• Labour TD for Tipperary North
• Former Labour Senator (Agricultural Panel)
• Entered the Dáil on 26 February 2011 — General election
• Entered the Seanad on 13 September 2007 — General election
• Left the Seanad on 5 June 2009 — Resigned
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Asks most questions about

• Subjects (based on headings added by the Dáil record): An Garda Síochána, Departmental Staff, Hospital Staff, Departmental Correspondence, Departmental Expenditure

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Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (10 Jul 2025)

“I recently met a lady in a supermarket on a fixed income with two adult dependants. She had forgotten her phone which had her loyalty card on it. Panic set in because she did not have it. After we sorted it all out, she told me she could not buy the same groceries on her fixed income as she could a year or two ago. She was quite upset and emotional about it. The CSO today said food and...”

Select Committee on Justice, Home Affairs and Migration: Business of Select Committee (8 Jul 2025)

“I nominate Deputy Callaghan.”

Select Committee on Justice, Home Affairs and Migration: Criminal Justice (Terrorist Offences) (Amendment) Bill 2025: Committee Stage (8 Jul 2025)

“I have a similar amendment. It is not grouped with these. It is probably slightly different but not very much different. I support these amendments for all the reasons my colleagues have given. It would be more problematic for us as a country if we do not do this. I think the Minister would be asked why not. The public are not really interested in the intricacies of a Bill and an...”

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• Has spoken in 54 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — above average among TDs.
• Has received answers to 679 written questions in the last year — well above average among TDs.
• People have made 3 comments on this TD's speeches — well above average among TDs.
• This TD's speeches, in the printed record, are readable by an average 15–16 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
• 72 people are tracking whenever this TD speaks — email me whenever Alan Kelly speaks.
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "public-private partnership") 829 times in debates — well above average among TDs.
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