• 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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Asks most questions about

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

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Criminal Law, Civil Law and Defence (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2026: From the Seanad (15 Jul 2026)

“Hear, hear.”

Criminal Law, Civil Law and Defence (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2026: From the Seanad (15 Jul 2026)

“I will not be opposing any amendments. Most of them are very technical, and a few of them are on significant issues. As I said previously, I believe in miscellaneous Bills. I brought them in myself. I have no issue with them, but this is one of the most mental Bills I have ever seen. The Minister laughed the last time I said that, and he is laughing this time. In fairness to him, I got...”

Domestic Violence Judgments Register Bill 2026 [Seanad]: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (15 Jul 2026)

“Hear, hear.”

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• Has spoken in 95 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — average among TDs.
• Has received answers to 376 written questions in the last year — 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") 895 times in debates — well above average among TDs.
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Register last updated: 11 Mar 2015. More about the Register

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