Diarmuid O'Leary

Diarmuid O'Leary has responsibility at Head of Business Unit level for certain policy development initiatives, including reducing the barriers to participation and promoting gender balance and diversity in local government. The unit is also responsible for supporting effective governance arrangements in local authorities, including matters such as engagement with representative associations of elected members; the role and conditions of elected members, including their remuneration, associated training requirements and safe participation in public life; the implementation of the local government code of governance; ethics provisions in the local government sector; guidelines for Strategic Policy Committees (SPCs) and corporate plans; and compliance with the Charter of Local Self-Government. Submissions to the Minister under the Protected Disclosures Act 2014 from the local government sector also fall within the unit’s remit.