Ireland
| Commissioner | Portfolio | Commission | Party |
|---|---|---|---|
| Máire Geoghegan-Quinn | Research, Innovation & Science | Barroso II | Fianna Fáil |
| Charlie McCreevy | Internal Market & Services | Barroso I | Fianna Fáil |
| David Byrne | Health & Consumer Protection | Prodi | Fianna Fáil |
| Pádraig Flynn | Commissioner for Employment & Social Affairs | Delors III & Santer & Marín | Fianna Fáil |
| Ray MacSharry | Agriculture | Delors II | Fianna Fáil |
| Peter Sutherland | Social affairs, Competition | Delors I | Fine Gael |
| Michael O'Kennedy | Commissioner for Personnel, Administration and the Statistics Office | Thorn | Fianna Fáil |
| Richard Burke | Taxation, Consumer Affairs, Transport / Delegate of the President, Personnel and Administration, Statistical Office; Office for Official Publications | Jenkins / Thorn | Fine Gael |
| Patrick Hillery | Social Affairs (Vice-President) | Ortoli | Fianna Fáil |
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Famous quotes containing the word ireland:
“It is often said that in Ireland there is an excess of genius unsustained by talent; but there is talent in the tongues.”
—V.S. (Victor Sawdon)
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“Come, fix upon me that accusing eye.
I thirst for accusation. All that was sung.
All that was said in Ireland is a lie
Breed out of the contagion of the throng,
Saving the rhyme rats hear before they die.”
—William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)