Appointment to the Speech and Language Therapists Registration Board - 20 February 2024

The Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly has appointed/ reappointed the following as members of the Speech and Language Therapists Registration Board.

Avril is a qualified Solicitor with 22 years’ litigation experience in the Legal Aid Board. She represented Clients in all areas of Civil Law in all Court levels. During that time, she served on many Committees and Working Groups in the Legal Aid Board both as Chair and Ordinary Member. Avril has 10 years' Board experience as a director of a subsidiary of Lloyds Banking Group where she was actively involved in setting the Corporate Governance agenda and minimising risk.

Avril previously worked as a Senior Executive in Banking and was the Lead Project Manager on number of complex projects which she brought to successful conclusions. Presently, she is practicing as a Certified Mediator and Facilitator.

Avril has a Post Graduate Diploma in Judicial Skills from the Law Society and a Post Graduate Diploma in Quasi-Judicial Decision Making with the Kings Inns. She serves on a number of Committees in regulatory bodies and has appointments with the Medical Council Registration & Continuing Practice Committee, and the Monitoring Committee. She has been appointed to the Preliminary Proceedings Committee and Appeals Board Committee in CORU. She also has been appointed to the Quality Assurance Review Board for Accountants and Insolvency Practitioners in the Institute of Chartered Accountants.

Ms Sheridan is reappointed with effect from 14 February 2024 to 13 February 2028.

Collette Tully has held the position of Executive Director for the National Office of Clinical Audit (NOCA) since 2016. Prior to this, Collette was the Operations Manager for the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI), working on a programme of work in the Middle East. Collette worked for over 20 years as an accountant and management consultant, where she was responsible for change programmes across multiple sectors including banking, health insurance and the public sector in Ireland, Australia and the UK.

Ms Tully is appointed following a PAS process and is with effect from 14 February 2024 to 13 February 2028. This appointment is with the consent of the Minister for Enterprise, Trade, and Employment.