# Sinn Féin Front Bench

Sinn Féin is the second largest political party in Dáil Éireann. The Sinn Féin leader appoints a team of TDs and Senators to speak for the party on different issues. Their areas of responsibility broadly correspond to those of Government ministers.

## Sinn Féin Front Bench

Following Micheál Martin's appointment as Taoiseach on 23 January 2025, Mary Lou McDonald retained her position as the second President of Sinn Féin and first woman to hold the de facto role of Leader of the Opposition, a position she has held since the 2020 general election.
On 28 January 2025, Mary Lou McDonald announced the new Sinn Féin front bench for the 34th Dáil.

### Front Bench spokespersons

| Portfolio | Name | Elected office |
| Leader of the Opposition President of Sinn Féin | Mary Lou McDonald | TD for Dublin Central |
| Deputy Leader of Sinn Féin in the Dáil Spokesperson on Finance | Pearse Doherty | TD for Donegal |
| Spokesperson on Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation | Mairéad Farrell | TD for Galway West |
| Spokesperson on Foreign Affairs and Trade and Defence | Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire | TD for Cork South-Central |
| Spokesperson on Environment and Climate Action | Pa Daly | TD for Kerry |
| Spokesperson on Education and Youth | Darren O'Rourke | TD for Meath East |
| Spokesperson on Children, Disability and Equality | Claire Kerrane | TD for Roscommon-Galway |
| Spokesperson on Enterprise and Tourism | Rose Conway-Walsh | TD for Mayo |
| Spokesperson on Social Protection and Rural and Community Development | Louise O'Reilly | TD for Dublin Fingal West |
| Spokesperson on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport | Joanna Byrne | TD for Louth |
| Spokesperson on Health | David Cullinane | TD for Waterford |
| Spokesperson on Housing, Local Government and Heritage | Eoin Ó Broin | TD for Dublin Mid–West |
| Spokesperson on Justice, Home Affairs and Migration | Matt Carthy | TD for Cavan-Monaghan |
| Spokesperson on Agriculture, Food, Fisheries and the Marine | Martin Kenny | TD for Sligo-Leitrim |
| Spokesperson on Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science | Donna McGettigan | TD for Clare |
| Spokesperson on Gaeilge and the Gaeltacht | Aengus Ó Snodaigh | TD for Dublin South–Central |

### Chief Whip

| Portfolio | Name | Elected office |
| Chief Whip and spokesperson for Fisheries and the Marine | Pádraig Mac Lochlainn (In attendance at front bench meetings) | TD for Donegal |

## Junior spokespersons

On 18 February 2025, Mary Lou McDonald announced a new team of junior spokespeople that broadly correspond with the portfolios of Ministers of State.
| Portfolio | Name | Elected office |
| Junior spokesperson for Mental Health | Sorca Clarke | TD for Longford-Westmeath |
| Junior spokesperson for Disability | Ruairí Ó Murchú | TD for Louth |
| Junior spokesperson for Older people and Carers | Natasha Newsome Drennan | TD for Carlow-Kilkenny |
| Junior spokesperson for National Drug and Alcohol Strategy, Addiction, Recovery and Wellbeing | Ann Graves | TD for Dublin Fingal East |
| Junior spokesperson for Rural Affairs, Community Development and the Gaeltacht | Conor D. McGuinness | TD for Waterford |
| Junior spokesperson for Tourism and Diaspora | Cathy Bennett | TD for Cavan-Monaghan |
| Junior spokesperson for Transport Junior spokesperson for Energy | Louis O'Hara | TD for Galway East |
| Junior spokesperson for Special Education | Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh | TD for Kildare South |
| Junior spokesperson for Social Enterprise, Circular Economy, Nighttime Economy and Small Businesses | Paul Donnelly | TD for Dublin West |
| Junior spokesperson for Community Arts Junior spokesperson for Infrastructure Junior spokesperson for Climate Action and Biodiversity | Réada Cronin | TD for Kildare North |
| Junior spokesperson for Urban Regeneration and Renewal, Planning, Public Realm and Local Government | Thomas Gould | TD for Cork North-Central |
| Junior spokesperson for European Affairs Junior spokesperson for Defence and Neutrality | Seán Crowe | TD for Dublin South-West |
| Junior spokesperson for Community Safety Junior spokesperson for Youth Spokesperson for Dublin | Mark Ward | TD for Dublin Mid-West |
| Junior spokesperson for Worker's Rights | Johnny Guirke | TD for Meath West |
| Junior spokesperson for Equality, Domestic and Gender Based Violence | Máire Devine | TD for Dublin South-Central |