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Department of Social Protection - Who Does What


Secretary General

John McKeon
Secretary General of the Department of Social Protection

Deputy Secretary, Deputy Secretary's Office

Teresa Leonard
Deputy Secretary, Deputy Secretary General's Office

Direct reports

Niall Egan
Assistant Secretary, Jobseeker's and Employment Services
Geraldine Hurley
Assistant Secretary, Human Resources
Darren Murray
Assistant Secretary, Information Services
Donal Spellman
Acting Assistant Secretary, Pensions, Disability and Caring
Fiona Ward
Assistant Secretary, International
Rónán Hession
Assistant Secretary, Budget and Finance
Paula Lyons
Assistant Secretary, Service Development and SWA
Deirdre Shanley
Assistant Secretary, Operations Control
Warwick Thorn
Assistant Secretary, Centralised Operations
Mairín Haran
Assistant Secretary, Regions
Dr Devesh Singh
Chief Medical Officer, Medical Review and Assessment Section

Assistant Secretary, Budget and Finance

Rónán Hession
Assistant Secretary, Budget and Finance

Direct reports

Philomena McShane
Principal Officer, Financial Control
Saidhbhin Hardiman
Principal Officer, Estimates / EU Funding Compliance
Roshin Sen
Legislation/Planning Sec/ FOI/Minister’s Office
Michelle Reilly
Stats and Business Intelligence
John O’Toole
Social Welfare Policy / Social Inclusion
Ciaran Judge
Data Analytics Research & Development
Ronan Harney
Financial Management Shared Services

Assistant Secretary, Human Resources

Geraldine Hurley
Assistant Secretary, Human Resources

Direct reports

Christopher McCamley
Principal Officer, Learning and Development
Pat Delaney
Work Force Planning
Darren Malone
Personnel Officer (Principal), Performance
Conor Gallagher
Principal Officer, Legal Affairs
Frances Gaynor
Org Development and Design (ODD)

Assistant Secretary, Information Services

Darren Murray
Assistant Secretary, Information Services

Direct reports

Vincent Kennedy
Principal Officer, Enterprise Architecture
Yvonne Elder
CRS Modernisation and Reporting
Suzanne Ryan
Principal Officer, Digital Platforms
Brendan Cowan
Principal Officer, Cloud Implementation
Christine Gilligan
IT Operations, Governance and Business Modernisation
Sean Gaffney
Principal Officer, Service Delivery
Tim Sexton
IS Infrastructure & Operations
Ciaran Fagan
Information and Cyber Security Unit
Therese Bowden
Short Term Schemes

Acting Assistant Secretary, Pensions, Disability and Caring

Donal Spellman
Acting Assistant Secretary, Pensions, Disability and Caring

Direct reports

Colum Walsh
Principal Officer, Pensions including Auto-Enrolment
Mark Lee
Principal Officer, PRSI Policy/Actuarial Analysis
Dearbháil Nic Giolla Mhicíl
Principal Officer, Disability and Carers Policy
Disability Payments Policy incl IB and OIB

Assistant Secretary, International

Fiona Ward
Assistant Secretary, International

Direct reports

Kieran Lea
Principal Officer, International
Orlaith Mannion
EU
Anne Kearney
Principal Officer, Communications and Press Office (incl CIB)

Assistant Secretary, Jobseeker and Employment Services

Niall Egan
Assistant Secretary, Jobseeker's and Employment Services

Direct reports

Karen Kennedy
Principal Officer, Jobseekers / Lone Parents Policy
Jackie Harrington
Child Benefit and Family Care Payments (Mat/ Pat/Parental/DCA/Carers/TB)
Jessica Lawless
Labour Market and Employment Services Policy
Lorraine Danaher
Principal Officer, Employment Services Operations
Tony Kieran
Principal Officer, Employment Programmes
Tadgh O’Leary
Principal Officer, Employer Relations
Dave Keogh
Principal Officer, Contracted Public Employment Services (Incl BO)

Assistant Secretary, Service Development

Paula Lyons
Assistant Secretary, Service Development and SWA

Direct reports

Catherine Fitzpatrick
Principal Officer, Customer Services (incl Digital)
Simon Shevlin
Principal Officer, SWA/School Meals/HHB Policy
Niamh Kenny
Principal Officer, Facilities Management
Donal Spellman
Assistant Secretary, Pensions, Disability and Caring

Chief Appeals Officer (Principal)

Elaine Quinn
Chief Appeals Officer

Direct reports

Helen McDonald
Principal Officer, Social Welfare Appeals Office
Vacant
Principal Officer, Eastern Region
Michael Thompson

Assistant Secretary, Operations Control

Deirdre Shanley
Assistant Secretary, Operations Control

Direct reports

Annette Conroy
Principal Officer, Control Policy/Debt Management
Anne Marie Cassidy
Principal Officer, Client Identity Services (CIS)
Chris Kane
Principal Officer, Special Investigation Unit
Dave Dillon
Principal Officer, General Register Office Operations & Policy
Aine Maguire
Principal Officer, Scope Operations
Peter Scully
Principal Officer, Data Protection
Brian Williams
Principal Officer, Control Operations (incl PUP and ARP)

Assistant Secretary, Centralised Operations

Warwick Thorn
Assistant Secretary, Centralised Operations

Direct reports

Antoinette Ryan
Principal Officer, Carers/DCA
Daniel Morrogh
Principal Officer, R&I /Illness Benefit (incl MRAS)
Nora Durcan
State Pensions
Des Henry
Bereaved Partner's/Guardians/HHB/BTSCFA/Fuel & Free Travel
Sarah Waters
Principal Officer for Child Benefit, Treatment Benefit, Working Family Payment, Maternity Benefit and CES
Catherine Connellan
Principal Officer, DA / IP

Assistant Secretary, Regions

Mairín Haran
Assistant Secretary, Regions

Direct reports

Sinéad Goodwin
Eastern Region
Regina Higgins
Principal Officer, West/Midlands Region
Marguerite O'Flaherty
Principal Officer, Northern Region
Lynsey McCarthy
Principal Officer, Southern Region
Jim Lynch/ Venita McCarthy
NPT/NICC
Noel Hand
Principal Officer, Community Welfare Service
Anne Marie Coonan
Principal Officer, Intreo Management Support

Chief Medical Officer, Medical Review and Assessment

Dr Devesh Singh
Chief Medical Officer, Medical Review and Assessment Section

Direct reports

Teck Tai
Deputy Chief Medical Officer, Medical Review and Assessment

Head of Internal Audit (Principal)

Liam Daly
Principal Officer, Head of Internal Audit

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