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Department of Education - Who Does What

Ó: An Roinn Oideachais
Foilsithe: 15 Meitheamh 2023
An t-eolas is déanaí: 11 Aibreán 2025

Secretary General
Head of Internal Audit (Principal)
Assistant Secretary, Special Education, NEPS and Redress
Assistant Secretary, Workforce
Assistant Secretary, Communications, Evidence, Strategy and Policy
Assistant Secretary for Schools, Students and Social Inclusion
Assistant Secretary, Corporate Services
Assistant Secretary, Planning and Building Unit
Assistant Secretary, Curriculum and Assessment
Assistant Secretary, Major Operations
Assistant Secretary, Chief Information Officer
Chief Inspector, Education

Secretary General

Bernie McNally

Bernie McNally

Secretary General of the Department of Education

Head of Internal Audit (Principal)

Fearghal Fennell

Principal Officer, Internal and EU Audit

Assistant Secretary, Special Education, NEPS and Redress

Martina Mannion

Martina Mannion

Assistant Secretary, Special Education, NEPS and Redress

Direct reports

Brendan Doody

Assistant Chief Inspector - Special Education Policy

Frank Hanlon

Special Education Operations, Governance and Litigation

Martin McLoughlin

Special Education, Forward Planning and Special Schools

Anne Tansey

Director - NEPS (National Educational Psychological Service)

Yvonne Kennedy

Regional Director, National Educational Psychological Service

Ellen Guerin

Regional Director - NEPS, National Educational Psychological Service

Brenda Lynch

Acting Regional Director – NEPS, National Educational Psychological Service

Bridget Egan

Acting Regional Director – NEPS, National Educational Psychological Service

Theresa Tierney

Acting Regional Director – NEPS, National Educational Psychological Service

Sharon Eustace

Regional Director - NEPS, National Educational Psychological Service

Rita Sexton

Principal Officer, National Educational Psychological Service

Christine O Sullivan

Regional Director - NEPS, National Educational Psychological Service

Deirdre McHugh

Regional Director - NEPS, National Educational Psychological Service

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Paula Long

Regional Director - NEPS, National Educational Psychological Service

Angela Corcoran

Special Education SNA Workforce Development Unit

Brian Power

Principal Officer, Residential Institutions Redress Unit

Assistant Secretary, Workforce

Aoife Conduit

Aoife Conduit

Assistant Secretary for Workforce

Direct reports

James Walsh

Principal Officer, Teachers and SNAs, Terms and Conditions

Seamus Keating

Principal Officer, Teacher Supply

Claire O’ Sullivan

Principal Officer, HR Operations

Cathy Gibson

Principal Officer, HR Strategy and Organisation Development

Noreen Finnegan

Principal Officer, Initial Teacher Education and Teaching Council

Assistant Secretary, Communications, Evidence, Strategy and Policy

Tomás Ó Ruairc

Tomás Ó Ruairc

Assistant Secretary for Communications, Evidence, Strategy and Policy

Direct reports

Annmarie Quinn

Annmarie Quinn

Principal Officer, Strategy and Development

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Paul Alexander

Senior Statistician: Seconded to the Department of Education

Clare McNally

Principal Officer, Communications and Stakeholder Engagement

Patrick McCarthy

Principal Officer, Central Policy/Legal Services

Lisa Nic Dhoinnléibhe

Principal Officer, Gaeilge - Irish Medium and Gaeltacht Education

Pádraig Mac Fhlannchadha

Pádraig Mac Fhlannchadha

Assistant Chief Inspector Level for Gaeilge – English medium.

