• 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
• Email me whenever Alan Kelly speaks (no more than once per day)

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

(based on written questions asked by Alan Kelly and answered by departments)

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Coimisiún na Meán’s Code of Fairness, Impartiality and Objectivity in News and Current Affairs: Discussion (19 Nov 2025)

“We received no apologies from TDs. We have an apology from Senator Rónán Mullen. Before we begin, I welcome our visitors from the Chinese delegation. They are very welcome to our committee. I thank them for being with us. They include Mr. Luo Shugang, a member of the standing committee of the National People's Congress and Chair of the education, science, culture and public...”

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Coimisiún na Meán’s Code of Fairness, Impartiality and Objectivity in News and Current Affairs: Discussion (19 Nov 2025)

“I thank Ms MacEvilly very much. We will now proceed with a questions and answers session with members. There is approximately seven minutes speaking time for both questions and answers. On the basis of the rota, the first speaker is Deputy Malcolm Byrne.”

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Coimisiún na Meán’s Code of Fairness, Impartiality and Objectivity in News and Current Affairs: Discussion (19 Nov 2025)

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• Has spoken in 81 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — above average among TDs.
• Has received answers to 682 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") 846 times in debates — well above average among TDs.
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