Public Affairs Ireland
This division deals with overall budgetary policy; economic policy and forecasting; taxation policy; coordination of EU policy; servicing ECOFIN, Eurogroup and their committees; the EU Budget and future EU financing; drawdown of EU Structural and Cohesion Funds; the establishment of the Strategic Framework for the 2007-2013 funding round; North/South cooperation; servicing EU and OECD committees on budgetary and economic co-operation; Ireland’s membership of international financial institutions (IMF, World Bank, EIB and other multilateral development banks); superannuation policy in the public service and co-ordination of pension matters within the department; debt management policy and related statistics; financial management and government accounting policy; co-ordination and implementation of the Management Information Framework; and accounting, payroll, banking and financial services for various departments and offices. • Second Secretary General: Jim O’Brien - Assistant Secretaries: Michael J.McGrath • Economic analysis: - Principal Officer: John McCarthy • Fiscal policy and tax forecasting: - Principal Officer: John Palmer • EU Advisory Unit: - Principal Officer: Nicholas O’Brien • IFI’s: - Principal Officer: Niamh Campbell • External Programme Compliance Unit: - Principal Officer: Fergal O’Brolchain - EU and Internal Unit Principal Officer; Tony Gallagher - Assistant principals: Joe Kirwan; Marie Mackle; Pat McColgan; Caren Mulcahy; Ailish O’Connell; Paul Shannon; Loretta O’Sullivan; Alan Mahon; Eamann Phelan; Patrick Quill; Marianne Nolan; Ronan Hickey; Gerald Angley • Finance Unit and Corporate Services: • Director: Paul Ryan • Accounts and PMGs: • Principal Officer: Jimmy McMeel • Finance Unit: - Principal Officer: Vacant • Human Resources - Principal Officer: Niall O’Ceallaigh - Assistant principals: Mary Moran; Siobhan Errity; Mary Bergin; Dermot Clynes, Paul Fleming, Marie Roone
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Second Secretary General; John Moran Assistant Secretaries/ Specialists: Nial Ryan; Michael Torpey; Banking Stability Principal Officers; Scott Rankin, Deirdre McGrant, Fred Cooper Business Credit, BOI, Recapitalisation Principal Officer: John Hogan Assistant Principals: Brian Fee, Brendan Fox, John Fitzpatrick, Alan Zambra, Karen Cullen
Office of Public Works Office of Public Works Head Office, Jonathan Swift Street, Trim, Co. Meath. Tel: 046 9426000 (LoCall: 1890 213 414) Fax: 046 9481793 Email: info@opw.ie Website: www.opw.ie Minister of State at the Department of Finance: Brian Hayes Minister’s Office, Office of Public Works, Trim, Co. Meath. Tel: 046 9426408 Fax: 046 9438450 Email: ministersoffice@opw.ie Chairman of the Commissioners of Public Works: Clare McGrath Commissioners: John McMahon; John Sydenham Director of Architectural Services - State Architect and Principle Architect, OPW: Pat Cooney Director of the National Public Procurement Service: Vincent Campbell Director of Engineering Services: John A. Smyth Director of Corporate Services: Eilís O’Connell The main focal points of OPW activity are flood risk management, procurement services, heritage services and property services, inclusive of architectural, engineering, project management, property maintenance and property management services. It also delivers conference and event management
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Department of Finance
(ii) Budget & Economic Division