Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Management Chart
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Senior Staff
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Division
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| Secretary General | Robert Watt | |
| Assistant Secretary | Deirdre Hanlon | Expenditure Policy Evaluation & Management |
| Assistant Secretary | John O’Connell | Health, Pension Policy and EU/NI |
| Assistant Secretary | David Moloney | Labour Market & Enterprise Policy |
| Assistant Secretary | Michael Errity | Remuneration & Industrial Relations |
| Assistant Secretary | Tim Duggan | CMOD & eGovernment |
| Assistant Secretary | Paul Reid | Public Service Reform and Delivery |
| Assistant Secretary | William Beausang | Government Reform Unit |
| Director | Patricia Coleman | Civil Service Human Resource |
| Head of Strategic HR | Shirley Comerford | Human Resources |
| Chief Medical Officer | Dr Thomas O’Connell |
Expenditure Policy Evaluation & Management Division
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Senior Staff
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Responsibilities
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| Deirdre Hanlon
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This division deals with civil service numbers policy; administrative budgets; national procurement policy; construction procurement policy; lottery licence, capital expenditure/PPPs; expenditure evaluation; and manages various Votes (Arts, Heritage & Gaeltacht; Environment; Foreign Affairs; Justice; OPW; Taoiseach’s Group of Votes). |
Health, Pension Policy and EU/NI Division
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Senior Staff
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Responsibilities
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| John O’Connell
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This division deals with health policy, public sector pension policy and issues relating to the EU and Northern Ireland such as EU Structural Funds and North/South Programme policy. This Section is also responsible for the ERDF Audit Authority and Internal Audit Unit The Internal Audit Unit provides a shared internal audit service to the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform and the Department of Finance. |
Labour Market & Enterprise Policy Division
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Senior Staff
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Responsibilities
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| David Moloney
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This division manages various Votes (Agriculture, Communications, Energy & Natural Resources; Children & Youth Affairs; Defence; Health; Jobs, Enterprise & Innovation; Social Protection; Transport, Tourism & Sport); and also deals with Education Policy, Climate Change, Commercial Semi-State Bodies, New Era State Assets and Government Accounting. |
Remuneration & Industrial Relations Division
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Senior Staff
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Responsibilities
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| Michael Errity
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This division deals with pay policy and industrial relations in the public service including remuneration in non-commercial state agencies, CEOs of commercial state companies, education sector, Defence and EU officials; C&A Scheme – civil service & garda; board fees; travel & subsistence policy; Croke Park implementation body secretariat; training – civil service, Gaeleagras, language training centre. |
CMOD & eGovernment Division
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Senior Staff
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Responsibilities
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| Tim Duggan
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This division deals with eGovernment and the application of information technology including ICT infrastructure policies & services, ICT Vote Control and IT systems development |
Public Service Reform and Delivery Division
Senior StaffResponsibilities
| Paul Reid
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This division is responsible for driving overall Public Service Reform. It reports on the integrated plans for all departments and major offices. It drives a whole set of cross cutting reforms agreed by Government, It also has specific responsibilities for business consulting; organisational review programme; baselining public service reform & delivery programme office; cabinet committee and sub-structures; communications; and shared services policy. |
Government Reform Unit
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Senior Staff
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Responsibilities
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| William Beausang
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This unit is responsible for the Government reform agenda including legislation and policy relating to: Regulation of Lobbyists; Protected Disclosures (i.e. “Whistleblowing”); Freedom of Information; Ethics; Civil Service Accountability; and the Statute Law Revision Project. |
Civil Service Human Resources Directorate
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Senior Staff
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Responsibilities
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| Patricia Coleman
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This directorate is responsible for the development and implementation of HR policies in the civil service including workforce planning encompassing the workforce planning framework and policies on recruitment; promotion; mobility; secondment, redeployment and decentralisation. The Directorate is also responsible for performance management including policy on induction; probation; PMDS and underperformance. It also deals with the Senior Public Service, policy on equality and diversity; the establishment of the Civil Service HR Shared Service. |
Human Resources Division
| Head of Strategic HR
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Responsibilities |
| Shirley Comerford | The Human Resources Strategic Unit and Corporate Support Unit were established to develop and implement a HR strategy and support the effective running of the Department. Specific functions for the HR Unit include workforce planning, employee relations and performance. While the Corporate Support Unit’s primary focus is on the provision of quality support to the Department’s Management Board the unit is responsible for a range of issues including management and administration of Freedom of Information for the Department, Risk Management & Compliance, (e.g., Ethics, PSMA, Audit), Corporate PQs for the Department, Business Planning co-ordination, including Statement of Strategy and Quality Customer Service. |
Chief Medical Officer
| Dr Tom O’Connell
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