• Labour TD for Tipperary
• 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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• Subjects (based on headings added by the Dáil record): An Garda Síochána, Departmental Correspondence, Departmental Expenditure, Hospital Staff, International Protection

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Weather-Related Supports for Farmers: Statements (Resumed) (24 Apr 2024)

“I very much welcome this debate. We should have had it, though, some time ago. I will not lay all the blame for that at the Minister's doorstep considering how early Easter was, St. Patrick's Day and the appointment of a new Taoiseach, etc. There was a lot of time taken up in not being in here and with other business. As the Minister is probably well aware, I live in the midst of a...”

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (24 Apr 2024)

“I was delighted to hear in the Taoiseach's maiden speech that he would "ensure a step change in how we care for our elderly". As the Taoiseach is aware, this is completely at odds with the decision of the HSE to annex the new 50-bed nursing home unit in Nenagh which was built because the St. Conlon's community nursing unit was effectively condemned by HIQA and has to be closed. I am aware...”

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (23 Apr 2024)

“547. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will meet with an organisation (details supplied) regarding its ongoing funding issues. [17629/24]”

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• Has spoken in 29 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — well below average among TDs.
• Has received answers to 584 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.
• 70 people are tracking whenever this TD speaks — email me whenever Alan Kelly speaks.
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "public-private partnership") 796 times in debates — above average among TDs.
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