MAC Minutes 2021
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Present: Martin Fraser, John Callinan, John Shaw, Elizabeth Canavan, Helen Blake, Andrew Munro, Dermot Woods, Aingeal O’Donoghue, Denis Breen, Stephanie Harris.
MAC discussed a number of issues, including:
MAC also discussed a number of staffing issues, including:
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Stephanie Harris, Personnel Officer
Present: Martin Fraser, John Callinan, John Shaw, Elizabeth Canavan, Helen Blake, Andrew Munro, Dermot Woods, Aingeal O’Donoghue, Denis Breen, Stephanie Harris.
MAC discussed a number of issues, including:
MAC also discussed a number of staffing issues, including:
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Stephanie Harris, Personnel Officer
Present: Martin Fraser, John Callinan, John Shaw, Elizabeth Canavan, Helen Blake, Andrew Munro, Dermot Woods, Aingeal O’Donoghue, Denis Breen, Stephanie Harris.
MAC discussed a number of issues, including:
MAC also discussed a number of staffing issues, including:
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Stephanie Harris, Personnel Officer
Present: Martin Fraser, John Callinan, John Shaw, Elizabeth Canavan, Helen Blake, Andrew Munro, Dermot Woods, Aingeal O’Donoghue, Denis Breen, Stephanie Harris.
MAC discussed a number of issues, including:
MAC also discussed a number of staffing issues, including:
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Stephanie Harris, Personnel Officer
Present: Martin Fraser, John Callinan, John Shaw, Elizabeth Canavan, Helen Blake, Andrew Munro, Dermot Woods, Aingeal O’Donoghue, Denis Breen, Stephanie Harris.
MAC discussed a number of issues, including:
MAC also discussed a number of staffing issues, including:
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Stephanie Harris, Personnel Officer
Present: Martin Fraser, John Callinan, John Shaw, Elizabeth Canavan, Helen Blake, Dermot Woods, Aingeal O’Donoghue, Denis Breen, Stephanie Harris.
Apologies: Andrew Munro
MAC discussed a number of issues, including:
MAC also discussed a number of staffing issues, including:
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Stephanie Harris, Personnel Officer
Present: Martin Fraser, John Callinan, John Shaw, Elizabeth Canavan, Helen Blake, Andrew Munro, Dermot Woods, Aingeal O’Donoghue, Denis Breen, Stephanie Harris.
Also in attendance: Ciara Reynolds
Ciara Reynolds, Finance Officer, made a presentation to MAC on the impact of COVID-19 on the Department’s control environment.
MAC discussed a number of issues, including:
MAC also discussed a number of staffing issues, including:
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Stephanie Harris, Personnel Officer
Present: Martin Fraser, John Callinan, John Shaw, Elizabeth Canavan, Helen Blake, Andrew Munro, Dermot Woods, Aingeal O’Donoghue, Denis Breen, Stephanie Harris.
MAC discussed a number of issues, including:
MAC also discussed a number of staffing issues, including:
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Stephanie Harris, Personnel Officer
Present: Martin Fraser, John Callinan, John Shaw, Elizabeth Canavan, Helen Blake, Andrew Munro, Dermot Woods, Aingeal O’Donoghue, Denis Breen, Stephanie Harris.
MAC discussed a number of issues, including:
MAC also discussed a number of staffing issues, including:
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Stephanie Harris, Personnel Officer
Present: Martin Fraser, John Callinan, John Shaw, Elizabeth Canavan, Helen Blake, Andrew Munro, Dermot Woods, Aingeal O’Donoghue, Denis Breen, Stephanie Harris.
MAC discussed a number of issues, including:
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Stephanie Harris, Personnel Officer
Present: Martin Fraser, John Callinan, John Shaw, Elizabeth Canavan, Helen Blake, Andrew Munro, Dermot Woods, Aingeal O’Donoghue, Denis Breen, Stephanie Harris.
MAC discussed a number of issues, including:
MAC also discussed a number of staffing issues, including:
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Stephanie Harris, Personnel Officer
Present: Martin Fraser, John Callinan, John Shaw, Elizabeth Canavan, Helen Blake, Andrew Munro, Dermot Woods, Aingeal O’Donoghue, Denis Breen, Stephanie Harris.
