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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

Anne Tansey
Director - NEPS (National Educational Psychological Service)
Rita Sexton
Principal Officer, National Educational Psychological Service
Sinéad Fahy
Assistant Director - NEPS, National Educational Psychological Service
Paula Long
Assistant Director - NEPS, National Educational Psychological Service
Bridget Egan
Assistant Director – NEPS, National Educational Psychological Service
Aoife O'Connor
Assistant Director - NEPS, National Educational Psychological Service
Christine O Sullivan
Assistant Director - NEPS, National Educational Psychological Service
Éadaoin O’Brien
Assistant Director - NEPS, National Educational Psychological Service
Sharon Eustace
Assistant Director - NEPS, National Educational Psychological Service
Deirdre McHugh
Assistant Director - NEPS, National Educational Psychological Service
Theresa Tierney
Assistant Director – NEPS, National Educational Psychological Service
Ellen Guerin
Assistant Director - NEPS, National Educational Psychological Service
Yvonne Kennedy
Assistant Director, National Educational Psychological Service
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
Angela Corcoran
Special Education SNA Workforce Development Unit
Nicola Jones
Principal Officer, Special Education Therapy and Inclusion Services
Anne Murray
Principal Officer, Residential Institutions Redress Unit
Brian Power
Principal Officer, Commission of Investigation

Assistant Secretary, People Division

Tomás Ó Ruairc
Assistant Secretary for People Division

Direct reports

Claire O’ Sullivan
Principal Officer, Head of Human Resources
Cathy Gibson
Principal Officer, Head of People Strategy and Organisational Development
Caoimhe Allman
Principal Officer, External Staff Relations Unit
James Walsh
Principal Officer, Terms and Conditions
Noreen Finnegan
Principal Officer, Initial Teacher Education and Teaching Council
Annmarie Quinn
Principal Officer, Strategy and Development

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

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

Direct reports

Kevin Colman
Principal Officer, Finance – Operations and Development
Tom Whelan
Principal Officer, Finance – Estimates and Strategy
Mags Campbell
Principal Officer, Corporate Services
Clare McNally
Principal Officer, Communications and Stakeholder Engagement
Judith Lyons
Principal Officer, Parents and Learners Unit
Laura Watts
Principal Officer, Review of School Leadership and System Governanace

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, School Governance
Shirley Kearney
Principal Officer, Schools Financial
Teresa McNeill
Principal Officer, ETB Finance and Governance
Grainne Cullen
Principal Officer, Social Inclusion Unit
Grainne Egan
Principal Officer, Social Inclusion Unit
Vacant
Principal Officer, Schools Finance, Data and Reform projects
Karl Duff
Principal Officer, Youth Strategy, International and Coordination
Jill Fannin
Principal Officer, Youth Operations, Finance and Governance
Caitriona Mulhall
Principal Officer, Teacher Allocations Project
Tom Deegan
Principal Officer, Schools Projects

Assistant Secretary, Corporate Services

Gavan O'Leary
Assistant Secretary for Corporate Services

Direct reports

Vincent Landers
Principal Officer, International and North/South Co-Operation
Anne Marie Doherty
Principal Officer, Corporate Programme Office
Clare Butler
Principal Officer, Programme Manager
Ronan Crummy
Principal Officer, Sectoral Governance and Risk
Patrick McCarthy
Principal Officer, Central Policy Unit
Caoimhe Smyth
Principal Officer, Legal
Tara Carton
Principal Officer, Data Compliance
Pádraig Mac Fhlannchadha
Assistant Chief Inspector Level for Gaeilge – English medium.
Muireann Tóibín
Principal Officer, Gaeilge - Irish Medium and Gaeltacht Education

Assistant Secretary, Planning and Building Unit

Hubert Loftus
Assistant Secretary for Planning and Building

Direct reports

Aine Cusack
(Acting) Director
Brian Alcock
Principal Officer, Major Projects Delivery
Mary Purcell
(Acting) Principal Officer, Devolved Projects Delivery
Mark Kelly
Technical Manager, Modular Delivery
Stefan Mathews
Technical Manager, Programme Coordination and Delivery Support
David Skene
Programme Manager, Procurement and Central Supports
Jason McCabe
Principal Officer, Schools Remediation, Retrofit and Refurbishment
Dermot Brown
Principal Officer, Reconfiguration and School Property, PPP School Operations Management
Valerie Kirwan
Principal Officer, PBU Finance, Strategic Co-ordination, Programme Management, Reform & GIS Development
Murty Hanly
Principal Officer, Forward Planning and Site Acquisitions
Cathal McDonagh
Principal Officer, Strategic Infrastructure Appraisal
John Dolan
Technical Manager, Climate Action Unit
Alen O’Farrell
Technical Manager, Digital Strategy and Projects

Assistant Secretary, Curriculum and Assessment

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

Direct reports

Mark Bohan
Principal Officer, Curriculum and Assessment Unit
Celeste O' Callaghan
Principal Officer, Curriculum and Assessment Policy (Post-Primary)
Neville Kenny
Principal Officer, Senior Cycle Redevelopment
Maresa Duignan
Principal Officer, Teacher Professional Learning and Early Years
Joanne Tobin
Principal Officer, Parental Complaints/Child Protection
Seamus Keating
Principal Officer, "Our Schools, Our Future" Action Group on Workforce Development

Assistant Secretary, Major Operations

Martin Clohessy
Assistant Secretary, Major Operations

Direct reports

Sinead Keenaghan
Principal Officer, Schools Payroll
Michael Donoghue
Principal Officer, Schools Payroll
Caroline Galvin
Principal Officer, Pensions Unit
Micheál Lenihan
Principal Officer, ESBS Payroll Operations ETB
Deirdre Dempsy
Principal Officer, Higher Ed Payroll Shared Services
Aileen Healy
Principal Officer, Education Shared Business Services (ESBS) Finance ETB
Síobhan Gaffey
Principal Officer, Shared Services Implementation Unit and Procurement
Barbara Mulhall
Principal Officer, School Transport Operations
Sinéad McDonnell
Principal Officer, School Transport Governance and Reform
John Lee
Principal Officer, FET Funding and Reporting Reform

Assistant Secretary, Chief Information Officer

Anne-Marie Sherkle
Assistant Secretary, Chief Information Officer

Direct reports

Frank Guckian
Principal Officer, ICT Service Delivery
Robbie Burrows
Principal Officer, ICT Business Applications
Anthony Hamilton
Principal Officer, ICT School Employee HCM Payroll
Ada Mulvihill
Principal Officer, IT Data Office
Maurice Boland
Principal Officer, Digital Strategy for Schools
Donal Griffin
(Acting) Principal Officer, Programme Management Office
Paul Alexander
Principal Officer, Statistics

Chief Inspector, Education

Yvonne Keating
Chief Inspector

Direct reports

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

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