs.

Month by month

Low months are usually recesses, when the Dáil does not sit. The archive runs to 22 October 2026.

Contributions to debates 680 in all

Dec 2024Oct 2026

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Month	Contributions
December 2024	0
January 2025	0
February 2025	30
March 2025	29
April 2025	54
May 2025	22
June 2025	59
July 2025	4
August 2025	0
September 2025	44
October 2025	5
November 2025	73
December 2025	2
January 2026	43
February 2026	55
March 2026	33
April 2026	77
May 2026	11
June 2026	82
July 2026	2
August 2026	0
September 2026	49
October 2026	6

Debates they spoke in most

Confidence in Government: Motion 20 contributions
Energy and Fuel Costs: Motion [Private Members] 15 contributions
Dublin Airport (Passenger Capacity) Bill 2026: Committee and Remaining Stages 10 contributions
Gas Safety (Amendment) Bill 2026: Second Stage 10 contributions
Confidence in the Ceann Comhairle: Motion 8 contributions
Dublin Airport (Passenger Capacity) Bill 2026: Second Stage 7 contributions

Plus 529 contributions in the regular slots, such as Leaders' Questions and Priority Questions. Speech from the chair is not counted.

Party, constituency and offices

constituency Dublin Fingal East 29 November 2024 to now
party Fianna Fáil 29 November 2024 to now
office Minister for Transport 23 January 2025 to 1 June 2025
office Minister for Environment, Climate and Communications 23 January 2025 to 1 June 2025
office Minister for Transport 2 June 2025 to now
office Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment 2 June 2025 to now

Date	What the vote was on	Their vote	Result
30 Sep 2026	Electricity Regulation (Climate Action and Connection to Distribution and Transmission Systems) Bill 2025: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] Question put: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time"	No	Lost
30 Sep 2026	Industrial Development (Amendment) and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2026: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage Question put:	Yes	Carried
30 Sep 2026	Industrial Development (Amendment) and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2026: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage Amendment put	No	Lost
30 Sep 2026	Industrial Development (Amendment) and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2026: Report Stage Amendment put	No	Lost
16 Sep 2026	Order of Business Question put: "That the proposed arrangements for this week's business be agreed to."	Yes	Carried
8 Jul 2026	Planning for Constitutional Change Bill 2026: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] Question put	No	Lost
8 Jul 2026	Animal Health and Welfare (Ban on Hare Coursing) Bill 2020: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] Question put	No	Lost
8 Jul 2026	Cost of Living: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] Question put: "That the motion, as amended, be agreed to."	Yes	Carried
8 Jul 2026	Cost of Living: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] Amendment put	Yes	Carried
8 Jul 2026	Cost of Living: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] Amendment to amendment put	No	Lost
8 Jul 2026	Childcare Services: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] Question put: "That the motion, as amended, be agreed to."	Yes	Carried
8 Jul 2026	Childcare Services: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] Amendment put	Yes	Carried
8 Jul 2026	Civil Liability (Child Sexual Abuse Proceedings Against Unincorporated Bodies of Persons) Bill 2025: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] Amendment put	Yes	Carried
8 Jul 2026	Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2026: Committee and Remaining Stages Question put: That section 62 stand part of the Bill.	Yes	Carried
8 Jul 2026	Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2026: Committee and Remaining Stages Question put	Yes	Carried
8 Jul 2026	Housing and Residential Tenancies (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2026: Report and Final Stages Question put	Yes	Carried
8 Jul 2026	Housing and Residential Tenancies (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2026: Report and Final Stages Amendment put	Yes	Carried
8 Jul 2026	Housing and Residential Tenancies (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2026: Report and Final Stages Amendment to amendment put	No	Lost
8 Jul 2026	Finance Bill 2026: From the Seanad Recommendation put	Yes	Carried
8 Jul 2026	Finance Bill 2026: From the Seanad Amendment put	No	Lost
7 Jul 2026	Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (Prohibition of Importation of Goods) Bill 2026: Report and Final Stages Amendment put	No	Lost
7 Jul 2026	Housing and Residential Tenancies (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2026: Instruction to Committee Question put	Yes	Carried
30 Jun 2026	Regulation of Artificial Intelligence Bill 2026: Committee and Remaining Stages Question put	Yes	Carried
30 Jun 2026	Regulation of Artificial Intelligence Bill 2026: Committee and Remaining Stages Amendment put	No	Lost
30 Jun 2026	Dublin Airport (Passenger Capacity) Bill 2026: Committee and Remaining Stages Question put	Yes	Carried

A vote on an amendment or a stage is a vote on that question, not on the bill as a whole. Open a vote to see its full wording. The record gives no reason when a TD has no vote recorded.