Frontbench Team of the Labour Party (Ireland)

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The Labour Party is the third-largest political party in the Republic of Ireland. The Labour Party leader appoints a team of TDs to speak for the party on different issues. Their areas of responsibility broadly correspond to those of Government ministers.

[edit] Labour Party Frontbench

As of March 2008

Portfolio	Spokesperson
Party Leader Northern Ireland	Eamon Gilmore
Deputy Leader Finance	Joan Burton
Party President Foreign Affairs	Michael D. Higgins
Justice	Pat Rabbitte
Communications, Energy & Natural Resources	Liz McManus
Environment & Heritage	Joanna Tuffy
Enterprise, Trade & Employment	Willie Penrose
Social & Family Affairs	Róisín Shortall
Health	Jan O'Sullivan
Education & Science	Ruairi Quinn
Transport	Tommy Broughan
Defence & the Irish language	Brian O'Shea
Agriculture & Food	Seán Sherlock
Community & Rural Affairs	Jack Wall
Arts, Sports & Tourism	Mary Upton
Chief Whip	Emmet Stagg
European Affairs & Human Rights	Joe Costello
Constitutional Matters & Law Reform	Brendan Howlin
Disability Issues & Equality	Kathleen Lynch
Community & Rural Affairs Commuter Issues Crime & Policing Environment & Climate Change	Dominic Hannigan
Social & Family Affairs Health Arts & Sports	Phil Prendergast
Older People's Issues	Seán Ryan
Consumer Affairs Education & Science Transport Defence	Brendan Ryan
Tourism Finance Local Government	Alan Kelly
Housing & Local Government	Ciarán Lynch
Communications, Energy & Natural Resources Marine Agriculture & Food	Michael McCarthy
Seanad Group Leader Children Foreign Affairs Northern Ireland Enterprise, Trade & Employment Equality &Immigration	Alex White
Vice-President of the Party of European Socialists	Proinsias De Rossa