MAC discussed a number of issues, including:
MAC also discussed a number of staffing issues, including:
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Stephanie Harris, Personnel Officer
Present: Martin Fraser, John Callinan, John Shaw, Elizabeth Canavan, Helen Blake, Andrew Munro, Dermot Woods, Aingeal O’Donoghue, Denis Breen, Stephanie Harris.
MAC discussed a number of issues, including:
MAC also discussed a number of staffing issues, including:
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Stephanie Harris, Personnel Officer
Present: Martin Fraser, John Callinan, John Shaw, Elizabeth Canavan, Helen Blake, Andrew Munro, Dermot Woods, Aingeal O’Donoghue, Denis Breen, Stephanie Harris.
MAC discussed a number of issues, including:
MAC also discussed a number of staffing issues, including:
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Stephanie Harris, Personnel Officer
Present: Martin Fraser, John Callinan, John Shaw, Elizabeth Canavan, Helen Blake, Andrew Munro, Dermot Woods, Denis Breen, Stephanie Harris.
Apologies: Aingeal O’Donoghue
MAC discussed a number of issues, including:
MAC also discussed a number of staffing issues, including:
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Stephanie Harris, Personnel Officer
Present: Martin Fraser, John Callinan, John Shaw, Elizabeth Canavan, Helen Blake, Andrew Munro, Dermot Woods, Aingeal O’Donoghue, Denis Breen, Stephanie Harris.
MAC discussed a number of issues, including:
MAC also discussed a number of staffing issues, including:
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Stephanie Harris, Personnel Officer
Present: Martin Fraser, John Callinan, John Shaw, Elizabeth Canavan, Helen Blake, Andrew Munro, Dermot Woods, Denis Breen, Stephanie Harris.
Apologies: Aingeal O’Donoghue
MAC discussed a number of issues, including:
MAC also discussed a number of staffing issues, including:
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Stephanie Harris, Personnel Officer
Present: Martin Fraser, John Callinan, Aingeal O’Donoghue, John Shaw, Elizabeth Canavan, Helen Blake, Andrew Munro, Dermot Woods, Denis Breen.
Apologies: Stephanie Harris.
MAC discussed a number of issues, including:
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Denis Breen, Head of Corporate Affairs
Present: Martin Fraser, John Callinan, Aingeal O’Donoghue, John Shaw, Elizabeth Canavan, Helen Blake, Andrew Munro, Dermot Woods, Denis Breen.
Apologies: Stephanie Harris.
MAC discussed a number of issues, including:
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Denis Breen, Head of Corporate Affairs
Present: Martin Fraser, John Callinan, John Shaw, Elizabeth Canavan, Helen Blake, Dermot Woods, Aingeal O’Donoghue, Denis Breen, Stephanie Harris.
MAC discussed a number of issues, including:
MAC also discussed a number of staffing issues, including:
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Stephanie Harris, Personnel Officer
Present: Martin Fraser, John Shaw, Elizabeth Canavan, Helen Blake, Dermot Woods, Aingeal O’Donoghue, Denis Breen, Stephanie Harris.
Apologies: John Callinan
MAC discussed a number of issues, including:
MAC also discussed a number of staffing issues, including:
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Stephanie Harris, Personnel Officer
Present: Martin Fraser, John Callinan, John Shaw, Elizabeth Canavan, Helen Blake, Dermot Woods, Aingeal O’Donoghue, Denis Breen, Stephanie Harris.
MAC discussed a number of issues, including:
MAC also discussed a number of staffing issues, including:
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Stephanie Harris, Personnel Officer
Present: Martin Fraser, John Callinan, John Shaw, Elizabeth Canavan, Helen Blake, Dermot Woods, Aingeal O’Donoghue, Denis Breen.
MAC discussed a number of issues, including:
MAC also discussed a number of staffing issues, including:
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Denis Breen, Head of Corporate Affairs
Present: Martin Fraser, John Callinan, John Shaw, Helen Blake, Dermot Woods, Aingeal O’Donoghue, Denis Breen, Stephanie Harris.
Apologies: Elizabeth Canavan
MAC discussed a number of issues, including:
MAC also noted the following:
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Stephanie Harris, Personnel Officer
Present: Martin Fraser, John Callinan, John Shaw, Elizabeth Canavan, Helen Blake, Dermot Woods, Aingeal O’Donoghue, Denis Breen, Stephanie Harris.
