• 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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Asks most questions about

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

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

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Taxi Licences (13 May 2025)

“I thank the Minister of State and I appreciate his sincerity. He does come from a beautiful part of County Galway. I do not want to be talking about this matter for several more years. I know that there is system we can put in place that will work. The requirements are specific. We need people to come together who can operate a vehicle that can be subsidised, such as through the...”

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Taxi Licences (13 May 2025)

“I thank the Minister of State for coming in from the appropriate Department to deal with this issue. It is appreciated. Does the Minister of State want to be a hero in rural Ireland?”

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Taxi Licences (13 May 2025)

“Maybe he already is.”

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• Has spoken in 42 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — average among TDs.
• Has received answers to 648 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.
• 71 people are tracking whenever this TD speaks — email me whenever Alan Kelly speaks.
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "public-private partnership") 827 times in debates — well above average among TDs.
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