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The [[Labour Party (Ireland)|Labour Party]] is the fourth-largest [[political party]] in [[Dáil Éireann]]. The Labour Party leader appoints a team of [[Teachta Dála|TDs]], [[Seanad Éireann|Senators]] and [[Member of the European Parliament|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 of Ireland|Government]] ministers. The current front bench was announced on 7 February 2025.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.rte.ie/news/politics/2025/0207/1495368-labour-front-bench/|title=New Labour Party front bench spokepersons [''sic''] announced
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==Labour Party Frontbench==
{{see also|Government of the 34th Dáil}}
{| class="sortable wikitable" 
|-
!Portfolio
!Name
!Elected office
|- 
| [[Leader of the Labour Party (Ireland)|Party Leader]]<br /> Spokesperson on Northern Ireland
| [[Ivana Bacik]]
|TD for [[Dublin Bay South (Dáil constituency)|Dublin Bay South]]
|-
| Parliamentary Party Chairperson<br />[[Minister for Finance (Ireland)|Spokesperson on Finance]]<br />[[Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation|Spokesperson for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation]]
| [[Ged Nash]] 
|TD for [[Louth (Dáil constituency)|Louth]]
|-
| [[Chief Whip|Party Whip]]<br />[[Minister for Defence (Ireland)|Spokesperson for Defence]]<br />[[Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade|Spokesperson for Foreign Affairs and Trade]]
| [[Duncan Smith (Irish politician)|Duncan Smith]] 
|TD for [[Dublin Fingal East (Dáil constituency)|Dublin Fingal East]]
|-
|[[Whip (politics)|Deputy Whip]]<br />[[Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage|Spokesperson for Housing, Local Government and Heritage]]
|[[Conor Sheehan]]
|TD for [[Limerick City (Dáil constituency)|Limerick City]]
|-
| [[Minister for Education and Youth|Spokesperson for Education and Youth]]
| [[Eoghan Kenny]]
|TD for [[Cork North-Central (Dáil constituency)|Cork North-Central]]
|-
| [[Minister for Transport (Ireland)|Spokesperson for Transport]]<br />[[Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment|Spokesperson for Climate, Environment and Energy]]
| [[Ciaran Ahern]] 
|TD for [[Dublin South-West (Dáil constituency)|Dublin South-West]]
|-
|-
|[[Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration|Spokesperson for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration]]
| [[Alan Kelly (politician)|Alan Kelly]]
|TD for [[Tipperary North (Dáil constituency)|Tipperary North]]
|-
|[[Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment|Spokesperson for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment]]
| [[George Lawlor]]
|TD for [[Wexford (Dáil constituency)|Wexford]]
|-
|[[Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine|Spokesperson for Agriculture, Food and the Marine]]<br /> [[Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport|Spokesperson for Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport]]
|[[Robert O'Donoghue]]
|TD for [[Dublin Fingal West (Dáil constituency)|Dublin Fingal West]]
|-
|[[Minister for Health (Ireland)|Spokesperson for Health]]
|[[Marie Sherlock]]
|TD for [[Dublin Central (Dáil constituency)|Dublin Central]]
|-
|[[Minister for Children, Disability and Equality|Spokesperson for Children, Disability and Equality]]<br /> [[Minister for Social Protection|Spokesperson for Social Protection]]
|[[Mark Wall (politician)|Mark Wall]]
|TD for [[Kildare South (Dáil constituency)|Kildare South]]
|-
|Spokesperson for Dublin
|[[Aodhán Ó Ríordáin]]
|MEP for [[Dublin (European Parliament constituency)|Dublin]]
|-
|[[Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht|Spokesperson for Rural and Community Development, the Gaeltacht and Workers' Rights]]
|[[Nessa Cosgrove]]
|Senator for the [[Labour Panel]]
|-
|[[Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science|Spokesperson for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science]] and [[Minister for Children, Disability and Equality|Disability]]
|[[Laura Harmon]]
|Senator for the [[Industrial and Commercial Panel]]
|-
|}

==See also==
*[[Fianna Fáil Front Bench]]
*[[Fine Gael Front Bench]]
*[[Green Party Front Bench (Ireland)|Green Party Front Bench]]
*[[Sinn Féin Front Bench]]
*[[Social Democrats Front Bench (Ireland)]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.labour.ie/people/spokespersons/ Labour Party spokespersons]

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