MAC discussed a number of issues, including:
MAC also discussed a number of staffing issues and noted the following:
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Stephanie Harris, Personnel Officer
Present: Martin Fraser, John Callinan, John Shaw, Elizabeth Canavan, Dermot Woods, Aingeal O’Donoghue, Denis Breen, Stephanie Harris.
Apologies: Helen Blake
MAC discussed a number of issues, including:
MAC also discussed a number of staffing issues and noted the following:
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Stephanie Harris, Personnel Officer
Present: Martin Fraser, John Callinan, John Shaw, Elizabeth Canavan, Helen Blake, Dermot Woods, Aingeal O’Donoghue, Stephanie Harris.
Apologies: Denis Breen
MAC discussed a number of issues, including:
MAC also discussed a number of staffing issues including:
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Stephanie Harris, Personnel Officer
Present: Martin Fraser, John Callinan, John Shaw, Elizabeth Canavan, Helen Blake, Dermot Woods, Aingeal O’Donoghue, Denis Breen, Stephanie Harris.
MAC discussed a number of issues, including:
• Economic Matters, including updates on Climate Action, the National Development Plan (NDP) and Budget 2022;
• Update on the whole-of-Government response to COVID-19;
• Northern Ireland, including an update from the Taoiseach’s visit to Belfast last week;
• Brexit matters;
• Update on the Taoiseach’s attendance at informal European Council and Western Balkans Summit in Slovenia last week; and
• The Department’s 2022 Estimate provision.
MAC also discussed a number of staffing issues including:
• Update on the phased return of Departmental staff to the workplace; and
• Plans for staff engagement over the coming months on a number of interrelated Strategic HR policies and programmes.
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Stephanie Harris, Personnel Officer
Present: Martin Fraser, John Callinan, John Shaw, Helen Blake, Dermot Woods, Denis Breen, Stephanie Harris.
Apologies: Elizabeth Canavan, Aingeal O’Donoghue.
MAC discussed a number of issues, including:
• Update on the whole-of-Government response to COVID-19;
• Preparations for a meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Environment and Climate Change later today;
• Preparations for this week’s European Council meeting;
• Brexit matters;
• The Department’s end September 2021 Vote Position; and
• Meeting of the Departmental Council later today.
MAC also discussed a number of staffing issues, including:
• Update on the phased return of Departmental staff to the workplace; and
• Plans for staff engagement over the coming months on a number of interrelated Strategic HR policies and programmes beginning with staff consultation on the Civil Service Employee Engagement Survey 2020 Action Plan and the Department’s Health and Wellbeing Programme.
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Stephanie Harris, Personnel Officer
Present: Martin Fraser, Elizabeth Canavan, Aingeal O’Donoghue, John Shaw, Helen Blake, Dermot Woods, Denis Breen.
Apologies: John Callinan, Stephanie Harris.
MAC discussed a number of issues, including:
• Preparations for meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Environment and Climate Change today;
• Update on the Taoiseach’s attendance at the COP26 Climate Conference Summit;
• Economic matters including Housing and recent meeting of Labour Employer Economic Forum;
• Update on Brexit;
• Whole-of-Government response to COVID-19.
MAC also discussed a number of staffing issues, including:
• Killian McPhillips, promoted to Executive Officer (open panel), temporarily assigned to the Private Office;
• Secretary General VC meeting with staff planned for Wednesday 10 November at 11am.
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Denis Breen, Head of Corporate Affairs
Present: Martin Fraser, John Callinan, John Shaw, Elizabeth Canavan, Helen Blake, Dermot Woods, Aingeal O’Donoghue, Denis Breen, Stephanie Harris.
MAC discussed a number of issues, including:
• Update on the whole-of-Government response to COVID-19;
• Brexit Matters;
• Economic Matters, including Climate Action Plan 2021 which was launched last week; and
• Preparations for a meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Health later today.
MAC also discussed a number of staffing issues, including:
• Victoria Enright, 6-month Graduate Placement, temporarily assigned to Human Resources Unit; and
• Secretary General meeting with staff via videoconference on Wednesday 10th November at 11am.
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Stephanie Harris, Personnel Officer
Present: Martin Fraser, John Callinan, John Shaw, Elizabeth Canavan, Helen Blake, Dermot Woods, Aingeal O’Donoghue, Denis Breen, Stephanie Harris.
