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Sinn Féin

Sinn Féin is a left wing, Irish republican political party in Ireland. The name is Irish for "ourselves" or "we ourselves", although it is frequently mistranslated as "ourselves alone". Originating in the Sinn Féin organisation founded in 1905 by Arthur Griffith, it took its current form in 1970...

is the fourth-largest political party

Political party

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in the Oireachtas

Oireachtas

The Oireachtas , sometimes referred to as Oireachtas Éireann, is the "national parliament" or legislature of Ireland. The Oireachtas consists of:*The President of Ireland*The two Houses of the Oireachtas :**Dáil Éireann...

. The Sinn Féin leader appoints a team of TDs

Teachta Dála

A Teachta Dála , usually abbreviated as TD in English, is a member of Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Oireachtas . It is the equivalent of terms such as "Member of Parliament" or "deputy" used in other states. The official translation of the term is "Deputy to the Dáil", though a more literal...

and Senators

Seanad Éireann

Seanad Éireann is the upper house of the Oireachtas , which also comprises the President of Ireland and Dáil Éireann . It is commonly called the Seanad or Senate and its members Senators or Seanadóirí . Unlike Dáil Éireann, it is not directly elected but consists of a mixture of members chosen by...

to speak for the party on different issues. Their areas of responsibility broadly correspond to those of Government ministers.

Sinn Féin frontbench

Since 22 March 2011:

Portfolio	Spokesperson
Party Leader	Gerry Adams Gerry Adams Gerry Adams is an Irish republican politician and Teachta Dála for the constituency of Louth. From 1983 to 1992 and from 1997 to 2011, he was an abstentionist Westminster Member of Parliament for Belfast West. He is the president of Sinn Féin, the second largest political party in Northern...
Deputy Leader, Public Expenditure and Reform Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform The Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform is the senior minister at the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform in the Government of Ireland....	Mary Lou McDonald Mary Lou McDonald Mary Lou McDonald is an Irish politician, the current Vice President of Sinn Féin and a Teachta Dála for Dublin Central...
Social Protection and Chief whip Chief Whip The 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.-The Whips Office:...	Aengus Ó Snodaigh Aengus Ó Snodaigh Aengus Ó Snodaigh is an Irish Sinn Féin politician. He has been a Teachta Dála for the Dublin South Central constituency since May 2002, and is party spokesperson for Housing, Justice, Equality and Human Rights, and International Affairs.-Early and private life:A Dubliner and Irish language...
Finance Minister for Finance (Ireland) The Minister for Finance is the title held by the Irish government minister responsible for all financial and monetary matters. The office-holder controls the Department of Finance and is considered one of the most important members of the Government of Ireland.The current Minister for Finance is...	Pearse Doherty Pearse Doherty Pearse Doherty is an Irish Sinn Féin politician. He serves as a Teachta Dála for the Donegal South West constituency and as Sinn Féin's Dáil spokesperson on Finance. Doherty formerly served on Donegal County Council from 2004–07 and in Seanad Éireann from 2007–10.-Background and education:Doherty...
Health and Children	Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin is a Sinn Féin politician from Ireland. He has been a Teachta Dála for the Cavan–Monaghan constituency since 1997 and was the parliamentary leader of Sinn Féin in Dáil Éireann from 1997–2011.-Biography:Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin was born in Monaghan in 1953. He was educated at St....
Foreign Affairs and Trade Minister for Foreign Affairs (Ireland) The Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade is the senior minister at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade in the Government of Ireland. Its headquarters are at Iveagh House, on St Stephen's Green in Dublin; "Iveagh House" is often used as a metonym for the department as a whole.The current...	Pádraig Mac Lochlainn Pádraig Mac Lochlainn Pádraig Mac Lochlainn is an Irish Sinn Féin politician from Buncrana in County Donegal. He was elected as a Teachta Dála for the Donegal North East constituency at the 2011 general election.-Early life:...
Enterprise, Jobs, Innovation and Gaeltacht Affairs	Peadar Tóibín Peadar Tóibín Peadar Tóibín is an Irish Sinn Féin politician. He was elected as a Teachta Dála for the Meath West constituency at the 2011 general election....
Justice, Equality and Defence Minister for Defence (Ireland) The Minister for Defence is the senior minister at the Department of Defence in the Government of Ireland. Under new arrangements this department is being merged with the Department of Justice over which Mr. Shatter will also preside....	Jonathan O'Brien Jonathan O'Brien Jonathan O'Brien is an Irish Sinn Féin politician. He was elected as a Teachta Dála for the Cork North Central constituency at the 2011 general election, topping the poll. He is Sinn Féin's Dáil spokesperson on Justice, Equality & Defence....
Communications, Energy and Natural Resources	Martin Ferris Martin Ferris Martin Ferris is an Irish Sinn Féin politician and a former Provisional Irish Republican Army volunteer. He has been a Teachta Dála for the Kerry North–West Limerick constituency since 2002 and is one of fourteen Sinn Féin representatives in the current Dáil.-Early life:Ferris was born in...
Education and Skills	Seán Crowe Seán Crowe Seán Crowe is an Irish Sinn Féin politician, and is a Teachta Dála for the Dublin South West constituency.Crowe was born in Dublin and has lived there all his life, currently in Tallaght...
Environment, Community and Local Government	Brian Stanley Brian Stanley Brian Stanley is an Irish Sinn Féin politician. He was elected as a Teachta Dála for the Laois–Offaly constituency at the 2011 general election, after the 7th count. He serves as Sinn Féin's Spokesperson on Environment, Community and Local Government...
Agriculture, Fisheries and Food	Michael Colreavy Michael Colreavy Michael Colreavy is an Irish Sinn Féin politician. He was elected as a Teachta Dála for the Sligo–North Leitrim constituency at the 2011 general election. He is the Sinn Féin spokesperson on Agriculture, Fisheries and Food....
Transport and Housing Ministers of State of the 31st Dáil This is a list of Ministers of State of the 31st Dáil. On 9 March 2011, the 29th Government of Ireland was nominated by Dáil Éireann on the advice of the Taoiseach, and then appointed by the President...	Dessie Ellis Dessie Ellis Dessie Ellis is an Irish politician. He is a Sinn Féin Teachta Dála for the Dublin North West constituency. He was a member of Dublin City Council from 1999 to 2011....
Arts, Heritage, Tourism and Sport	Sandra McLellan Sandra McLellan Sandra McLellan is an Irish Sinn Féin politician. She was elected as a Teachta Dála for the Cork East constituency at the 2011 general election, after the 7th count. Previously a SIPTU shop steward she was elected in 2004 as a member of Youghal Town Council, and in 2009 as a member of Cork County...

Sinn Féin frontbench

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