Frontbench Team Of Enda Kenny
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Frontbench Team Of Enda Kenny
These are the front benches of Enda Kenny from 2002 until 2011, before he became Taoiseach. Initial front bench * Enda Kenny - Leader and Spokesperson on the North * Richard Bruton - Deputy Leader and Spokesperson on Finance * Bernard Durkan - Chief Whip * Jim O'Keeffe - Spokesperson for Justice, Equality & Law Reform * Dinny McGinley - Spokesperson for Defence * Phil Hogan - Spokesperson on Enterprise, Trade & Employment * Olwyn Enright - Spokesperson on Education & Science * Bernard Allen - Spokesperson on Environment & Local Government * Simon Coveney - Spokesperson on Communications, Marine & Natural Resources * Billy Timmins - Spokesperson on Agriculture & Food * Denis Naughten - Spokesperson on Transport * Gay Mitchell - Spokesperson on Foreign Affairs * Jimmy Deenihan - Spokesperson on Arts, Sport & Tourism * Fergus O'Dowd - Spokesperson on Community, Rural & Gaeltacht Affairs * Paul Connaughton - Spokesperson on Regional Development * Michael Ring - Spokesperson on ...
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Enda Kenny
Enda Kenny (born 24 April 1951) is an Irish former Fine Gael politician who served as Taoiseach from 2011 to 2017, Leader of Fine Gael from 2002 to 2017, Minister for Defence (Ireland), Minister for Defence from May to July 2014 and 2016 to 2017, Leader of the Opposition (Ireland), Leader of the Opposition from 2002 to 2011, Minister for Tourism and Trade from 1994 to 1997 and Minister of State at the Department of Labour and Minister of State at the Department of Education, Department of Education with responsibility for Youth Affairs from 1986 to 1987. He served as Teachta Dála (TD) for Mayo West (Dáil constituency), Mayo West from 1975 to 1997 and for Mayo (Dáil constituency), Mayo from 1997 to 2020. Kenny led Fine Gael to a historic victory at the 2011 Irish general election, 2011 general election, his party becoming the largest in the country for the first time, forming a coalition government with the Labour Party (Ireland), Labour Party on 9 March 2011. He subsequently ...
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Taoiseach
The Taoiseach (, ) is the head of government or prime minister of Republic of Ireland, Ireland. The office is appointed by the President of Ireland upon nomination by Dáil Éireann (the lower house of the Oireachtas, Ireland's national legislature) and the office-holder must retain the support of a majority in the Dáil to remain in office. The Irish language, Irish word ''Wiktionary:taoiseach, taoiseach'' means "chief" or "leader", and was adopted in the 1937 Constitution of Ireland as the title of the "head of the Government or Prime Minister". It is the official title of the head of government in both English and Irish, and is not used for the prime ministers of other countries, who are instead referred to in Irish by the generic term . The phrase ''an Taoiseach'' is sometimes used in an otherwise English-language context, and means the same as "the Taoiseach". The incumbent Taoiseach is Micheál Martin, Teachta Dála, TD, leader of Fianna Fáil, who took office on 23 Janu ...
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Minister Without Portfolio
A minister without portfolio is a government minister without specific responsibility as head of a government department. The sinecure is particularly common in countries ruled by coalition governments and a cabinet with decision-making authority wherein ministers without portfolio, while they may not head any particular offices or ministries, may still receive a ministerial salary and have the right to cast a vote in Cabinet (government), cabinet decisions. The office may also exist to be given to party leaders whose offices (such as a parliamentary leader) would not otherwise enable them to sit in Cabinet. Albania In Albania, a ''"Minister without portfolio"'' is considered a member of the government who is generally not in charge of a special department, does not have headquarters or offices and usually does not have administration or staff. This post was first introduced in 1918 during the Turhan Pasha Përmeti, Përmeti II government, otherwise known as the Government of ...
