Committee Membership 2022/23
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Standing Committees
Chair: Elaine Given
Solicitor members:
None
Lay members:
Chair: Dan Murphy
Ultan Courtney
Chris Rowland
Lay members (reserve panel):
None
Secretary: Eamonn Maguire
Chair: Maura Derivan
Members:
Mark Garrett
Barry MacCarthy
Eamon Harrington
Rosemarie Loftus
Michelle Ní Longáin
Liam Kennedy SC
Secretary: Mark Garrett
Chair: Richard Hammond SC
Senior Vice-Chair: James Murphy
Vice-Chair: Brendan Cunningham
Members:
Justine Carty
Alison Egan
Barbara Galvin
Áine Hynes SC
Fiona McNulty
Gerard O’Connell
Ex Officio:
Maura Derivan
Barry MacCarthy
Rosemarie Loftus
Consultants:
Colm Costello
John O’Connor
Michael V O’Mahony
Michael Peart
Valerie Peart
Geoffrey Shannon SC
Brendan Twomey
Prof Irene Lynch Fannon
Secretary: Colette Reid
Chair: Paul Keane
Vice-Chair: Rosemarie Loftus
Members:
Chris Callan
Garry Clarke
Paul Egan SC
Richard Hammond SC
Eamon Harrington
Julie Herlihy
Liam Kennedy SC
Morette Kinsella
Eugene McCague
Barry MacCarthy
Sonia McEntee
Michelle Ní Longáin
Michele O’Boyle SC
Austin Slattery
Brendan Twomey
Ex Officio:
Maura Derivan
Barry MacCarthy
Rosemarie Loftus
Secretary: Gillian Cregan
Chair: Dara Robinson SC
Vice-Chair: Brian McMullin
Members:
Frank Bowen
Chris Callan
Garry Clarke
Niall Connors
Deborah Crowley
Frank Mee
James Murphy
Juli Rea
Paula Reid
Secretary: Tina Beattie
Chair: Bill Holohan SC
Vice-Chair: Sonia McEntee
Members:
Niall Connors
Derek Gately
Maria Lakes
Nuala McAnally
Lorna McAuliffe
Shane Neville
Louise O’Reilly
Lorraine Rowland
Adrian Shanley
Grace Toher
Brendan Twomey
Lay member:
Jim O’Mahoney
Consultant:
David Curran
Secretary: Sorcha Hayes
Chair: Garry Clarke
Vice-chairs:
David Higgins
Áine Hynes SC
Terry Leggett
Shane McCarthy
Katherine McMahon
Members:
Gerard Carroll
Barbara Ceillier
Helen Coughlan
Deborah Crowley
Anne-Marie Dermody
Joan Doran
Leonora Doyle
Theresa Ham
Anne Horgan
Siún Hurley
David Lavelle
Sonya Lanigan
Aidan Leahy
Mary McAveety
Kate McKenna
Patrick McNeice
James Murphy
Tony O’Sullivan
Noeleen Redmond
Eamonn Shannon
Marcin Szulc
James Ward
Lay members:
Frank Bowen
Richard George
Deirdre Kiely
Frank Mee
Secretary: Niall Connors
Deputy Secretary: Tina Beattie
Non-Standing Committees
Chair: Eamonn Conlon SC
Vice-Chair: Liam Guidera
Members:
Michael Carrigan
Joan Doran
Deirdre Hennessy
Bill Holohan SC
Alison Kelleher
Karen Killoran
Helen Kilroy
James Kinch
Brian McMullin
Hannah Shaw
Keith Walsh SC
Secretary: John Lunney
Chair: Maire Cunningham
Vice-Chair: Eleanor Daly
Members:
Philip Andrews SC
Cillian Balfe
Joy Compton
Niamh Counihan
Philip Daly
Michael Hanley
Patricia Heavey
Daniel Holohan
Suzanne Kearney
Neil Keenan
Justin McKenna
Seán Nolan
Fiona O’Connell
Gavin O’Flaherty
John Olden
Morgan Pierse
Alvin Price
Eamonn Shannon
Lorcan Tiernan
Paul White
Secretary: Freda Grealy
Chair: Michael Walsh
Vice-Chair: Eleanor McKiernan
Members:
Suzanne Bainton
Mark Barr
Joan Byrne
Mairead
Cashman
Tom Davy
Kenneth Egan
Majella Egan
Deirdre Fox
Joyce Good Hammond
Damien Jordan
Ann Marie Keane
Geraldine Kelly
Keith McConnell
Sonia McEntee
Niamh Mahon
Peter O’Dea
Dermot O’Dwyer
Tony O’Sullivan
Patrick Sweetman
Joseph Thomas
Elaine Whelan
Consultants:
Sandra Murphy
Rory O’Donnell
Secretary: Deborah Leonard
Chair: John O’Doherty
Vice-Chair: Fergus Mullen
Members:
Yvonne Bambury
Amanda Connolly
Aoife Corridan
Carina Davidson
Jonathan Dunphy
Alan Gannon
Kate Harnett
Helena Kiely
Aidan Leahy
Shane McCarthy
Margaret McEvilly
Joan O’Brien
Michael O’Connor
Emer O’Sullivan
Richard Young
Secretary: Patricia Harvey
Chair: Susan Martin
Vice-Chair: Emma Crowley
Members:
Mark Brewer
Colm Costello
Ruth Craig
Mairéad Duncan-Jones
Elaine Hall
Bill Holohan SC
T P Kennedy
Alice Murphy
Gemma Neylon
Rory O’Boyle
Keavy Ryan
Bernadette Smith
Nicola White
