Alan Farrell was elected Rapporteur of the Committee on Political Affairs and Security at the 27th Annual Session in Berlin. He has been Head of the Irish Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly since 2013.
In the Irish Parliament he is Chair of the Children and Youth Affairs Committee and serves on the Public Accounts Committee. He has previously served on the Justice, Equality and Defence Parliamentary Committee and the Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform Parliamentary Committee.
He is a member of the Fine Gael Party and represents North Dublin.