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Seanad Éireann
Seanad Éireann ( ; ; "Senate of Ireland") is the senate of the Oireachtas (the Irish legislature), which also comprises the President of Ireland and Dáil Éireann (defined as the house of representatives). It is commonly called the Seanad or Senate and its members senators ( in Irish language, Irish, singular: ). Unlike Dáil Éireann, it is not directly elected but consists of a mixture of members chosen by various methods. Its powers are much weaker than those of the Dáil and it can only delay laws with which it disagrees, rather than veto them outright. It can introduce new legislation. Since its establishment, it has been located in Leinster House. Composition Under Article 18 of the Constitution of Ireland, Constitution, Seanad Éireann consists of 60 senators, composed as follows: * Eleven Nominated members of Seanad Éireann, nominated by the Taoiseach. * Six elected in university constituencies by the graduates of certain Irish universities: ** Three by graduates of ...
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Frontbench Team Of Eamon Gilmore
These are the front benches of Eamon Gilmore from 2007 until 2011, before he became Tánaiste. Gilmore led the Labour Party between 2007 and 2014. He was confirmed unopposed as leader on 6 September 2007, succeeding Pat Rabbitte. Initial front bench This was announced in 2007. * Eamon Gilmore - Party Leader * Emmet Stagg - Chief Whip * Joe Costello - Spokesperson on European Affairs, Defence and Assistant Party Whip * Proinsias De Rossa Vice-President, European Socialist Group * Joan Burton - Spokesperson on Finance * Brendan Howlin - Spokesperson on Constitutional Matters and Law Reform * Pat Rabbitte - Spokesperson on Justice * Brian O'Shea - Spokesperson on Defence and the Irish language * Willie Penrose - Spokesperson on Enterprise, Trade and Employment * Jan O'Sullivan - Spokesperson on Health * Ruairi Quinn - Spokesperson on Education and Science * Dominic Hannigan - Spokesperson on Commuter Issues; Crime and Policing; Environment and Climate Change; Community and Rural Aff ...
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2011 Disestablishments In Ireland
Eleven or 11 may refer to: *11 (number) * One of the years 11 BC, AD 11, 1911, 2011 Literature * ''Eleven'' (novel), a 2006 novel by British author David Llewellyn *''Eleven'', a 1970 collection of short stories by Patricia Highsmith *''Eleven'', a 2004 children's novel in The Winnie Years by Lauren Myracle *''Eleven'', a 2008 children's novel by Patricia Reilly Giff *''Eleven'', a short story by Sandra Cisneros Music * Eleven (band), an American rock band * Eleven: A Music Company, an Australian record label *Up to eleven, an idiom from popular culture, coined in the movie ''This Is Spinal Tap'' Albums * ''11'' (The Smithereens album), 1989 * ''11'' (Ua album), 1996 * ''11'' (Bryan Adams album), 2008 * ''11'' (Sault album), 2022 * ''Eleven'' (Harry Connick, Jr. album), 1992 * ''Eleven'' (22-Pistepirkko album), 1998 * ''Eleven'' (Sugarcult album), 1999 * ''Eleven'' (B'z album), 2000 * ''Eleven'' (Reamonn album), 2010 * ''Eleven'' (Martina McBride album), 2011 * ''Eleven'' (Mr F ...
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Fine Gael
Fine Gael ( ; ; ) is a centre-right, liberal-conservative, Christian democratic political party in Ireland. Fine Gael is currently the third-largest party in the Republic of Ireland in terms of members of Dáil Éireann. The party had a membership of 25,000 in 2021. Simon Harris succeeded Leo Varadkar as party leader on 24 March 2024. Fine Gael was founded on 8 September 1933, following the merger of its parent party Cumann na nGaedheal, the National Centre Party and the Blueshirts. Its origins lie in the struggle for Irish independence and the pro-Treaty side in the Irish Civil War, with the party claiming the legacy of Michael Collins. In its early years, the party was commonly known as ''Fine Gael – The United Ireland Party'', abbreviated ''UIP'', and its official title in its constitution remains Fine Gael (United Ireland). Fine Gael holds a pro-European stance and is generally considered to be more of a proponent of economic liberalism than its traditional rival, ...
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