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Secretary General: Michael Scanlan Appointed: April 2005 Private Secretary: Rachael O’Donoghue Contact details for Secretary General’s office: Tel: 01 6354361 Previous positions: Michael Scanlan joined the civil service as an executive officer in 1973. He spent most of his career in the former Department of the Public Service and in the Department of Finance. He was an assistant secretary from 2000 to 2005 with responsibility for overall public expenditure policy, expenditure aspects of the Sustaining Progress social partnership agreement and the Government’s decentralisation programme. Previously, he was secretary to the “Gleeson” and “Buckley” review bodies on public sector remuneration. Education: Templeogue College, Dublin.
(ii) Special Delivery Unit - Chief Operating Officer: Tony O’Brien - Principal Officer: Simonetta Ryan - Assistant Principal: Kieran Smith
(iii) Office for Disability, Mental Health Established in January 2008, this office is responsible for the development of national policy surrounding mental health issues and the provision of services to people with disabilities. It will focus on supporting implementation of the health sectoral plan under the Disability Act and driving implementation of the recommendations in A Vision for Change and Reach Out. The office will also monitor and evaluate the implementation of the multi annual investment programme (€900m from 2006 to 2009) for people with a disability. The structure of the office is: • • - -
Departmental Divisions
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(i) Acute Hospitals, Cancer Services and Associated Services Division
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The core functions of this division are to monitor, evaluate and report on delivery of acute hospital services by HSE/NHO nationally, including issues in relation to accident and emergency, contaminated blood products, and cancer strategy. The structure of the division is • Assistant Secretary: Dr. Fergal Lynch • Acute Hospitals - Principal Officer: Charles Hardy - Assistant Principals: Gregory Canning; Caroline Kelly; Ross Hattaway • Cancer and Blood Policy - Principal Officer: Mary Jackson - Assistant Principals: Patsy Carr; Maeve O’Brien • Private Health Insurance - Principal Officer: Dermot Ryan - Assistant Principals: Grainne Duffy; Eddie O’Reilly; Roisin Cahillane
Director: Bairbre NicAongusa Disability Principal Officer: Colm Desmond Assistant Principals: Brian Dowling; Harry Harris;; Gabrielle Jacob; Ann McGrane; Gerry Steadman Mental Health Principal Officer: Luke Mulligan Assistant Principals: Sandra Walsh; Joan Regan; Gerry Steadman Disability Appeals Office Disability Appeals Officer: Teresa Dykes Assistant Principal: Eileen Duffy
(iv) Finance, Performance Evaluation, Information, EU/ International, Research and Resource Allocation, External/ Internal ICT The structure of this division is • Assistant Secretary: Vacancy • Finance 1 - Principal Officers: David Smith - Assistant Principals: Fiona Prendergast; Helen Minogue; Tony O’Reilly - Professional Accountant: Eunan Watters • External/Internal ICT - Principal Officer: Kevin Conlon - Assistant Principal: John Wright • Information - Senior Statistician: Hugh Magee - Assistant Principal: Aidan Clancy - Statistician: Alan Cahill; Kevin Keady
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