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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.

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Register of Lobbying2024-01-19

Lobbying return by Sustainable Water Network (SWAN)

EU Affairs
Intended results

Support and Ambitious Agreement Nature Restoration Law::Strongly defend the Council's position on Art 4 and 5: ● Ensure that terrestrial, freshwater, coastal and marine habitats are covered by quantified, time-bound and enforceable restoration targets both within and outside…

Derived link · Matched by name with added legal form

Published name "Sustainable Water Network (SWAN)" has no legal form. "SUSTAINABLE WATER NETWORK (SWAN) COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE" (CRO 450882) 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 Lobbying2024-01-19

Lobbying return by Sustainable Water Network (SWAN)

EU Affairs
Intended results

To support the asks of the European Environmental Bureau as per https://eeb.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/EEBs-input-to-the-EU-Environment-Council-Meeting-Luxembourg-16-October-2023.pdf

Derived link · Matched by name with added legal form

Published name "Sustainable Water Network (SWAN)" has no legal form. "SUSTAINABLE WATER NETWORK (SWAN) COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE" (CRO 450882) 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 Lobbying2024-01-19

Lobbying return by Threshold

EU Affairs
Intended results

To make the DPO aware of Threshold's actions in this area and to identify potential opportunities to engage on this topic at an EU level.

Derived link · Matched by exact company name

Published name "Threshold" equals CRO name "THRESHOLD" (CRO 70660) 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 Lobbying2023-05-19

Lobbying return by The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA

EU Affairs
Intended results

To seek a meeting with the members of the political parties on the implications of the mid-term review of the Nitrates Action programme agreed with the European Commission.::1. The IFA insist that the Minister must revisit this with the European Commission as this would mean…

Register of Lobbying2021-01-21

Lobbying return by Irish Congress of Trade Unions

EU Affairs
Intended results

Congress wrote to all Ministers, Senators and TDS in relation to the EU Canada Trade Agreement urge Government to defer tabling any such motion until the Oireachtas has an opportunity to have a full exchange of views on this matter. We note that 11 other member states as well as…

Register of Lobbying2018-05-21

Lobbying return by Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF)

EU Affairs
Intended results

Briefings on the conditions facing migrants and refugees held in Libya. MSF's search and rescue operations at sea and the humanitarian consequences of European migration management policies.

Register of Lobbying2018-05-20

Lobbying return by The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA

EU Affairs
Intended results

That EU State Aid limits be extended in Member States that have been disproportionately impacted by the depreciation of Sterling, and whose competitiveness versus their EU trading partners has been undermined.

Register of Lobbying2018-05-18

Lobbying return by Ibec

EU Affairs
Intended results

To ensure that policy-makers, political parties and government are fully aware of the economic risks associated with Brexit and the likely impact that different scenarios have for individual companies::To ensure the Government, State Agencies and all Irish political stakeholders…

Derived link · Matched by name with added legal form

Published name "Ibec" has no legal form. "IBEC COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE" (CRO 8706) 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 Lobbying2017-09-21

Lobbying return by Amnesty International Ireland

EU Affairs
Intended results

Urge political parties to echo calls asking for clarity and assurances that the humanitarian and search and rescue elements of the Irish Naval Service’s presence in the Central Mediterranean will not be compromised, and that our concerns regarding the current European policies…

Register of Lobbying2017-05-19

Lobbying return by Ibec

EU Affairs
Intended results

To ensure that policy-makers, political parties and government are fully aware of the economic risks associated with Brexit and the likely impact that different scenarios have for individual companies.::To ensure the Government and State agencies take proactive steps…

Derived link · Matched by name with added legal form

Published name "Ibec" has no legal form. "IBEC COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE" (CRO 8706) 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 Lobbying2017-01-20

Lobbying return by MediPro Life /EFFUA

EU Affairs
Intended results

To obtain an official letter from a minister to help bring major investment to Ireland::To create an EU security committee in Ireland hat deals with national disasters and border security