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Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine - Who Does What

From: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Published on: 14 June 2023
Last updated on: 9 April 2025

Secretary General
Assistant Secretary, Seafood & Marine
Chief Veterinary Officer, One Health, One Welfare
Chief Inspector, Environment
Chief Financial Officer, Governance
Assistant Secretary, Direct Payments Division
Assistant Secretary, Agri-Environment, On-Farm Investment and Market Supports
Assistant Secretary General, HR and Corporate Affairs
Chief Information Officer and Head of Operations, Information Management and Technology
Assistant Secretary, Agri-Food Sectoral Policy and Strategy Development
Head of Laboratories, One Health
Assistant Secretary General, EU/UK and International Affairs

Secretary General

Brendan Gleeson

Secretary General

Assistant Secretary, Seafood & Marine

Sinead McSherry

Assistant Secretary, Seafood and Marine

Direct reports

Noel Clancy

Principal Officer Marine Engineering

Carol Forrest

Principal Officer, Sea Fisheries Policy and Management

Anna O'Sullivan

Principal Officer Sea Fisheries Administration Division

Suzanne Brennan

Principal Officer Marine Programmes Division

Brian Batt

Principal Officer Aquaculture and Foreshore Management

Chief Veterinary Officer, One Health, One Welfare

Dr June Fanning

Chief Veterinary Officer

Direct reports

James Choiseul

Director

Michael Sheahan

Director of Operations

Direct reports

Tony Devlin

Senior Superintendent Veterinary Inspector, One Health One Welfare Operations North East

Jarlath O Connor

Senior Superintendent Veterinary Inspector, One Health One Welfare Operations North West

Eilish O Brien

Senior Superintending Veterinary Inspector, One Health One Welfare Operations South West

Dr. Paul Corkery

Senior Superintending Veterinary Inspector, One Health One Welfare Operations South East

Gerard Murray

Senior Superintending Veterinary Inspector, Import Controls Operations

Lorna Meaney

Senior Superintending Veterinary Inspector, Veterinary Export certification and International Trade

Caroline Garvan

Senior Superintendent Veterinary Inspector, Veterinary Medicines, AMR, ABPs & TSEs (VMAAT)

Conor O Mahony

Principal Officer, ERAD Division and Veterinary Medicines

Damien Barrett

Senior Superintending Veterinary Inspector, Ruminant Animal Health

Eoin Ryan

Senior Superintending Veterinary Inspector, National Disease Control Centre, Surveillance and Import Controls

Avril Hobson

Senior Superintending Veterinary Inspector, Veterinary Public Health, Pig and Poultry Health Policy

Síle Bennett

Principal Officer, Milk and Meat Hygiene and Animal By-Products

Stephen Fitzpatrick

Principal Officer, Business Systems Co-Ordination and Development

Frances MacAodhain

Principal Officer, Animal Identification and Movement (AIM)

Mary McCarthy

Principal Officer, Animal Health and Import Policy

Chief Inspector, Environment

Bill Callanan

Chief Inspector, Agriculture

Direct reports

Louise Byrne

Deputy Chief Inspector Food and Feed Safety, Crop Policy and Plant Health Division

