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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
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 Lobbying2022-01-21

Lobbying return by Irish Planning Institute

Education and Training
Intended results

Secure attendance of Minister at IPI national Conference and to hear his views on the conference subject matter: Delivering Plan Led Development

Register of Lobbying2022-01-20

Lobbying return by Dyslexia Association of Ireland

Education and Training
Intended results

To build awareness of Oireachtas members on the lived experience of dyslexia and the need for: (1) accurate, timely identification and support which can be equitably accessed (2) a more developed continuum of support for students with dyslexia (3) mandatory training of all…

Register of Lobbying2021-09-20

Lobbying return by Engineers Ireland

Education and Training
Intended results

To highlight the importance of Registered Professional Titles for engineers, such as 'Chartered Engineer' and incorporating the Chartered Engineer title in Local Authority engineering roles' qualifications.

Register of Lobbying2021-09-19

Lobbying return by Technological Universities Association

Education and Training
Intended results

Investment in technological higher education sector in Budget 2022::To secure €34.5m investment in Digitalisation & Infrastructure for technological higher education institutions in Budget 2022::To secure €44.6m investment in human capital for technological higher education…

Register of Lobbying2021-09-10

Lobbying return by Griffith College Dublin

Education and Training
Intended results

To remove international students from the definition of ordinary residents, thereby removing the legal requirement for them to have very expensive private health insurance.

Register of Lobbying2020-05-21

Lobbying return by John Gallagher

Education and Training
Intended results

To obtain support for proposals of the Irish Federation of University Teachers in the context of the General Election and discussions on a Programme for Government

Register of Lobbying2020-05-19

Lobbying return by AONTAS

Education and Training
Intended results

Reintroducing the AONTAS general election priority of appointing a Minister of State who has direct responsibility for adult and community education.

Register of Lobbying2020-05-18

Lobbying return by National Adult Literacy Agency

Education and Training
Intended results

Inform and secure support from political parties and elected representatives for creating a new vision for adult literacy, numeracy and digital skills and enacting a Plain Language Bill.

Derived link · Matched by exact company name

Published name "National Adult Literacy Agency" equals CRO name "NATIONAL ADULT LITERACY AGENCY" (CRO 342807) 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 Lobbying2020-01-21

Lobbying return by Fórsa trade union

Education and Training
Intended results

Requesting support from all Oireachtas members, for changing the employment status of grant-paid school secretaries, and to convert them on to the public service pay scale.

Register of Lobbying2019-08-29

Lobbying return by Epilepsy Ireland

Education and Training
Intended results

Intended to update DPOs about the course and for them to potentially share details of same on their social media channels to widen the publicity of the course.