Minister

Pat Rabbitte, Minister for Communications, Energy & Natural Resources

Minister Rabbitte is a Full-time T.D. for Dublin South West since he was first elected to Dail Eireann in 1989. He has served in a number of different portfolios in opposition and was Justice Spokesperson in the last Dáil. He was the Dáil’s longest serving member of the Public Accounts Committee and was a prominent member of the DIRT Inquiry into tax evasion.

He was Leader of the Labour Party from 2002 to 2007. He served as Minister of State to the Government 1994 -1997 and Minister of State at the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment with responsibility for Commerce, Science and Technology.