Shirley Kearney

Shirley Kearney

Principal Officer, School Transport Section

Barbara Mulhall

Principal Officer(Acting) , School Transport Section

Cliodhna O Neill

Cliodhna O'Neill

Assistant Secretary for Schools, Students and Social Inclusion

Direct reports

Grainne Egan

Principal Officer, Social Inclusion Unit

Judith Lyons

Judith Lyons

Principal Officer, Parents and Learners Unit

Tom Deegan

Tom Deegan

Principal Officer, Schools Financial and Database

Grainne Cullen

Grainne Cullen

Principal Officer, Social Inclusion Unit

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Teresa McNeill

Principal Officer, ETB Financial/Administrative Personnel

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Paraic Joyce

Principal Officer, Teacher Allocations and School Governance Policy Unit

Mary Cregg

Joanne Tobin

Principal Officer, Parental Complaints/Child Protection

Assistant Secretary, Corporate Services

Gavan O'Leary

Gavan O'Leary

Assistant Secretary for Corporate Services

Direct reports

Kevin Colman

Principal Officer, Finance – Operations and Development

Mags Campbell

Principal Officer, Corporate Services

Tom Whelan

Principal Officer, Finance – Estimates and Strategy

Tara Carton

Tara Carton

Principal Officer, Data Governance and Strategy

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Vincent Landers

Principal Officer, International and North/South Co-Operation

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Vacancy

Principal Officer, Corporate Programme Office

Ronan Crummy

Principal Officer, Governance and Risk

Clare Butler

Principal Officer, Programme Manager

Assistant Secretary, Planning and Building Unit

Hubert Loftus Assistant Secretary Department of Education

Hubert Loftus

Assistant Secretary for Planning and Building

Direct reports

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Emma Leonard

Director, Planning and Building Unit

Aine Cusack

Principal Officer, Strategic Capacity Planning

John Dolan

Technical Manager, Climate Action Unit

Valerie Kirwan

Finance, Co-ordination and Programme Management

Jason McCabe

Principal Officer, Schools Remediation, Retrofit and Refurbishment

Cathal McDonagh

Principal Officer, Devolved Projects Section

Stefan Mathews

Technical Manager, Programme Coordination and Delivery Support

Mark Kelly

Mark Kelly

Technical Manager, Accommodation Needs Assessment and Modular Delivery

Murty Hanly

Acting Principal Officer, Forward Planning and Site Acquisitions

Brian Alcock

Principal Officer, Major Projects (Design and Construction)

Dermot Brown

Principal Officer, Reconfiguration and School Property Management

David Skene

Programme Manager, Procurement and Central Supports

Alen O’Farrell

Technical Manager, Digital Strategy and Projects

Assistant Secretary, Curriculum and Assessment

Assistant Secretary Dalton Tattan

Dalton Tattan

Assistant Secretary for Curriculum, Assessment and Teacher Professional Learning

Direct reports

Jill Fannin

Principal Officer, Teacher Professional Learning and Early Years

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Mark Bohan

Principal Officer, Curriculum and Assessment Unit

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Laura Watts

Principal Officer, Curriculum and Assessment Unit

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Neville Kenny

Principal Officer, Curriculum and Assessment Unit

Celeste O' Callaghan

Principal Officer, Curriculum and Assessment Unit

Christina Kelly

Christina Kelly

Teacher Education Policy (Digital)

Assistant Secretary, Major Operations

Martin Clohessy

Assistant Secretary, Major Operations

Direct reports

Michael Donoghue

Principal Officer, Schools Employee Payroll

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Caroline Galvin

Principal Officer, Pensions Unit

Sinead Keenaghan

Sinead Keenaghan

Principal Officer, Teacher Payroll

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Principal Officer, Education Shared Business Services (ESBS) Finance Shared Services

Micheál Lenihan

Principal Officer, ESBS Payroll Shared Services

Assistant Secretary, Chief Information Officer

Anne-Marie Sherkle

Assistant Secretary, Chief Information Officer

Direct reports

Frank Guckian

Frank Guckian

Principal Officer, IT Unit

Anthony Hamilton

Anthony Hamilton

Principal Officer, Public Service Reform Programme Office - Shared Services

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Vacant

Principal Officer, Programme Management Office

Chief Inspector, Education

Yvonne Keating

Yvonne Keating

Chief Inspector

Direct reports

Gary Ó Donnchadha

Gary Ó Donnchadha

Orlaith O' Connor

Orlaith O' Connor

Treasa Kirk

Treasa Kirk

Declan Cahalane

Declan Cahalane

Ger Power

Ger Power

Martin Lally

Martin Lally

Maresa Duignan

Maresa Duignan

Jason Kelly

Jason Kelly

Brian MacGiollaPhadraig

Brian MacGiollaPhadraig

Martin Whyte

Martin Whyte

Suzanne Conneely

Suzanne Conneely

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Esther Doyle