Principal Officer, North-South Cooperation

Responsibility at Principal Officer level for monitoring governance arrangements in the Languages Body (incorporating Foras na Gaeilge and the Ulster Scots Agency) established following the Good Friday Agreement, for the delivery of funding packages agreed in tandem with the New Decade, New Approach agreement, for the Department's input in to the work of the British-Irish Council and for North South co-operation in the languages sector in general. Current role holder also heads up the Islands Division under a Service Level Agreement with the Department of Rural and Community Development.