Taoiseach Micheál Martin has appointed 18 members of the Fianna Fáil parliamentary party to a range of spokesperson positions.
Included among the appointment is the selection of the Sligo Leitrim TD Marc MacSharry as the party’s spokesman on higher education.
Fianna Fáil say the decision to make the appointments was taken to “support and enhance the ongoing development of party policy and advance the delivery of key programme for government objectives.”
Mayo TD Dara Calleary, who stepped down as minister for agriculture earlier this year in light of his attendance at a golf dinner in Clifden, has been appointed as the party’s spokesman on social protection
A party statement added that all spokespeople will work with Fianna Fáil Oireachtas Committee Chairpersons, Ministers and Ministers of State in their respective departments.
