Ruairí de Búrca has been assigned responsibility at Assistant Secretary level for the implementation of the Good Friday Agreement and the promotion of peace and reconciliation on the island of Ireland, working in close cooperation with the Department of the Taoiseach and the Department of Justice and Equality. Leading a team of six Directors based at HQ, as well as in Belfast and Armagh, Ruairí is also responsible for the British-Irish relationship, with a current focus on the island of Ireland and British-Irish implications of the Brexit negotiations, as well as the promotion of bilateral relations with the United States, Canada, Latin America and the Caribbean. He is a member of the Department’s Management Board.