Opposition Front Bench (Ireland) (Paperback)

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Opposition Front Bench in the Republic of Ireland is a group of senior parliamentary opposition TDs (members of the lower house) who together under the leadership of the Leader of the Opposition form an alternative cabinet to the government's. These members are assigned a particular portfolio and mark each individual member of the government. Members of the Opposition are often but not always appointed to a Cabinet post if and when their party gets into government.