Two local FG senators are named as spokespersons
Two local Fine Gael senators have been given roles as party's spokespersons in the Upper House of the Oireachtas.
Longford/Westmeath Senator Micheál Carrigy, has been named as the Fine Gael Seanad spokesperson on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport and Media while Roscommon/Galway Senator Aisling Dolan is the spokesperson on Education and Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science.
Carrigy, who is also chair of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism, said he was delighted to be nominated by An Taoiseach Leo Varadkar for the role.
Annoucing the Seanad spokespersons for the party, An Taoiseach said: “I am very pleased to announce Fine Gael’s very strong team of Senators and their portfolios. Each Senator has proven their expertise over the past two and a half years – playing their part in protecting the squeezed middle, putting more money back in people’s pockets, building stronger safer communities across the country, delivering for rural Ireland, farmers and fishers and providing the best start possible for every child.
“These will continue to be demanding roles, but I know that Fine Gael’s Senators have already embraced this challenge. Congratulations to our Fine Gael Seanad Spokespersons on their appointments.”
The full list is:
Deputy Leader & Transport
Regina Doherty
Enterprise, Trade and Employment
Garret Ahearn
Social Protection, Rural & Community Development & The Islands
Paddy Burke
Finance
Maria Byrne
Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport and Media
Micheál Carrigy
Health
Martin Conway
Housing, Local Government and Heritage
John Cummins
Special Education and Inclusion & Northern Ireland
Emer Currie
Education and Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science
Aisling Dolan
Children, Disability, Equality, Integration & Youth
Mary Seery-Kearney
Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform and the Gaeltacht
Sean Kyne
Agriculture, Food, Forestry & Marine
Tim Lombard
Environment, Climate and Communications
John McGahon
Deputy Government Whip and Foreign Affairs & Defence
Joe O’Reilly
Justice
Barry Ward