Assistant Secretary Corporate Affairs and Central Policy Coordination

The Corporate Affairs function provides leadership on strategic planning and good governance. We ensure that the department has sufficient capacity to deliver on business objectives, and that our people are supported to deliver their best in the public interest. The Assistant Secretary General is responsible for a range of functions including Finance (with a budget of almost €4 billion available to the department in 2025), Human Resources, Corporate Services, Agency Governance, Communications, Legal support, Risk and Reform.

A key aspect of this work is the delivery of organisational and cultural change in line with Civil Service and Public Service reform agendas. The HR and Leadership Award in 2024 for the best Public Sector HR initiative and the HR Champion Award for best Change Management programme in any sector in 2023 were awarded to the Department of Transport, providing external validation of our approaches as we continuously improve.