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Politician · TD · 34th Dáil

Darragh O'Brien

Fianna Fáil

Constituency / panel
Dublin Fingal East
Membership
2024-11-29 → current
Office
Minister for Environment, Climate and Communications (2025-01-23 → 2025-06-01)
Office
Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment (2025-06-02 → current)
Office
Minister for Transport (2025-06-02 → current)
Office
Minister for Transport (2025-01-23 → 2025-06-01)
0
Declared items
0
CRO-matched interests
0
Awards to declared companies
3830
Lobbying returns
Reports for 2017–2025 (party) and 2020–2022 (members)
1
SIPO donation records
302 of 422 divisions
72%
Vote participation

Lobbying returns

Returns filed on the Register of Lobbying, newest first, with the policy area and intended results as the lobbyist published them.

Register of Lobbying2025-01-16

Lobbying return by British Irish Chamber of Commerce

Trade
Intended results

Highlight issues for British Irish Trade to party negotiators for the formation of the Programme for Government, covering issues such as business and personal taxation, strengthening British Irish relations politically and economically, cross border workers and delivery of…

Register of Lobbying2022-05-20

Lobbying return by Hardware Association Ireland

Trade
Intended results

For Minister to open trade show

Derived link · Matched by exact company name

Published name "Hardware Association Ireland" equals CRO name "HARDWARE ASSOCIATION IRELAND" (CRO 124104) after normalising legal forms such as Ltd = Limited. No other CRO company has this name. Names can be shared, so compare the address and dates on the CRO record.

Register of Lobbying2022-01-21

Lobbying return by Licensed Vintners Association

Trade
Intended results

Increased Government supports to mitigate effects of Covid-19 closure on the Dublin licensed trade, and the reopening of Dublin pubs::Development of an efffective long-term solution to allow the licensed trade to trade safely and sustainably

Register of Lobbying2021-05-19

Lobbying return by Vintners' Federation of Ireland

Trade
Intended results

Historical turnover is used to determine the rateable valuation for pubs with regards to their commercial rates. The process in place did not envisage the onset of Covid 19 and the dramatic effect that would have on turnover and the process needs to be tackled and tackled now.…

Derived link · Matched by name with added legal form

Published name "Vintners' Federation of Ireland" has no legal form. "VINTNERS' FEDERATION OF IRELAND COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE" (CRO 112132) is the only CRO company with that name plus any legal form (Limited, DAC, UC, CLG, PLC or Teoranta). Confirm against the CRO record before relying on it.

Register of Lobbying2018-05-21

Lobbying return by Christian Aid Ireland

Trade
Intended results

To gain support of the Bill in advance of a vote in the Seanad

Derived link · Matched by exact company name

Published name "Christian Aid Ireland" equals CRO name "CHRISTIAN AID IRELAND" (CRO 426928) after normalising legal forms such as Ltd = Limited. No other CRO company has this name. Names can be shared, so compare the address and dates on the CRO record.

Register of Lobbying2018-05-20

Lobbying return by The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA

Trade
Intended results

That the European Commission does not increase its beef offer in the Mercosur Trade Negotiations.::That the European Commission does not agree to a Mercosur deal involving a major increase in substantial beef imports form Brazil at the same time as we face into the serious…

Register of Lobbying2018-01-20

Lobbying return by The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA

Trade
Intended results

To ensure that the increased EU offer on beef for the Mercosur trade negotiations is rejected by the Irish Government::That the Irish Government gets support for this among other EU Member States