The Fine Gael front bench members and junior spokes- persons are as follows:
John Bruton: party leader, vice-president of the EPP
Nora Owen: deputy leader, special responsibility for quality of life issues and family affairs
Richard Bruton: policy and press director, special responsibility for decentralisation and development of new cities
Charles Flanagan: whip, special responsibility for law reform and ethics
Phil Hogan: parliamentary party chair and director of organisation
Michael Noonan: finance
Ivan Yates: environment and local government Alan Dukes: agriculture and food
Denis Naughten: enterprise, trade and employment
Gay Mitchell: health and children
Jim O'Keeffe: foreign affairs
Deirdre Clune: arts, heritage, Gaeltacht and the islands
Enda Kenny: education and science
Bernard Allen: tourism, sport and recreation and local development
Michael Finucane: defence
Alan Shatter: justice, equality and law reform
Brian Hayes: Northern Ireland
Jim Mitchell: public service and constitutional issues
Paul Connaughton: marine, natural resources and energy
Frances Fitzgerald: social, community and family affairs
Jim Higgins: public enterprise