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Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science - Who Does What


Secretary General

Colm O'Reardon
Secretary General of the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science

Assistant Secretary – Higher Education

Keith Moynes
Assistant Secretary, Higher Education - Policy Division

Direct reports

Caoimhe Hope
Principal Officer, Higher Education Systems & Policy & Reform
Jean O'Mahoney
Principal Officer, Higher Education Learners and Skills
Olivia Clarke
Principal Officer, Higher Education Access
Aideen Foley
Principal Officer, Student Support / SUSI
Enda Hughes
Principal Officer, Higher Education Funding
Siobhán Sleeman
Principal Officer, Higher Education Quality and Higher Education Governance

Assistant Secretary, Skills Policy and Further Education and Training

Fiona O'Byrne
Assistant Secretary, Skills Policy and FET Division

Direct reports

Maria O’Brien
Principal Officer, FET Funding and Governance
Sarah Miley
Principal Officer, Skills
Emma Kinsella
Principal Officer, FET Strategy and Reform
Sally Cao
Principal Officer, Apprenticeship Policy
Eimear Ellis
Principal Officer, FET Pathways

Assistant Secretary, Research, Innovation and EU/International

William Beausang
Assistant Secretary, Research and Innvovation Division

Direct Reports

Dervila Twamley
Principal Officer, ESF, EGF
Joseph Moore
Counsellor - EU Presidency (Brussels)
David Keating
Principal Officer, Research Policy Programmes
Ian McKenna
Principal Officer, International Division
Trudy Duffy
Principal Officer, Research Policy, Funding and Governance
Alex Dowdall
A/Principal Officer - Research Innovation and Tertiary Education (ERITE)
Fiona Mongan
A/Principal Officer - EU Presidency and Tertiary Education Unit

Assistant Secretary, Capital

Paul Lemass
Assistant Secretary, Corporate Services and Capital Division

Direct reports

Eamonn Dunican
Principal Officer, Capital Programmes
Alan O Callaghan
Principal Officer, Programme Development Governance and Evaluation
Ann Gorman
Principal Officer, Student Accommodation Unit
Julian Pringle
Technical Manager - Professional and Technical Unit
Eilish Bergin
Principal Officer, Climate Action and Capital Planning
Tanya Kenny
Director of Corporate Services, Corporate Services and Capital Division

Principal Officers reporting to Tanya Kenny

Rob O' Toole
Principal Officer, Human Resources/ Sectoral Pensions
Valerie Considine
Principal Officer, Finance Unit
Deirdre Watters
Principal Officer, Communications
Andrew Conlon
Principal Officer, External Staff Relations
Rowena Dwyer
Principal Officer, Data and Evaluation
Maev Nic Lochlainn
Principal Officer, Corporate and Sectoral Governance
Niamh Devine
Chief Operating Officer
Ivan Kelly
Principal Officer, ICT and Digital

Assistant Secretary, Government Science Advisor

Professor Aoife McLysaght
Assistant Secretary, Office of Government Science Advisor

Direct reports

Barry McGreal
Principal Officer, Office of Government Science Advisor

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