Fine Gael Front Bench

Fine Gael is the largest political party in the Oireachtas. The Fine Gael leader appoints a team of TDs and Senators to speak for the party on different issues. When Fine Gael was in opposition, the front bench areas of responsibility broadly corresponded to those of Government ministers. Fine Gael has been in Government since March 2011 and accordingly their front bench consists of the ministerial officeholders.

Fine Gael Front Bench

See also: Government of the 31st Dáil

Portfolio	Name	Since
Taoiseach, Spokeperson on Northern Ireland	Enda Kenny	2011
Deputy Leader, Minister for Health	James Reilly	2011
Minister for Finance	Michael Noonan	2011
Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport	Leo Varadkar	2011
Minister for Enterprise, Jobs and Innovation	Richard Bruton	2011
Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government	Phil Hogan	2011
Minister for Justice and Equality	Alan Shatter	2011
Minister for Defence
Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht	Jimmy Deenihan	2011
Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine	Simon Coveney	2011
Minister for Children and Youth Affairs	Frances Fitzgerald	2011
Government Chief Whip and Minister of State for Defence	Paul Kehoe	2011
Minister of State for Gaeltacht Affairs	Dinny McGinley	2011
Minister of State for Small Business	John Perry	2011
Minister of State for Tourism and Sport	Michael Ring	2011
Minister of State for the NewEra Project	Fergus O'Dowd	2011
Minister of State at the Department of Finance	Brian Hayes	2011
Minister of State for Food, Horticulture and Food Safety	Shane McEntee	2011
Minister of State for European Affairs	Lucinda Creighton	2011
Minister of State for Training and Skills	Ciarán Cannon	2011

See also

• Labour Party (Ireland) Front Bench
• Fianna Fáil Front Bench
• Sinn Féin Front Bench