Ann Phelan (born 16 September 1961) is an Irish former Labour Party politician who served as a Minister of State from 2014 to 2016.

[1] Phelan was elected to Kilkenny County Council in 2004 and 2009 for the Thomastown local electoral area.

[2] On 15 July 2014, she was appointed by the Fine Gael–Labour coalition government as Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine and at the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport with special responsibility for rural economic development and rural transport.

[3][4] Her responsibilities included the implementation of the 2014 report by the Commission for the Economic Development of Rural Areas (CEDRA).

Before the 2016 general election she participated in a live radio debate on KCLR 96FM.