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^[1]	Name	Since
Taoiseach	Enda Kenny	2011
Spokesperson on Northern Ireland	Enda Kenny	2011
Minister for Finance	Michael Noonan	2011
Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation	Richard Bruton	2011
Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine	Simon Coveney	2011
Minister for Defence	Simon Coveney	2014
Minister for Justice and Equality	Frances Fitzgerald	2014
Deputy leader	James Reilly	2011
Minister for Children and Youth Affairs	James Reilly	2014
Minister for Health	Leo Varadkar	2014
Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade	Charles Flanagan	2014
Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport	Paschal Donohoe	2014
Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht	Heather Humphreys	2014
Government Chief Whip	Paul Kehoe	2011
Minister of State for Defence	Paul Kehoe	2011
Minister of State at the Department of Finance	Simon Harris	2014
Minister of State for Tourism and Sport	Michael Ring	2011
Minister of State for Food, Horticulture and Food Safety	Tom Hayes	2013
Minister of State for European Affairs and Data Protection	Dara Murphy	2014
Minister of State for the Diaspora	Jimmy Deenihan	2014
Minister of State for Skills, Research and Innovation	Damien English	2014
Minister of State for Gaeltacht Affairs and Natural Resources	Joe McHugh	2014
Minister of State for Housing, Planning and Co-ordination of the Construction 2020 Strategy	Paudie Coffey	2014
Chairperson of the Fine Gael Parliamentary Party	Dan Neville	2014

References

↑ "Bruton & Noonan return to Fine Gael frontbench". RTÉ News. 1 July 2010. Retrieved 1 July 2010.

Fine Gael

History

History of Fine Gael Blueshirts Cumann na nGaedheal Moriarty Tribunal National Centre Party Progressive Democrats Pro-Treaty Sinn Féin Reform Alliance Renua Ireland Tallaght Strategy

Leadership

Leaders	Eoin O'Duffy (1933–34) W. T. Cosgrave (1934–44) Richard Mulcahy (1944–59) James Dillon (1959–65) Liam Cosgrave (1965–77) Garret FitzGerald (1977–87) Alan Dukes (1987–90) John Bruton (1990–2001) Michael Noonan (2001–02) Enda Kenny (2002–present)

Deputy leaders	Peter Barry (1977–87) John Bruton (1987–90) Peter Barry (1991–93) Nora Owen (1993–2001) Jim Mitchell (2001–02) Richard Bruton (2002–10) James Reilly (2010–2016) Frances Fitzgerald (2016–present)

Seanad leaders	Michael J. O'Higgins (1973–77) Patrick Cooney (1977–81) Gemma Hussey (1981–82) James Dooge (1982–87) Maurice Manning, (1987–2002) Brian Hayes (2002–07) Michael Finucane (2007) (acting) Frances Fitzgerald (2007–11) Maurice Cummins (2011–present)

Chairpersons	Kieran Crotty (1977–87) Donal Creed (1987–89) Tom Enright (1989–93) Michael Lowry (1993–94) Jim Higgins (1994–95) Phil Hogan (1995–2001) Pádraic McCormack (2001–02; 2010–11) Tom Hayes (2002–10) Charles Flanagan (2011–14) Dan Neville (2014–present)

Leadership elections

1987 (Dukes) 1990 (Bruton) 2001 (Noonan) 2002 (Kenny)

Party structures

Leader of Fine Gael Ardfheis Fine Gael Front Bench Young Fine Gael

Presidential candidates

Presidential candidates	Seán Mac Eoin (1945, 1959) Tom O'Higgins (1966, 1973) Austin Currie (1990) Mary Banotti (1997) Gay Mitchell (2011)

Unopposed presidential candidates with Fine Gael support	Douglas Hyde (1938) Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh (1974)

Elected representatives

Dáil Éireann	Maria Bailey Seán Barrett Pat Breen Colm Brophy Richard Bruton Peter Burke Catherine Byrne Ciarán Cannon Joe Carey Marcella Corcoran Kennedy Simon Coveney Michael Creed Jim Daly Michael W. D'Arcy John Deasy Pat Deering Regina Doherty Paschal Donohoe Andrew Doyle Bernard Durkan Damien English Alan Farrell Frances Fitzgerald Peter Fitzpatrick Charles Flanagan Brendan Griffin Simon Harris Martin Heydon Heather Humphreys Paul Kehoe Enda Kenny Seán Kyne Josepha Madigan Helen McEntee Joe McHugh Tony McLoughlin Mary Mitchell O'Connor Dara Murphy Eoghan Murphy Hildegarde Naughton Tom Neville Michael Noonan Kate O'Connell Patrick O'Donovan Fergus O'Dowd John Paul Phelan Michael Ring Noel Rock David Stanton Leo Varadkar

Seanad Éireann	Colm Burke Paddy Burke Jerry Buttimer Maria Byrne Paul Coghlan Martin Conway Maura Hopkins Tim Lombard Gabrielle McFadden Catherine Noone Kieran O'Donnell Joe O'Reilly Neale Richmond

European Parliament	Deirdre Clune Brian Hayes Seán Kelly Mairead McGuinness

Alliances

European	European People's Party

International	Centrist Democrat International

Front benches in Dáil Éireann

Government	Fine Gael Front Bench Labour Party Front Bench

Opposition	Fianna Fáil Front Bench Sinn Féin Front Bench

Independent	Technical group

Non-parliamentary	Green Party

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