Labour Party (Ireland) Front Bench

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

Labour Party frontbench

See also: Government of the 31st Dáil

Portfolio	Spokesperson
Party leader	Joan Burton
Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection
Deputy leader	Alan Kelly
Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government
Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources	Alex White
Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform	Brendan Howlin
Minister for Education and Skills	Jan O'Sullivan
Minister of State for Business and Employment (attending Cabinet)	Gerald Nash
Minister of State for Rural Economic Development and Rural Transport	Ann Phelan
Minister of State for Employment, Community and Social Support	Kevin Humphreys
Minister of State for Equality, New Communities and Culture	Aodhán Ó Ríordáin
Minister of State for Overseas Development Assistance, Trade Promotion and North South cooperation	Seán Sherlock
Minister of State for Primary Care, Mental Health and Disability	Kathleen Lynch
Party whip	Emmet Stagg
Parliamentary party chairperson	Jack Wall
Seanad leader	Ivana Bacik

See also

• Fine Gael Front Bench
• Fianna Fáil Front Bench
• Sinn Féin Front Bench

External links

• Labour Party spokespersons