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Department of the Taoiseach - Who Does What

From Department of the Taoiseach

Published on 15 June 2023

Last updated on 3 October 2023

1. Secretary General
2. Assistant Secretary, Britain and Northern Ireland and Shared Island Unit
3. Second Secretary General
4. Assistant Secretary, EU and International Division

5. Assistant Secretary, Economic Division
6. Assistant Secretary, Social Policy and Public Service Reform
7. Assistant Secretary, Corporate Services Division
8. Assistant Secretary, Government Secretariat

Secretary General

John Callinan

Secretary General of the Department of the Taoiseach

Assistant Secretary, Britain and Northern Ireland and Shared Island Unit

Émer Deane

Assistant Secretary, British and Northern Ireland Affairs Division

Direct Reports

Máire Flanagan

Principal Officer, British and Northern Ireland Division

Eoghan Duffy

Principal Officer, Shared Island Unit

Second Secretary General

Vacant

Second Secretary General, Second Secretary General

Assistant Secretary, EU and International Division

Helen Blake

Assistant Secretary for EU and International Division, Assistant Secretary for the EU and International Division

Direct reports

Cillian Doyle

Principal Officer, EU Policy and Institutions Unit

Ronan Gargan

Principal Officer, Europe Unit and International Unit

Assistant Secretary, Economic Division

John Shaw

Assistant Secretary for Economic Division

Direct reports

Fiona Bourke

Principal Officer, The Economic Development and Digital Unit

Nigel Clarke

Principal Officer, Economic Policy Unit

Eileen Hearne

Principal Officer, Housing, Infrastructure and Digital Unit

Conor Ó Raghallaigh

Principal Officer, Climate Action Unit

Assistant Secretary, Social Policy and Public Service Reform

Elizabeth Canavan

Assistant Secretary for Social Policy and Public Service Reform

Direct reports

Brenda Boylan

Principal Officer, Social Policy

Barry Vaughan

Principal Officer, Public Service, Justice and Policing Reform

Anna Visser

Principal Officer, Child Poverty and Wellbeing Programme Office

Martina Shaughnessy

Principal Officer, COVID-19 and Health

Assistant Secretary, Corporate Services Division

Mary Keenan

Assistant Secretary, Corporate Services Division

Direct reports

Denis Breen

Principal Officer, Corporate Affairs Division

Emily Whelton

Principal Officer, Protocol and Civic Policy

Vacancy

Principal Officer, Government Information Service

Assistant Secretary, Government Secretariat

Dermot Woods

Assistant Secretary for Government Secretariat and Parliamentary Liaison Unit

Direct reports

Padraig O'Conaill

Principal Officer, Internal Audit Unit, Principal Officer, Parliamentary Liaison Unit

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