The Labour Party is the fourth-largest political party in Dáil Éireann . The Labour Party leader appoints a team of TDs , Senators and MEPs to speak for the party on different issues. When the Labour Party was in Government their front bench consisted of the ministerial officeholders. The Labour Party has been in opposition since March 2016 and accordingly, their front bench areas of responsibility broadly correspond to those of Government ministers. The current front bench was announced on 7 February 2025.[ 1]
Labour Party Frontbench [ edit ] Portfolio Name Elected office Party Leader Ivana Bacik TD for Dublin Bay South Parliamentary Party ChairpersonSpokesperson on Finance Spokesperson for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation Ged Nash TD for Louth Party Whip Spokesperson for Defence Spokesperson for Foreign Affairs and Trade Duncan Smith TD for Dublin Fingal East Deputy Whip Spokesperson for Housing, Local Government and Heritage Conor Sheehan TD for Limerick City Spokesperson for Education and Youth Eoghan Kenny TD for Cork North-Central Spokesperson for Transport Spokesperson for Climate, Environment and Energy Ciaran Ahern TD for Dublin South-West Spokesperson for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration Alan Kelly TD for Tipperary North Spokesperson for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment George Lawlor TD for Wexford Spokesperson for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Spokesperson for Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport Robert O'Donoghue TD for Dublin Fingal West Spokesperson for Health Marie Sherlock TD for Dublin Central Spokesperson for Children, Disability and Equality Spokesperson for Social Protection Mark Wall TD for Kildare South Spokesperson for Dublin Aodhán Ó Ríordáin MEP for Dublin Spokesperson for Rural and Community Development, the Gaeltacht and Workers' Rights Nessa Cosgrove Senator for the Labour Panel Spokesperson for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science and Disability Laura Harmon Senator for the Industrial and Commercial Panel
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