Paul Gilligan - Deputy Chair of the Convention on Education

Paul Gilligan, BA, MA, DipClin Psych, RegPsychol, FPsSI, is a Clinical Psychologist and Chief Executive of St Patrick’s Mental Health Services (SPMHS). He is an Adjunct Associate Professor in Trinity College Dublin. Paul is a former Vice-Chairman of the National Children’s Advisory Council, a former President of the Psychological Society of Ireland, a former Chairman of the Children’s Rights Alliance and a former Chairman of Early Childhood Ireland. He was a member of the government-established Vision for Change Independent Monitoring Group and Garda Vetting Implementation Group.

Before taking up his current post with SPMHS, he was Chief Executive of the Irish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children. Paul is author of two parenting books, Keeping Your Child Safe (2008) and Raising Emotionally Healthy Children (2015). He is an internationally recognised children’s rights advocate and a Fellow of the Psychological Society of Ireland.