Minister for Housing and Fianna Fáil TD Darragh O’Brien has been elected in the Fingal East constituency.
From Malahide in north Co Dublin, 50-year-old O’Brien has been in politics for the last 20 years, first being elected as a councillor on Fingal County Council in 2004.
Prior to his election to the 30th Dáil in 2007, he worked mainly in financial services in the pension sector.
After losing his seat in the Dáil in the 2011 general election, he was elected to Seanad Éireann. He was re-elected to the Dáil in 2016.
He has held various positions within the Oireachtas including vice-chairman of the Dáil Public Accounts Committee, member of the Oireachtas committee on justice, equality, defence and law reform, leader of Fianna Fáil in the Seanad, and opposition frontbench spokesman on Dublin, foreign affairs and housing. He was appointed Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage in 2020.
He is married with one daughter.
