title: Green Party Front Bench (Ireland)
text: # Green Party Front Bench (Ireland)
  
  The Green Party/Comhaontas Glas is the fourth-largest political party in the Oireachtas.
  
  The party has twelve TDs, four Senators, two MEPs, two MLAs and fifty six members of local government (forty eight in the Republic of Ireland and eight in Northern Ireland).
  
  ## 2020–present
  
  | Portfolio | Spokesperson | Constituency |
  | - | - | - |
  | Party leader Environment, Climate and Communications & Transport | Minister Eamon Ryan TD | Dublin Bay South |
  | Deputy leader Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media | Minister Catherine Martin TD | Dublin Rathdown |
  | Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth | Minister Roderic O'Gorman TD | Dublin West |
  | Land Use and Biodiversity | Minister of State, Senator Pippa Hackett | Laois-Offaly |
  | Public Procurement and eGovernment | Minister of State Ossian Smyth TD | Dún Laoghaire |
  | Community Development and Charities | Minister of State Joe O'Brien TD | Dublin Fingal |
  | Heritage and Electoral Reform | Minister of State Malcolm Noonan TD | Carlow–Kilkenny |
  | Social Protection | Marc Ó Cathasaigh TD | Waterford |
  | Finance, Public Expenditure and Health | Neasa Hourigan TD | Dublin Central |
  | Transport, Climate Action and Environment | Brian Leddin TD | Limerick City |
  | Justice | Patrick Costello TD | Dublin South-Central |
  | Planning and Local Government | Steven Matthews TD | Wicklow |
  | Housing | Francis Noel Duffy TD | Dublin South-West |
  | Marine | Grace O'Sullivan MEP | Ireland South |
  | Irish Language | Rob O'Donnell | Tipperary |
  | Education & Higher Education | Senator Pauline O'Reilly | Galway West |
  | Foreign Affairs & Defence with responsibility for Brexit | Senator Vincent P. Martin | Kildare North |
  | Rural Development & Enterprise, Trade and Employment | Senator Róisín Garvey | Clare |
  
  ## 2019–2020
  
  | Portfolio | Spokesperson |
  | - | - |
  | Party leader Communications | Eamon Ryan TD |
  | Deputy leader Education and Skills | Catherine Martin TD |
  | Environmental Protection, Natural Resources, Marine and Tourism | Grace O'Sullivan MEP |
  | Agriculture, Heritage, Food and Animal Welfare | Senator Pippa Hackett |
  | Constitutional Reform | Cllr. Oliver Moran |
  | Irish Language | Cllr. Peter Kavanagh |
  | Justice | Roderic O'Gorman TD |
  | Finance | Neasa Hourigan TD |
  | Transport | Patrick Costello TD |
  | Children and Youth Affairs | Cllr. Pauline O'Reily |
  | Social Protection | Marc Ó Cathasaigh TD |
  | Digital | Ossain Smyth TD |
  | Local Government | Malcolm Noonan TD |
  | Water | Steven Matthews TD |
  | Foreign Affairs | Cllr. Vincent P. Martin |
  | Health | Dr. Séamus McMenamin |
  | Climate | Cllr. David Healy |
  | Heritage, Culture and the Arts | Cllr. Claire Byrne |
  | Enterprise | Cllr. Hazel Chu |
  | Rural Development | Cllr. Roisin Garvey |
  | Equality and Disability | Cllr. Una Power |
  | Housing | Cllr. Deidre Ni Fhloinn |
  | Energy | Brian Leddin TD |
  
  ## 2016–2019
  
  | Portfolio | Spokesperson |
  | - | - |
  | Party leader | Eamon Ryan TD |
  | Deputy leader Education and Skills | Catherine Martin TD |
  | Finance | Cllr. Mark Dearey |
  | Justice | Cllr. Roderic O'Gorman |
  | Transport | Cllr. Ciarán Cuffe |
  | Housing and Planning | Cllr. Francis Duffy |
  | Environment Local Government | Cllr. Malcolm Noonan |
  | Energy | Gearóid Fitzgibbon |
  | Welfare | Lorna Bogue |
  
  ## 2012–2016
  
  | Portfolio | Spokesperson |
  | - | - |
  | Party leader | Eamon Ryan |
  | Deputy leader Education and Skills | Catherine Martin |
  | Public Expenditure and Reform | Ciarán Cuffe |
  | Social Protection | Roderic O'Gorman |
  | Justice, Equality and Defence | Joan Campbell |
  | Transport, Tourism and Sport | Adam Douglas |
  | Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation | Marianne Butler |
  | Health | Oisín Ó hAlmhain |
  | European Affairs | Brian Meaney |
  | Foreign Affairs and Trade | Niamh Fitzgibbon |
  | Housing and Planning | Tom Kivlehan |
  | Environment, Community and Local Government | Malcolm Noonan |
  | Communications, Energy and Natural Resources | Ossian Smith |
  | Children and Youth Affairs | Patrick Costello |
  | Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht | Rian Coulter |
  | Forestry | Cathy Fitzgerald |
  | Agriculture, Food and Marine | Seamus Sheridan |
  | Finance | Mark Dearey |
  | Welfare | Lorna Bogue |
  
  ## 2007–2011
  
  | Portfolio | Spokesperson |
  | - | - |
  | Party leader | John Gormley |
  | Deputy leader | Mary White |
  | Education | Paul Gogarty |
  | Transport Enterprise, Trade and Employment Communications, Marine and Natural Resources | Eamon Ryan |
  
  ## 2002–2007
  
  | Portfolio | Spokesperson |
  | - | - |
  | Party Leader | Trevor Sargent |
  | Finance Social and Family Affairs Community, Rural Development and the Islands | Dan Boyle |
  | Foreign Affairs Defence Health and Children Party Chairman | John Gormley |
  | Environment | Ciarán Cuffe (until 2003) |
  