{"id":14041,"date":"2025-10-15T17:04:53","date_gmt":"2025-10-15T16:04:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/?p=14041"},"modified":"2025-10-15T17:04:53","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T16:04:53","slug":"social-democrats-announce-updated-spokespeople-roles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/ga\/social-democrats-announce-updated-spokespeople-roles\/","title":{"rendered":"Social Democrats announce updated spokespeople roles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Social Democrats leader Holly Cairns has today announced an update in spokespeople roles in the parliamentary party.<\/p>\n<p>Deputy Cairns said:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday, I am announcing an update to spokespeople roles &#8211; namely that Deputy Eoin Hayes will be our Social Protection spokesperson.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know Deputy Hayes will work hard in this brief, on behalf of some of the most vulnerable people in the country, and continue to ensure the government faces strong and constructive opposition.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The updated list of parliamentary party spokespeople roles is:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Holly Cairns:<\/strong>\u00a0Party leader<\/p>\n<p><strong>Cian O\u2019Callaghan:<\/strong>\u00a0Deputy Leader and Finance; Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation<\/p>\n<p><strong>Gary Gannon:<\/strong>\u00a0Justice, Home Affairs and Migration<\/p>\n<p><strong>Jennifer Whitmore:<\/strong>\u00a0Climate, Environment, Energy and Transport; Agriculture, Food, Fisheries, and the Marine<\/p>\n<p><strong>Rory Hearne:<\/strong>\u00a0Housing, Local Government and Heritage; the Gaeltacht<\/p>\n<p><strong>P\u00e1draig Rice:<\/strong>\u00a0Health<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sin\u00e9ad Gibney:<\/strong>\u00a0Enterprise, Tourism and Employment; Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport; Defence<\/p>\n<p><strong>Liam Quaide:<\/strong>\u00a0Disability, Mental Health, Rural and Community Development<\/p>\n<p><strong>Eoin Hayes:<\/strong>\u00a0Social Protection<\/p>\n<p><strong>Patricia Stephenson:<\/strong>\u00a0Foreign Affairs and Trade<\/p>\n<p><strong>Aidan Farrelly:<\/strong>\u00a0Children and Equality; Youth<\/p>\n<p><strong>Jen Cummins:<\/strong>\u00a0Education; Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science.<\/p>\n<p><em>October 15, 2025<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Social Democrats leader Holly Cairns has today announced an update in spokespeople roles in the parliamentary party. 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