MAC discussed a number of issues, including:
• Brexit matters;
• Northern Ireland, including the Taoiseach’s attendance at Sunday’s Annual Remembrance Day ceremonies in Enniskillen and preparations for next week’s meeting of the British-Irish Council;
• Economic matters, including updates on Housing, Energy Supply issues and Inflation;
• Update on Climate Action;
• Preparations for a meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Housing later today;
• Update on the whole-of-Government response to COVID-19;
• Update from last week’s meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Health; and
• NESDO request for IT support.
MAC also discussed a number of staffing issues, including:
• Oisín Ward, new entrant Clerical Officer, assigned to the Office of the Government Chief Whip;
• Internal competition for Assistant Private Secretary to the Taoiseach to be advertised shortly; and
• Internal competition for promotion to Assistant Principal Officer to be advertised shortly.
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Stephanie Harris, Personnel Officer
Present: Martin Fraser, John Callinan, John Shaw, Elizabeth Canavan, Dermot Woods, Aingeal O’Donoghue, Denis Breen, Stephanie Harris.
Apologies: Helen Blake
MAC discussed a number of issues, including:
• Update on the whole-of-Government response to COVID-19;
• Brexit Matters;
• Economic Matters;
• The National Risk Assessment 2021-2022;
• The Department’s Corporate Procurement Plan 2021-2023; and
• The Department’s end October 2021 Vote Position.
MAC also discussed a number of staffing issues, including:
• Catherine Kelly, new entrant Clerical Officer, assigned to Social Policy and Public Service Reform Division;
• Darren Greene, Administrative Officer, assigned to Social Policy and Public Service Reform Division; and
• Given the public health measures currently in place, staff should continue to work from home unless necessary to attend the workplace.
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Stephanie Harris, Personnel Officer
Present: Martin Fraser, John Callinan, John Shaw, Elizabeth Canavan, Helen Blake, Aingeal O’Donoghue, Denis Breen, Stephanie Harris.
Apologies: Dermot Woods
MAC discussed a number of issues, including:
• Economic Matters, including preparations for meetings of the Cabinet Committee on Housing and the Cabinet Committee on Environment and Climate Change this week;
• Brexit Matters;
• Update on the whole-of-Government response to COVID-19;
• Shared Island Week of events, including the Shared Island Forum this Thursday which will be led by the Taoiseach;
• Preparations for a meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Health later this week;
• Update on the annual transfer of Departmental records to the National Archives; and
• Secretary General meeting with staff via videoconference on Wednesday 8th December 2021.
MAC also discussed a number of staffing issues, including:
• Given the public health measures currently in place, staff should continue to work from home unless necessary to attend the workplace.
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Stephanie Harris, Personnel Officer
Present: Martin Fraser, John Callinan, John Shaw, Elizabeth Canavan, Helen Blake, Dermot Woods, Aingeal O’Donoghue, Denis Breen, Stephanie Harris.
MAC discussed a number of issues, including:
• Update on the whole-of-Government response to COVID-19;
• Preparations for the forthcoming European Council meeting;
• Economic Matters, including preparations for a meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Economic Recovery and Investment later today;
• Brexit Matters;
• Update from the Shared Island Week with thanks to the staff for overseeing a successful week of events; and
• The significant work of staff to ensure the timely transfer of Anglo Irish records 1992-1998 to the National Archives under the amended National Archives Act 2018.
MAC also discussed a number of staffing issues, including:
• Geraldine Butler, Assistant Principal, returning from secondment, assigned to the Government Information Service; and
• Given the public health measures currently in place, staff should continue to work from home unless necessary to attend the workplace.
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Stephanie Harris, Personnel Officer
Present: Martin Fraser, John Callinan, John Shaw, Helen Blake, Dermot Woods, Aingeal O’Donoghue, Denis Breen, Stephanie Harris.
Apologies: Elizabeth Canavan
MAC discussed a number of issues, including:
• Update on the whole-of-Government response to COVID-19;
• Brexit Matters;
• Economic Matters; and
• The Department’s end November 2021 Vote Position.
MAC also discussed a number of staffing issues, including:
• Given the public health measures currently in place, staff should continue to work from home unless necessary to attend the workplace.
MAC also expressed appreciation to all staff for their hard work and dedication throughout the year.
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Stephanie Harris, Personnel Officer