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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)
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Declared items
0
CRO-matched interests
0
Awards to declared companies
3831
Lobbying returns
Reports for 2017–2025 (party) and 2020–2022 (members)
1
SIPO donation records

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 Lobbying2026-09-22

Lobbying return by Toyota Ireland

Transport
Intended results

To provide up-to-date industry insights and information on charging behaviour in Toyota Plug-in Hybrids by Irish customers.

Derived link · Matched by name with added legal form

Published name "Toyota Ireland" has no legal form. "TOYOTA IRELAND UNLIMITED COMPANY" (CRO 37417) 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 Lobbying2026-09-21

Lobbying return by mytaxi network Ireland (trading as FREE NOW)

Transport
Intended results

To inform elected representatives of Freenow by Lyft's acquisition of Lynk and Swift, and underline their continued commitment to Ireland's taxi sector.

Register of Lobbying2026-09-21

Lobbying return by Bolt Itx

Transport
Intended results

Expansion and protection of shared mobility schemes in Ireland.

Derived link · Matched by name with added legal form

Published name "Bolt Itx" has no legal form. "BOLT ITX LIMITED" (CRO 671417) 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 Lobbying2026-09-21

Lobbying return by Waterford Chamber of Commerce

Transport
Intended results

Government investment in the N24 and N25 roads and the Waterford-Dublin rail service.

Derived link · Matched by exact company name

Published name "Waterford Chamber of Commerce" equals CRO name "WATERFORD CHAMBER OF COMMERCE" (CRO 130123) 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 Lobbying2026-09-21

Lobbying return by Chambers Ireland

Transport
Intended results

Reduce the cost and complexity of decarbonisation. Make decarbonisation more practical and affordable through broader retrofit supports, stronger commercial EV incentives and faster delivery of lower-carbon public transport.

Register of Lobbying2026-09-21

Lobbying return by The Asthma Society of Ireland

Transport
Intended results

Raise awareness of the effects of changes to public transport on people with asthma

Derived link · Matched by exact company name

Published name "The Asthma Society of Ireland" equals CRO name "ASTHMA SOCIETY OF IRELAND" (CRO 57125) 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 Lobbying2026-09-21

Lobbying return by Chambers Ireland

Transport
Intended results

Called for the need to scale delivery of essential infrastructure including housing, water and wastewater, energy and grid, and transport by turning funding commitments into visible delivery through binding targets, multi-annual funding and stronger accountability.

Register of Lobbying2026-09-21

Lobbying return by Cormac McKay

Transport
Intended results

Request for support from the Minister for Aearvai CCAM-RITES bid for the Horizon Europe flagship large-scale deployment of CCAM in Ireland and/or abroad, ::With possible manufacturing of specially designed and adapted CCAM AV vehicles for the wheelchair and disAbility community…

Register of Lobbying2026-09-21

Lobbying return by Dublin Chamber of Commerce

Transport
Intended results

To advocate for continued investment in and accelerated delivery of key public transport infrastructure projects in the Greater Dublin Area.

Register of Lobbying2026-09-20

Lobbying return by Car Rental Council of Ireland

Transport
Intended results

To draw urgent attention to the European Commission's legislative proposal on clean corporate vehicles.::To highlight the damage this legislation, if forced on the car rental industry, would cause to the car rental industry and the regional tourism industry in Ireland. ::That…