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Department of Social Protection - Who Does What

From: Department of Social Protection
Published on: 5 May 2023
Last updated on: 24 October 2024

Secretary General
Deputy Secretary, Deputy Secretary's Office
Assistant Secretary, Corporate
Assistant Secretary, Human Resources
Assistant Secretary, Information Services
Assistant Secretary, Pensions
Assistant Secretary, Employment Services
Assistant Secretary, Working Age and Family Policy
Assistant Secretary, Service Development
Chief Appeals Officer (Principal)
Assistant Secretary, Operations Control
Assistant Secretary, Centralised Operations
Assistant Secretary, Regions
Chief Medical Officer, Medical Review and Assessment
Head of Internal Audit (Principal)

Secretary General

John McKeon

Secretary General of the Department of Social Protection

Deputy Secretary, Deputy Secretary's Office

Teresa Leonard

Deputy Secretary, Deputy Secretary General's Office

Direct reports

Niall Egan

Assistant Secretary, Corporate

Geraldine Hurley

Assistant Secretary, Human Resources

Darren Murray

Assistant Secretary, Information Services

Tim Duggan

Assistant Secretary, Pensions

Fiona Ward

Assistant Secretary General - Employment Services

Rónán Hession

Assistant Secretary, Working Age and Family Policy

Paula Lyons

Assistant Secretary, Service Development

Deirdre Shanley

Assistant Secretary, Operations Control

Ciarán Lawler

Assistant Secretary, Centralised Operations

Mairín Haran

Assistant Secretary, Regions

Dr Devesh Singh

Chief Medical Officer, Medical Review and Assessment Section

Assistant Secretary, Corporate

Niall Egan

Assistant Secretary, Corporate

Direct reports

Philomena McShane

Principal Officer, Financial Control

Alan Flynn

Principal Officer, Estimates / EU Funding Compliance

Orlaith Mannion

Principal Officer, Planning/Legislation/ FOI

Michelle Reilly

Stats and Business Intelligence

Vacant

Principal Officer, Ministers Office/MLO

Anne Kearney

Principal Officer, Communications and Press Office

John O’Toole

Labour Market Policy/Social Inclusion

Ciaran Judge

Data Analytics Research & Development

Assistant Secretary, Human Resources

Geraldine Hurley

Assistant Secretary, Human Resources

Direct reports

Christopher McCamley

Principal Officer, Staff Engagement and L&D

Pat Delaney

Work Force Planning

Darren Malone

Personnel Officer (Principal), Performance/ER

Brendan Foley

Principal Officer, Legal Affairs

Saidhbhin Hardiman

Principal Officer, HR Org Design Development

Peter Scully

Principal Officer, Data Protection

Kieran Lea

Principal Officer, EU International

Assistant Secretary, Information Services

Darren Murray

Assistant Secretary, Information Services

Direct reports

Vincent Kennedy

Principal Officer, Digital Platforms

Yvonne Elder

Principal Officer, Enterprise Architecture

Suzanne Ryan

CRS Modernisation & BOMI Project

Willie Whelan

Principal Officer, Cloud Implementation

Christine Gilligan

BOMI Modernisation & Project Office

Sean Gaffney

Principal Officer, Service Development

Stephen O'Neill

Principal Officer, Future App

Tim Sexton

IS Infrastructure & Operations

Ciaran Fagan

Info Security and Infrastructure

Assistant Secretary, Pensions

Tim Duggan

Assistant Secretary, Pensions

Direct reports

Clare Dowling

Principal Officer, Auto-Enrolment Programme

Donal Spellman

Principal Officer, Auto-Enrolment Programme

Colum Walsh

Principal Officer, Pensions/ HHB Policy

Mark Lee

Investment/ Actuarial Analysis

Assistant Secretary, Employment Services

Fiona Ward

Assistant Secretary General - Employment Services

Direct reports

Annette Conroy

Principal Officer, Employment Services Policy

Lorraine Danaher

Principal Officer, Employment Services Operations

Tony Kieran

Siobhan Lawlor

Principal Officer, Employer Relations

Tadgh O’Leary

Principal Officer, Contracted Public Employment Services (Incl BO)

Assistant Secretary, Working Age and Family Policy

Rónán Hession

Assistant Secretary, Working Age and Family Policy

Direct reports

Sarah Waters

Principal Officer, Disability and Carers Policy

Brian Duff

Principal Officer, PRSI/Strategic Policy

Jackie Harrington

Principal Officer, Jobseeker Policy

Dearbháil Nic Giolla Mhicíl

Principal Officer, Families and Children

Simon Shevlin

Principal Officer, SWA

Assistant Secretary, Service Development

Paula Lyons

Assistant Secretary, Service Development

Direct reports

Frances Gaynor

Principal Officer, Customer Contact Incl NICC

Catherine Fitzpatrick

Principal Officer, Digital Services

Karen Kennedy

Business Architect

Niamh Kenny

Principal Officer, Facilities Management

Chief Appeals Officer (Principal)

Elaine Quinn

Chief Appeals Officer

Direct reports

Anne Marie Doherty

Principal Officer, Social Welfare Appeals Office

Helen McDonald

Principal Officer, Social Welfare Appeals Office

Dave Keogh

Principal Officer, Decisions Advisory Office

Assistant Secretary, Operations Control

Deirdre Shanley

Assistant Secretary, Operations Control

Direct reports

Eugene Walsh

Principal Officer, Control Policy/ Debt Managment

Anne Marie Cassidy

Principal Officer, Client Identity Services (CIS)

Chris Kane

Principal Officer, Special Investigation Unit

Brendan Lawton

Principal Officer, Control Operations

Dave Dillon

Principal Officer, General Register Office Operations & Policy

Aine Maguire

Principal Officer, Scope Operations

Mary O Sullivan

Principal Officer, Control Projects

Assistant Secretary, Centralised Operations

Ciarán Lawler

Assistant Secretary, Centralised Operations

Direct reports

Ronan Harney

Principal Officer, DA / IP / R&I

Antoinette Ryan

Principal Officer, Carers/DCA

Daniel Morrogh

Principal Officer, IB (Incl MRAS)

Nora Durcan

Principal Officer, Contributory Pensions

Des Henry

Principal Officer, Supplementary Welfare Allowance Policy and Schemes

Niall Cullen

Principal Officer for Child Benefit, Treatment Benefit, Working Family Payment and Maternity Benefit

Assistant Secretary, Regions

Mairín Haran

Assistant Secretary, Regions

Direct reports

Michael Thompson

Principal Officer, Eastern Region

Regina Higgins

Principal Officer, West/Midlands Region

Marguerite O'Flaherty

Principal Officer, Northern Region

Elaine Harold

Principal Officer, Southern Region

Lisa Doyle/Jim Lynch

Principal Officer, National Processing Team

Noel Hand

Principal Officer, Community Welfare Service

Karen Keating

Principal Officer, Operations Support

Brian Williams

Intreo Services Development and Support

Chief Medical Officer, Medical Review and Assessment

Dr Devesh Singh

Chief Medical Officer, Medical Review and Assessment Section

Direct reports

Teck Tai

Deputy Chief Medical Officer, Medical Review and Assessment

Head of Internal Audit (Principal)

Liam Daly

Principal Officer, Head of Internal Audit (Acting)