• 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): Tribunals of Inquiry Establishment, Social and Affordable Housing Provision, National Maternity Strategy, Ministerial Meetings, Departmental Communications

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Topical Issue Debate: Cancer Screening Programmes (14 Jun 2018)

“I respect Dr. Scally. I respect the manner in which the Minister has engaged with me on this issue. I thank him for the changes he has taken on board from my suggestions throughout this. However, my issue here is very clear. I am afraid of creep, and to date this has crept enormously. Dr. Scally's comments in the media really worried me, when he thought there may not be need for a...”

Topical Issue Debate: Cancer Screening Programmes (14 Jun 2018)

“Absolutely, 100%. It is great news. It is fabulous news.”

Topical Issue Debate: Cancer Screening Programmes (14 Jun 2018)

“As the Minister for Health is aware, we have been around the houses on this today, in the Committee of Public Accounts and on Leaders' Questions. The hearing of the Committee of Public Accounts was extraordinary for the lack of information that the acting chief executive of the HSE has on this issue. He has met Dr. Scally only once. Also, the programme manager of CervicalCheck has never...”

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• Has spoken in 95 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — above average among TDs.
• Has received answers to 353 written questions in the last year — above average among TDs.
• People have made 3 comments on this TD's speeches — above average among TDs.
• This TD's speeches, in the printed record, are readable by an average 17–18 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
• 63 people are tracking whenever this TD speaks — email me whenever Alan Kelly speaks.
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "public-private partnership") 403 times in debates — average among TDs.
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