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Alan Kelly

Labour Party Tipperary North TD in this Dáil since 29 November 2024

Official Oireachtas profile

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1,036
questions asked
Oral and written, to government departments
81,639
words spoken in the chamber
Across 329 contributions
340
votes recorded
Each Yes, No or Abstained in a recorded vote
191
topics asked about
Across 20 departments

From the Dáil chamber only: committee meetings are not in this archive.

What they ask about

The subject headings the Oireachtas filed their questions under.

Who they ask

The departments their questions were addressed to.

Month by month

Low months are usually recesses, when the Dáil does not sit. The archive runs to 22 October 2026.

Questions asked 1,036 in all

Dec 2024Oct 2026

Contributions to debates 329 in all

Dec 2024Oct 2026
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MonthQuestionsContributions
December 2024 0 0
January 2025 49 5
February 2025 129 24
March 2025 146 38
April 2025 116 5
May 2025 37 16
June 2025 82 27
July 2025 57 13
August 2025 0 0
September 2025 40 7
October 2025 42 13
November 2025 51 8
December 2025 58 21
January 2026 29 28
February 2026 54 58
March 2026 48 10
April 2026 25 10
May 2026 18 6
June 2026 14 16
July 2026 2 10
August 2026 0 0
September 2026 4 10
October 2026 35 4

Debates they spoke in most

Plus 158 contributions in the regular slots, such as Leaders' Questions and Priority Questions. Speech from the chair is not counted.

Asked about similar topics

Worked out by computer from the subject headings of each TD's questions, giving more weight to headings few TDs use. It shows shared subjects, not shared views.

Party, constituency and offices

  1. constituency Tipperary North 29 November 2024 to now
  2. party Labour Party 29 November 2024 to now
Alan Kelly Written 18 Feb 2025 · to Tourism
399. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media whether he will be providing funding for the development of the GAA’s Casement Park in Belfast; and if so, the amount and when. [6053/25]
Alan Kelly Written 18 Feb 2025 · to Tourism
404. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if he has spoken formally with either the GAA Director General and or the GAA President since his appointment as Minister. [6284/25]
Alan Kelly Written 18 Feb 2025 · to Housing
423. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he plans to raise the income threshold for social housing qualification in Tipperary from its current base of €30,000 per annum for a single person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5673/25]
Alan Kelly Written 18 Feb 2025 · to Housing
424. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if there are plans to widen the base for HAP discretionary increase from its current income levels considering the high rents charged by landlords in Tipperary and other counties and the current cost-of-living. [5674/25]
Alan Kelly Written 18 Feb 2025 · to Social
504. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost if the telephone support allowance increased to €4 per week. [6290/25]
Alan Kelly Written 18 Feb 2025 · to Social
505. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of WTE medical assessors within his Department in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [6291/25]
Alan Kelly Written 18 Feb 2025 · to Justice
553. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice further to Parliamentary Question No. 198 of 6 February 2025, to provide additional clarity as to when precisely his Department was alerted to the potential dangers arising in respect of defective leather pistol holsters previously on issue to members of An Garda Síochána; and if his Department was made aware more than two years earlier than the November 2022 date…
Alan Kelly Written 18 Feb 2025 · to Justice
554. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice if he can state with complete and absolute certainty that all leather pistol holsters (details supplied) have been surrendered by those previously issued with them in An Garda Síochána and that no such defective holsters are retained by individual Garda members currently. [6043/25]
Alan Kelly Written 18 Feb 2025 · to Justice
555. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice if he or his Department were aware of the servicing and repair of privately owned firearms being undertaken by Garda armourer personnel attached to the Garda firearms stores section in 2018, where such firearms were belonging to a hunt and pony club based in the Kildare area and where the cost of such servicing and repair was defrayed by public funds. [6044/25]
Alan Kelly Written 18 Feb 2025 · to Justice
556. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice if his Department approved the purchase and importation of firearm component parts into the State as contained in Importation licence J 11 2018. [6045/25]
Alan Kelly Written 18 Feb 2025 · to Justice
557. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice if he was informed by the Garda Commissioner, in line with the commissioners statutory obligations under section 41 of the Garda Síochána Act 2005 that the firearm component parts contained in Importation licence J 11 2018 related to the service and repair of privately owned firearms belonging to a hunt and pony club rather than official Garda firearms. [6046/25]
Alan Kelly Written 18 Feb 2025 · to Justice
558. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice the total number of DNA non-submissions, broken down by sample type, that is, intelligence, evidential or intimate samples, that occurred subsequent to the commencement of the 2019 DNA Inquiry that is, from 3 April 2019 to date; and the full extent of the impact of each such non-submission in regard to the investigation of crime and the infringement of the data pr…
Alan Kelly Written 18 Feb 2025 · to Justice
576. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice the ages of the boats currently being used by Garda water unit; and the average lifespan of those boats in use, in tabular form. [6267/25]
Alan Kelly Written 18 Feb 2025 · to Justice
577. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice the transport budget allocation to An Garda Síochána in 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [6269/25]
Alan Kelly Written 18 Feb 2025 · to Justice
578. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice the estimated full-year costs if the number of horses within Garda mounted unit increased to 31. [6270/25]
Alan Kelly Written 18 Feb 2025 · to Justice
579. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice the number of inspections carried out by Gardaí within the Tipperary division on pubs, clubs, and so on, to ensure full compliance with intoxicating liquor laws in 2024; and the number of those premises found to be in breach of intoxicating liquor laws in 2024, in tabular form. [6271/25]
Alan Kelly Written 18 Feb 2025 · to Justice
580. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice the Garda divisions that currently have a Garda community relations van, in tabular form. [6272/25]
Alan Kelly Written 18 Feb 2025 · to Justice
581. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice the amount An Garda Síochána spent on hiring external quantity surveyors to carry out work on its behalf in 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [6273/25]
Alan Kelly Written 18 Feb 2025 · to Justice
583. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice if his office was made aware of hundreds of non-official, non-Garda firearms being discarded by An Garda Síochána’s firearms stores section in a poorly secured steel container within the confines of Garda Headquarters prior to the Garda firearms stores section being transferred under the management of the Garda National Technical Bureau in September 2019. [6350/25…
Alan Kelly Written 18 Feb 2025 · to Agriculture
615. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there are plans for an Agriculture Attaché to be posted at the Irish embassy in Canberra. [6287/25]
Alan Kelly Written 18 Feb 2025 · to Health
793. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health whether the new 96 bed block being built in University Hospital Limerick will be opened as promised in July 2025. [6052/25]
Alan Kelly Written 18 Feb 2025 · to Health
814. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant vascular surgeons based in Cork University Hospital in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [6279/25]
Alan Kelly Written 18 Feb 2025 · to Health
815. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the number of dual diagnosis teams across CHO3; the number of staff in those teams. [6280/25]
Alan Kelly Written 18 Feb 2025 · to Health
816. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health for a breakdown of the chiropody services available in the public health service, including to those with a medical card. [6281/25]
Alan Kelly Written 18 Feb 2025 · to Health
817. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the number of test purchase inspections on the sale of tobacco and vaping products carried out, in 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [6282/25]