Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 3 October 2023
274. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform to provide, in tabular form, a list of Secretaries General; their relevant Departments; the date they were appointed to their current position and, where applicable, granted a three-year extension; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42554/23]
View answerThe table below reflects the dates of appointment by Government of Secretaries General in Government Departments.
|
Department |
Name |
Date of appointment as Secretary General |
Extension |
|
Agriculture, Food and the Marine |
Brendan Gleeson |
02-Oct-18 |
n/a |
|
Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth |
Kevin McCarthy |
19-Dec-17 |
Appointed to D/CEDIY from January 2022 until December 2027 |
|
Defence |
Jacqui McCrum |
24-Aug-20 |
n/a |
|
Education |
Bernadette McNally |
20-Feb-22 |
n/a |
|
Enterprise, Trade & Employment |
Declan Hughes |
01-Jun-23 |
n/a |
|
Environment, Climate and Communications |
Oonagh Buckley |
02-Sep-23 |
n/a |
|
Finance |
John Hogan |
08-Jun-21 |
n/a |
|
Foreign Affairs |
Joseph Hackett |
01-Sep-21 |
n/a |
|
Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science |
Colm O’Reardon |
09-Sep-23 |
n/a |
|
Health |
Robert Watt |
26-Apr-11 |
Term extended by 3 years in April 2018. Appointed to D/Health in April 2021 for a 5 year term |
|
Housing, Local Government & Heritage |
Graham Doyle |
01-Nov-15 |
Appointed to D/HLGH in July 2020 for 7 year term |
|
Justice |
Oonagh McPhillips |
09-Sep-20 |
n/a |
|
Public Expenditure NDP Delivery and Reform |
David Moloney |
24-Aug-21 |
n/a |
|
Rural and Community Development |
Mary Hurley |
15-Mar-22 |
n/a |
|
Social Protection |
John McKeon |
23-Jul-17 |
n/a |
|
Taoiseach / Secretary General to the Government |
John Callinan |
03-May-22 |
n/a |
|
Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media |
Katherine Licken |
20-Jan-17 |
n/a |
|
Transport |
Ken Spratt |
15-Dec-20 |
n/a |
