• 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): Departmental Correspondence, Departmental Expenditure, Emergency Departments, Vaccination Programme, Covid-19 Pandemic

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Inshore Fishing: Motion [Private Members] (25 Jan 2023)

“I thank the Rural Independents for this motion, which we will support. I come from a land-locked county but it does not take much analysis to know fishermen in our country have been let down. I have met people from west Cork and south Kerry, where I have many connections, as well as west Clare and further up the west coast. We are seeing negative change and you would feel for them. The...”

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Pension Provisions (25 Jan 2023)

“123. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will issue on an investigation on the records of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry who has been awarded a reduced State Pension (Contributory). [3588/23]”

Forestry Sector: Motion [Private Members] (24 Jan 2023)

“I am sharing time with Deputy Sherlock. I had a bit of déjà vu when I found out about this proposal. To be fair, I am not sure how, in a sleepwalking way, it just appeared in front of the Government. I appreciate Coillte is autonomous but it has to report to the Minister and the Minister of State. I predict this will not happen because I can sense a public outcry building up...”

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• Has spoken in 47 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — well below average among TDs.
• Has received answers to 285 written questions in the last year — 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") 773 times in debates — above average among TDs.
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