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

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Financial Resolutions 2025 - Budget Statement 2026 (7 Oct 2025)

“It is all a mirage.”

Abolition of Carer's Allowance Means Test: Motion [Private Members] (1 Oct 2025)

“I welcome this motion brought forward by the Social Democrats. It follows motions put before this House before. The Labour Party has raised this numerous times, particularly for young carers who are really discriminated against. If I may reach back into the annals, there was a Deputy, Willie Penrose, who raised this matter here for at least a decade if not longer. He argued that in real...”

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Management of Hospital Waiting Lists and Insourcing and Outsourcing of Treatment: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Oct 2025)

“I thank the Chair for facilitating me. My questions will not surprise the witnesses. The Minister of State with responsibility for older people, who I am sure was fully briefed, committed that Nenagh community nursing home would be fully - I stress the word "fully" because we have had a year to staff it - open this month. I am sure he did not mislead the Dáil. I am sure his...”

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• Has spoken in 74 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") 840 times in debates — well above average among TDs.
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