[5] In the last months of the 10th Dáil, Kissane got his first promotion, as Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Lands, from February to June 1943.
He served in that position until when Fianna Fáil was defeated at the 1948 general election, when the First Inter-Party Government took office.
Fianna Fáil won the 1951 general election, but Kissane lost his Dáil seat in Kerry North.
By now living in New Ross, County Wexford, Kissane was unexpectedly defeated by John Lynch of Fine Gael.
[3][4] Kissane was a talented fiddle and flute player and was a founder of Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann.