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Department of Children, Disability and Equality - Who Does What


Secretary General

Kevin McCarthy
Secretary General of the Department of Children, Disability and Equality

Disability Division

Colm Ó Conaill
Assistant Secretary, Disability Division

Direct reports

Margot Loughman
Principal Officer, Disability Finance and Reform
James Gibbs
Principal Officer, Disability Governance and Performance
Audrey Hagerty
Principal Officer, Disability Day Services
Mark Considine
Principal Officer, Disability Children's Services
Áine Kilroy
Principal Officer, Disability Residential Services
Jane Ann Duffy
Principal Officer, Disability Equality Policy
Niall Brunell
Principal Officer, Disability Policy Unit
Principal Officer, Disability Vision and Strategy

Early Learning and Care and School-Age Childcare Division

Dr. Anne Marie Brooks
Assistant Secretary, Early Learning and Care and School-Age Childcare Division

Direct reports

Davin Roche
Principal Officer, Operations, Communications and Co-ordination, ECCE, AIM and NCS
Mark Doheny
Principal Officer, Government and Systems Development
Deirdre Comiskey
Principal Officer, Finance and Compliance
Oonagh Fleming
Principal Officer, Sector Development
Toby Wolfe
Principal Officer, Quality, Childminding and Early Years Strategy
Ciaran Madden
Principal Officer, Access and Inclusion, Research and Data
Hazel O'Byrne
Principal Officer, Forward Planning and Delivery
Paul Gleeson
Principal Officer, Workforce

Child Policy and Tusla Governance Division

Lara Hynes
Assistant Secretary, Child Policy and Tusla Governance Division

Direct reports

John Gilbane
Principal Officer, Alternative Care Policy Unit
Cormac Grundy
Principal Officer, Principal Officer, Child Protection Operations and Performance Unit
Andrew Patterson
Principal Officer, Tusla Governance and Performance Oversight Unit
Claire Collins
Principal Officer, Child Protection Policy and Legislation Unit
Simon Conry
Principal Officer, Parenting Support Policy Unit
David Byrne
Principal Officer, Children's Detention Schools Unit
Bridget Wilson
Principal Officer, Alternative Care Capacity Unit

Equality, Rights and Participation Division

Olive McGovern
Assistant Secretary, Equality, Rights and Participation Division

Direct reports

Úna Ní Dhubhghaill
Principal Officer, Equality and Gender Equality
Sinead McEvoy
Principal Officer, Traveller, Roma and LGBTI+ Policy
Bairbre Meaney
Principal Officer, Play, Participation and Recreation Unit
Bryan Patten
Principal Officer, EU and International Unit
Seosamh Mac Carthaigh
Principal Officer, Adoption Policy Unit
Anne O'Mahony
Principal Officer, Child Rights Policy Unit

Mother and Baby Homes, Finance and Research Division

Laura McGarrigle
Assistant Secretary General, Mother and Baby Homes, Finance and Research Division

Direct reports

Gillian Martin
Principal Officer, Payment Scheme Executive Office
Nicola Tickner
Senior Statistician, Data and Analytics Unit (Seconded to the Department of Children, Disability and Equality)
Grainne Morrissey
Principal Officer, Memorialisation and Historic Burials Unit
Julia Tarrant
Principal Officer, Mother and Baby Homes Action Plan Unit
Ciara Pidgeon
Principal Officer, Research and Evaluation Unit
Brendan Kilpatrick
Principal Officer, Finance Payments and Accounts
Gordon Gaffney
Principal Officer, Finance Vote Management

Organisation and Strategy Development Division

Sheenagh Rooney
Assistant Secretary, Organisation and Strategy Development Division

Direct reports

Mary Rogerson
Principal Officer, Corporate Governance and Strategic Coordination Unit
Michael Thornhill
Principal Officer, Department Learning & Development /External HR Governance
Eddie Forsyth
Principal Officer, Operations and Climate Action
Caitriona O'Connor
Principal Officer, Human Resources
Kate Levey
Príomhoifigeach, Athrú Straitéiseach Gnó
Dr. Raymond O Neill
Principal Officer, Digital Strategy and Delivery
Beatrice Vance
Principal Officer, Legal
Sinead Whooley
Principal Officer, Communications Unit

Director of Guardian ad litem National Service

Patrick Bergin
Director, Guardian ad litem National Service

Direct reports

Joy McGlynn
Head of Guardian ad litem National Service
Gareth Clifford
Head of Corporate Services
Louise Carley

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