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The Opposition Front Bench is a group of senior opposition TDs in Dáil Éireann who together under the leadership of the Leader of the Opposition form an alternative cabinet to the government's, whose members mark each individual member of the government. Members of a shadow cabinet are often but not always appointed to a Cabinet post if and when their party gets into government. Fine Gael is the largest opposition party in the Dáil at the moment. Its current Opposition Front Bench is as follows:

Enda Kenny - Leader of the Opposition
Richard Bruton - Opposition spokesperson for Finance
Bernard Allen - Opposition spokesperson for Foreign Affairs
Phil Hogan - Opposition spokesperson for Enterprise, Trade & Employment
Dinny McGinley - Opposition spokesperson for Defence
Denis Naughten - Opposition spokesperson for Agriculture And Food
Olwyn Enright - Opposition spokesperson for Education And Science
Liam Twomey - Opposition spokesperson for Health And Children
Simon Coveney - Opposition spokesperson for Communications, Marine & Natural Resources
Denis Naughten - Opposition spokesperson for Transport
Olivia Mitchell - Opposition spokesperson for Environment Heritage & Local GovernmentThe Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government is responsible for: election matters such as the general election and presidential elections, including electronic voting; the environment, Radiological Protection Institute of Ireland; herit
Fergus O'Dowd - Opposition spokesperson for Community, Rural And Gaeltacht Affairs
David Stanton - Opposition spokesperson for Social And Family AffairsThe Minister for Social & Family Affairs is the chief person at the Department of Social & Family Affairs in the Irish Government. The Department formulates appropriate social protection policies and administers and manages the delivery of statutory and n
Jim O'Keeffe - Opposition spokesperson for Justice, Equality and Law ReformThe Minister for Justice, Equality & Law Reform is the chief minister in charge of law and order in the Republic of Ireland. The ministerial position was created in 1997 when the portfoilio of the Minister for Justice amalgamated with the portfolio of the
Jimmy Deenihan - Opposition spokesperson for Arts, Sport And TourismThe Minister for Arts, Sport & Tourism is the head of the Department of the same name in the Irish Government. The new Department was created on June 6, 2002 with the formation of the 29th Dail. The current Minister is John O'Donoghue. The Department is p
Paul Connaughton - Opposition spokesperson for Regional Development
Paul Kehoe - Chief WhipThe Chief Whip is a political office in some legislatures assigned to an elected member whose task is to administer the whipping system that ensures that members of the party attend and vote as the party leadership desires. In British politics, when his o

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