AnneMarie Dillon

Senior Inspector Pesticides Control

Deirdre Fay

Senior Inspector Plant Health & Horticulture

Barry O Reilly

Senior Inspector Crop Policy, Evaluation and Certification

Aidan Moody

Senior Inspector Pesticides Registration Division

Sheila Nolan

Principal Officer Feedstuffs, Fertilisers, Grain and Poultry Division

Tom Keating

Senior Inspector Integrated Controls Division

Ted Massey

Senior Inspector Nitrates and Biodiversity Division

Karl Walsh

Senior Inspector Research, Food and Codex Coordination

Chief Financial Officer, Governance

Gordon Conroy

Chief Financial Officer

Direct reports

Caroline Ball

Principal Officer: Horse and Greyhound Racing, Teagasc

Rebecca Chapman

Principal Officer Finance Division and Central Procurement Development

Colm McKiernan

Principal Officer Accounts

Tim Drea

Senior Inspector, Internal Audit Group

Lynda O’Regan

Principal Officer Agriculture Appeals

Assistant Secretary, Direct Payments Division

Fran Morrin

Assistant Secretary, Direct Payments Division

Direct reports

David Buckley

Principal Officer Direct Payments Division

Thomas Harty

Principal Land Eligibility and Audits

Michael Moloney

Senior Inspector, Direct Payment Integrated Controls

James Maher

Principal Officer CAP Entitlements and Financial Controls

Assistant Secretary, Agri-Environment, On-Farm Investment and Market Supports

Paul Savage

Assistant Secretary, Rural Development

Direct reports

Barry Delany

Director of Forestry Plant Health and Horticulture

Fergus Moore

Senior Inspector Forest Sector Development

Seamus Dunne

Senior Inspector Forest Service Inspectorate

Robert Mooney

Principal Officer Forestry Service

John Muldowney

Principal Officer Agricultural Environment and Structures

Josephine Brennan

Principal Officer Agri-Environment & On Farm Investment

Michelle Kearney

Principal Officer, Locally Led

Jack Nolan

Senior Inspector Organics, Market Supports and Locally Led

Assistant Secretary General, HR and Corporate Affairs

Denise Kennedy

Head of HR and Corporate Affairs

Direct reports

Noel Collins

Kevin Galligan

Principal Officer, Corporate Affairs

John Kinsella

Principal Officer, Legal Services Division

Meg Laffan

Principal Officer, Head of Communications

Maria McGrath

Principal Officer, Services, Health and Safety, Management Services

Padraig McMahon

Tom Medlycott

Senior Inspector, Human Resources People Support and Development

Chief Information Officer and Head of Operations, Information Management and Technology

Louise McKeever

Chief Information Officer and Head of Operations

Direct reports

Claire Nolan

Principal Officer, Head of Information Security

Catherine Dempsey

Principal Officer, Head of the Data Management & Analytics Division

Sean Murphy

Principal Officer, Animal, Finance, Fisheries and Food Safety (AFFF) IMT Division

Nicola Roche

Principal Officer, IMT Schemes, Land and Digital Services

Gareth Sheerin

Principal Officer, IMT Service Delivery

Assistant Secretary, Agri-Food Sectoral Policy and Strategy Development

Maria Dunne

Assistant Secretary General for Agri-Food, Sectoral Policy and Strategy Development

Direct reports

Sean Bell

Chief Economist, Economics and Planning

David Butler

Principal Officer, Sustainable Food Systems

Ultan Waldron

Principal Officer, Meat and Milk Policy

Niamh Lenehan

Principal Officer, Unfair Trading Practices Enforcement Authority

Eoin O Brien

Senior Inspector, Dairy Controls and Certification

Angela Robinson

Principal Officer, Food Industry Development

Head of Laboratories, One Health

Rob Doyle

Head of Legislation, One Health

Direct reports

Mícheál Casey

Superintending Senior Research Officer, Regional Veterinary Labs and Blood Testing Labs

Jim Garvey

Senior Inspector, Food Chemistry

Montserrat Gutierrez

Superintending Senior Research Officer, Food Microbiology

Richard O Hanlon

Senior Inspector, Plant Science

Máire McElroy

Superintending Senior Research Officer, Bacteriology and Parasitology

John Moriarty

Superintending Senior Research Officer, Pathology Division

Ronan O Neill

Superintending Senior Research Officer, Virology

Assistant Secretary General, EU/UK and International Affairs

Sinead McPhillips

Assistant Secretary General, EU/UK and International Affairs

Direct reports

Mary Carey

Principal Officer, UK and International Trade

Sean Connolly

Principal Officer, London Embassy

Martin Crowley

Principal Officer, Permanent Representation Brussels

Damien Flynn

Principal Officer, Permanent Representation Brussels

Edwina Love

Principal Officer, EU/Rural Development Programme Division

Corina Roe

Principal Officer, CAP Strategic Plan Division