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


Secretary General

Brendan Gleeson
Brendan Gleeson
Secretary General

Assistant Secretary, Seafood & Marine

Sinead McSherry
Sinead McSherry
Assistant Secretary, Seafood and Marine

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Noel Clancy
Noel Clancy
Principal Officer Marine Engineering
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Carol Forrest
Principal Officer, Sea Fisheries Policy and Management
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Anna O'Sullivan
Principal Officer Sea Fisheries Administration Division
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Suzanne Brennan
Principal Officer Marine Programmes Division
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Brian Batt
Principal Officer Aquaculture and Foreshore Management

Chief Veterinary Officer, One Health, One Welfare

Dr June Fanning
Dr June Fanning
Chief Veterinary Officer

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James Choiseul
James Choiseul
Director
Michael Sheahan
Michael Sheahan
Director of Operations

Direct reports

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Tony Devlin
Senior Superintendent Veterinary Inspector, One Health One Welfare Operations North East
Jarlath O Connor
Jarlath O Connor
Senior Superintendent Veterinary Inspector, One Health One Welfare Operations North West
Eilish O Brien
Eilish O Brien
Senior Superintending Veterinary Inspector, One Health One Welfare Operations South West
Dr. Paul Corkery
Dr. Paul Corkery
Senior Superintending Veterinary Inspector, One Health One Welfare Operations South East
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Gerard Murray
Senior Superintending Veterinary Inspector, Import Controls Operations
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Lorna Meaney
Senior Superintending Veterinary Inspector, Veterinary Export certification and International Trade
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Caroline Garvan
Senior Superintendent Veterinary Inspector, Veterinary Medicines, AMR, ABPs & TSEs (VMAAT)
Conor O Mahony
Conor O Mahony
Principal Officer, ERAD Division and Veterinary Medicines
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Damien Barrett
Senior Superintending Veterinary Inspector, Ruminant Animal Health
Eoin Ryan
Eoin Ryan
Senior Superintending Veterinary Inspector, National Disease Control Centre, Surveillance and Import Controls
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Avril Hobson
Senior Superintending Veterinary Inspector, Veterinary Public Health, Pig and Poultry Health Policy
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Síle Bennett
Principal Officer, Milk and Meat Hygiene and Animal By-Products
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Stephen Fitzpatrick
Principal Officer, Business Systems Co-Ordination and Development
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Frances MacAodhain
Principal Officer, Animal Identification and Movement (AIM)
Mary McCarthy
Mary McCarthy
Principal Officer, Animal Health and Import Policy

Chief Inspector, Environment

Bill Callanan
Bill Callanan
Chief Inspector, Agriculture

Direct reports

Louise Byrne
Louise Byrne
Deputy Chief Inspector Food and Feed Safety, Crop Policy and Plant Health Division
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AnneMarie Dillon
Senior Inspector Pesticides Control
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Deirdre Fay
Senior Inspector Plant Health & Horticulture
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Barry O Reilly
Senior Inspector Crop Policy, Evaluation and Certification
Aidan Moody
Aidan Moody
Senior Inspector Pesticides Registration Division
Sheila Nolan
Principal Officer Feedstuffs, Fertilisers, Grain and Poultry Division
Tom Keating
Tom Keating
Senior Inspector Integrated Controls Division
Ted Massey
Senior Inspector Nitrates and Biodiversity Division
Karl Walsh
Karl Walsh
Senior Inspector Research, Food and Codex Coordination

Chief Financial Officer, Governance

Gordon Conroy
Gordon Conroy
Chief Financial Officer

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Caroline Ball
Principal Officer: Horse and Greyhound Racing, Teagasc
Rebecca Chapman
Rebecca Chapman
Principal Officer Finance Division and Central Procurement Development
Colm McKiernan
Colm McKiernan
Principal Officer Accounts
Tim Drea
Tim Drea
Senior Inspector, Internal Audit Group
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Lynda O’Regan
Principal Officer Agriculture Appeals

Assistant Secretary, Direct Payments Division

Fran Morrin
Fran Morrin
Assistant Secretary, Direct Payments Division

Direct reports

David Buckley
Principal Officer Direct Payments Division
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Thomas Harty
Principal Land Eligibility and Audits
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Michael Moloney
Senior Inspector, Direct Payment Integrated Controls
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James Maher
Principal Officer CAP Entitlements and Financial Controls

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

Paul Savage
Paul Savage
Assistant Secretary, Rural Development

Direct reports

Barry Delany
Barry Delany
Director of Forestry Plant Health and Horticulture
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Fergus Moore
Senior Inspector Forest Sector Development
Seamus Dunne
Senior Inspector Forest Service Inspectorate
Patricia Kelly
Patricia Kelly
Principal Officer Forestry Service
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John Muldowney
Principal Officer Agricultural Environment and Structures
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Josephine Brennan
Principal Officer Agri-Environment & On Farm Investment
Michelle Kearney
Principal Officer, Locally Led
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Jack Nolan
Senior Inspector Organics, Market Supports and Locally Led

Assistant Secretary General, HR and Corporate Affairs

Denise M Kennedy
Denise Kennedy
Head of HR and Corporate Affairs

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Noel Collins
Kevin Galligan
Kevin Galligan
Principal Officer, Corporate Affairs
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John Kinsella
Principal Officer, Legal Services Division
Meg Laffan
Meg Laffan
Principal Officer, Head of Communications
Maria McGrath
Principal Officer, Services, Health and Safety, Management Services
Padraig McMahon
Principal Officer, Human Resources Division
Tom Medlycott
Senior Inspector, Human Resources People Support and Development

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

Louise McKeever
Louise McKeever
Chief Information Officer and Head of Operations

Direct reports

Claire Nolan
Claire Nolan
Principal Officer, Head of Information Security
Catherine Dempsey
Catherine Dempsey
Principal Officer, Head of the Data Management & Analytics Division
Sean Murphy
Sean Murphy
Principal Officer, Animal, Finance, Fisheries and Food Safety (AFFF) IMT Division
Niciola Roche
Nicola Roche
Principal Officer, IMT Schemes, Land and Digital Services
Gareth Sheerin
Gareth Sheerin
Principal Officer, IMT Service Delivery

Assistant Secretary, Agri-Food Sectoral Policy and Strategy Development

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

Direct reports

Sean Bell
Chief Economist, Economics and Planning
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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
Eoin O Brien
Senior Inspector, Dairy Controls and Certification
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Angela Robinson
Principal Officer, Food Industry Development

Head of Laboratories, One Health

Rob Doyle
Rob Doyle
Head of Legislation, One Health

Direct reports

Mícheál Casey
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
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Richard O Hanlon
Senior Inspector, Plant Science
Máire McElroy
Máire McElroy
Superintending Senior Research Officer, Bacteriology and Parasitology
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John Moriarty
Superintending Senior Research Officer, Pathology Division
Ronan O Neill
Ronan O Neill
Superintending Senior Research Officer, Virology

Assistant Secretary General, EU/UK and International Affairs

Sinead McPhillips
Sinead McPhillips
Assistant Secretary General, EU/UK and International Affairs

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Mary Carey
Principal Officer, UK and International Trade
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Sean Connolly
Principal Officer, London Embassy
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Martin Crowley
Principal Officer, Permanent Representation Brussels
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Damien Flynn
Principal Officer, Permanent Representation Brussels
Edwina Love
Principal Officer, EU/Rural Development Programme Division
Corina Roe
Corina Roe
Principal Officer, CAP Strategic Plan Division