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Department of Education and Youth - Who Does What


Secretary General

Bernie McNally
Secretary General of the Department of Education and Youth

Head of Internal Audit (Principal)

Fearghal Fennell
Principal Officer, Internal and EU Audit

Assistant Secretary, Special Education, NEPS and Redress

Martina Mannion
Assistant Secretary, Special Education, NEPS and Redress

Direct reports

Brendan Doody
Assistant Chief Inspector - Special Education Policy
Frank Hanlon
Special Education Operations, Governance and Litigation
Martin McLoughlin
Special Education, Forward Planning and Special Schools
Anne Tansey
Director - NEPS (National Educational Psychological Service)
Yvonne Kennedy
Assistant Director, National Educational Psychological Service
Ellen Guerin
Assistant Director - NEPS, National Educational Psychological Service
Bridget Egan
Assistant Director – NEPS, National Educational Psychological Service
Theresa Tierney
Assistant Director – NEPS, National Educational Psychological Service
Sharon Eustace
Assistant Director - NEPS, National Educational Psychological Service
Rita Sexton
Principal Officer, National Educational Psychological Service
Christine O Sullivan
Assistant Director - NEPS, National Educational Psychological Service
Deirdre McHugh
Assistant Director - NEPS, National Educational Psychological Service
Paula Long
Assistant Director - NEPS, National Educational Psychological Service
Aoife O'Connor
Assistant Director - NEPS, National Educational Psychological Service
Sinéad Fahy
Assistant Director - NEPS, National Educational Psychological Service
Éadaoin O’Brien
Assistant Director - NEPS, National Educational Psychological Service
Angela Corcoran
Special Education SNA Workforce Development Unit
Brian Power
Principal Officer, Residential Institutions Redress Unit
Anne Murray
Principal Officer, Residential Institutions Redress Unit

Assistant Secretary, Workforce

Aoife Conduit
Assistant Secretary for Curriculum, Assessment and Teacher Professional Learning

Direct reports

James Walsh
Principal Officer, Teachers and SNAs, Terms and Conditions
Seamus Keating
Principal Officer, Teacher Supply
Claire O’ Sullivan
Principal Officer, HR Operations
Cathy Gibson
Principal Officer, Head of People Strategy and Organisational Development
Noreen Finnegan
Principal Officer, Initial Teacher Education and Teaching Council
Caoimhe Allman
Principal Officer, External Staff Relations Unit
Joanne Tobin
Principal Officer, Parental Complaints/Child Protection

Assistant Secretary, Communications, Evidence, Strategy and Policy

Tomás Ó Ruairc
Assistant Secretary for People Division

Direct reports

Annmarie Quinn
Principal Officer, Strategy and Development
Paul Alexander
Senior Statistician: Seconded to the Department of Education
Clare McNally
Principal Officer, Communications and Stakeholder Engagement
Patrick McCarthy
Principal Officer, Central Policy/Legal Services
Lisa Nic Dhoinnléibhe
Principal Officer, Gaeilge - Irish Medium and Gaeltacht Education
Pádraig Mac Fhlannchadha
Assistant Chief Inspector Level for Gaeilge – English medium.
Barbara Mulhall
Principal Officer(Acting) , School Transport Section

Assistant Secretary for Schools, Social Inclusion and Youth

Cliodhna O'Neill
Assistant Secretary for Schools, Social Inclusion and Youth

Direct reports

Paraic Joyce
Principal Officer, Teacher Allocations and School Governance Policy Unit
Tom Deegan
Principal Officer, Schools Financial and Database
Shirley Kearney
Principal Officer, Schools Financial
Teresa McNeill
Principal Officer, ETB Financial/Administrative Personnel
Grainne Cullen
Principal Officer, Social Inclusion Unit
Grainne Egan
Principal Officer, Social Inclusion Unit
Mary Cregg
Principal Officer, Data and Finance Reform Projects
Karl Duff
Principal Officer, Youth Affairs Unit
Jill Fannin
Principal Officer, Youth Affairs Unit
Caitriona Mulhall
Principal Officer, Schools Divison Projects

Assistant Secretary, Corporate Services

Gavan O'Leary
Assistant Secretary for Corporate Services

Direct reports

Kevin Colman
Principal Officer, Finance – Operations and Development
Mags Campbell
Principal Officer, Corporate Services
Tom Whelan
Principal Officer, Finance – Estimates and Strategy
Tara Carton
Principal Officer, Data Protection, FOI and Records Management
Vincent Landers
Principal Officer, International and North/South Co-Operation
Anne Marie Doherty
Principal Officer, Corporate Programme Office
Ronan Crummy
Principal Officer, Governance and Risk
Clare Butler
Principal Officer, Programme Manager

Assistant Secretary, Planning and Building Unit

Hubert Loftus
Assistant Secretary for Planning and Building

Direct reports

Emma Leonard
Director, Planning and Building Unit
Aine Cusack
Principal Officer, Strategic Capacity Planning
John Dolan
Technical Manager, Climate Action Unit
Valerie Kirwan
Finance, Co-ordination and Programme Management
Jason McCabe
Principal Officer, Schools Remediation, Retrofit and Refurbishment
Cathal McDonagh
Principal Officer, Devolved Projects Section
Stefan Mathews
Technical Manager, Programme Coordination and Delivery Support
Mark Kelly
Technical Manager, Accommodation Needs Assessment and Modular Delivery
Murty Hanly
Acting Principal Officer, Forward Planning and Site Acquisitions
Brian Alcock
Principal Officer, Major Projects (Design and Construction)
Dermot Brown
Principal Officer, Reconfiguration and School Property Management
David Skene
Programme Manager, Procurement and Central Supports
Alen O’Farrell
Technical Manager, Digital Strategy and Projects

Assistant Secretary, Curriculum and Assessment

Dalton Tattan
Assistant Secretary, Finance, Corporate Services, Communications and Parents and Learners

Direct reports

Mark Bohan
Principal Officer, Curriculum and Assessment Unit
Laura Watts
Principal Officer, Review of School Leadership and System Governanace
Neville Kenny
Principal Officer, Curriculum and Assessment Unit
Celeste O' Callaghan
Principal Officer, Curriculum and Assessment Unit
Christina Kelly
Teacher Education Policy (Digital)

Assistant Secretary, Major Operations

Martin Clohessy
Assistant Secretary, Major Operations

Direct reports

Michael Donoghue
Principal Officer, Schools Employee Payroll
Caroline Galvin
Principal Officer, Pensions Unit
Sinead Keenaghan
Principal Officer, Teacher Payroll
Vacant
Micheál Lenihan
Principal Officer, ESBS Payroll Shared Services

Assistant Secretary, Chief Information Officer

Anne-Marie Sherkle
Assistant Secretary, Chief Information Officer

Direct reports

Frank Guckian
Principal Officer, ICT Service Delivery
Anthony Hamilton
Principal Officer, ICT School Employee HCM Payroll
Vacant

Chief Inspector, Education

Yvonne Keating
Chief Inspector

Direct reports

Gary Ó Donnchadha
Orlaith O' Connor
Treasa Kirk
Declan Cahalane
Ger Power
Martin Lally
Maresa Duignan
Jason Kelly
Brian MacGiollaPhadraig
Martin Whyte
Suzanne Conneely
Esther Doyle

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