Secretary: Aisling Byrne
Chair: Barry Walsh
Vice-Chair: Siobhra Rush
Members:
Susan Battye
Geraldine Carr
Maura Connolly
Áine Curran
Michael Doyle
Wendy Doyle
Liam Dunne
Donal Hamilton
Joanne Hyde
Janice Kavanagh
Karen Killalea
Ciara McLoughlin
Deirdre Malone
Peter Murphy
Rhona Murphy
Ronnie Neville
Louise O’Byrne
Anne O’Connell
Catherine O’Flynn
Breda O’Malley
Jennifer O’Neill
Jane O’Sullivan
Barry Reynolds
Emily Sexton
Secretary: Geraldine Rafferty
Chair: Rachel Minch SC
Vice-Chair: Conor Linehan SC
Members:
Eoin Brady
Danielle Conaghan
Brendan Curran
Andrew Jackson
Nap Keeling
Zoe Richardson
Nicole Ridge
Fergal Ruane
Gabriel Toolan
Secretary: Clare Tarpey
Chair: Ross McMahon
Vice-Chair: Richard Kelly
Members:
Hilkka Becker
Martin Cooney
Duncan Grehan
Brendan Hayes
Niamh Hodnett
Anthony Joyce
T P Kennedy
Cormac Little SC
Alan McCarthy
Michele O’Boyle SC
Maureen O’Neill
Barry Sheehan
Secretary: Megan Murphy Byrne
(with responsibility also for civil legal aid)
Chair: Peter Doyle
Vice-Chair: Siún Hurley
Members:
Ailbhe Burke
Eamonn Carroll
Helen Coughlan
Brendan Dillon
Elizaveta Donnery
Lorna Duffy
Catherine Ghent
Liz Healy
Annette Hickey
Sinéad Kearney SC
Denise Kirwan
Josepha Madigan
Gareth Noble
Michele O’Boyle SC
Jennifer O’Brien SC
Orlagh Sharkey
Geoffrey Shannon SC
Annette Sheehan
Emily Sherlock
Keith Walsh SC
Canice Walsh
Consultants:
Rosemary Horgan
Joan O’Mahony
Secretary: Judith Tedders
Chair: Aisling Meehan
Vice-Chair: Ken Casey Members:
Michael Barrett
Aoife Byrne
James Cahill
Justine Carty
Mairéad Cashman
Helen Coughlan
Niall Geaney
Michael Kealey
Teri Kelly
Paul Lavery
Sonia McEntee
Heather Murphy
Andrew Sheridan
Secretary: Mark McDermott
(with responsibility also for guidance on practice management)
Chair: Robert Baker
Senior Vice-Chair: Cian Moriarty
Junior Vice-Chair: Catherine MacGinley
Members:
Justine Carty
Niall Cawley
Gus Cullen
Kieran Cummins
Conor Dalton
Sean Durcan
Bill Holohan SC
Wesley Hudson
Niamh Kelly
Sharon McElligott
Susan Martin
Michael Moran
Jennifer O’Sullivan
Ann-Marie Ryan
Madeleine Thornton
Consultant: Brendan Dillon
Secretary: Eamonn Maguire
Chair: Gary Lee
Vice-Chair: Stephen Kirwan
Members:
Grainne Brophy
Stephen Collins
Orla Crowe
Kieran Cummins
Gary Daly
Áine Flynn
Diego Gallagher
Patricia Hynes
Lebeau Jonker
Barbara Joyce
Marie Kinsella
Sinéad Lucey
Shane McCarthy
Sandra Moloney
Clare Naughton
Mary O’Donoghue
Ashimedua Okonkwo
Thomas Reilly
Cristina Stamatescu
Rose Wall
Secretary: Nadia Quinn Sciascia
Chair: Caroline Dee-Brown
Vice-Chair: Alison Bradshaw
Members:
Michael Barrett
Sarah Jane Clifford
Jeanette Codd McDonagh
Ciara Daly
Aisling Fitzgerald
Jennifer Harnett O’Connor
Yvonne Keating
Gary Lee
Ronan Lennon
Roisin Magee
Áine McCarthy
Deirdre McDermott
Laura McGovern
Kate McKenna
Margaret Maguire
Aideen Neylon
Gemma Neylon
Jennifer O’Sullivan
Thomas Reilly
Evelyn Savage
Tara Smith
Gráinne Whelan
Peter White
Tara Woulfe
Secretary: Louise Campbell
Chair: Paul Lavery
Vice-Chair: Laura Scott
Members:
Mary Bleahene
John Cahir
Simon Carty
Maureen Daly
Ann Henry
James Hickey
Catherine Keane
Gerard Kelly
Deirdre Kilroy
Patricia McGovern
David McMunn
Leo Moore
Elaine Morrissey
Olivia Mullooly
Aoife Murphy
Fiona O’Beirne
Alistair Payne
Barry Scannell
Consultant: Tara MacMahon
Secretary: Katherine Kane
Chairs:
Deirdre Fox
Richard Hammond SC
Members:
Eleanor Daly
Brendan Donnelly
Paul Egan SC
William Greensmyth
T P Kennedy
Kevin Lavin
Conor MacGuill
Sonia McEntee
Carol Plunkett
Paula Reid
Brendan Twomey
Network manager and secretary: Anne Tuite
Chair: Joseph O’Malley
Vice-Chair: Ann McGarry
Members:
Lisa Carty
Shane Coyle
Maeve Delargy
Fiona Duffy
Áine Hynes SC
Barry Kelleher
Graham Kenny
Sonya Lanigan
Martina Larkin
Aidan Leahy
Conor MacGuill
Rowena McCormack
Karen McDonnell
Brian McMullin
Susan Martin
Emma Meagher Neville
Conor Minogue
Sonia Morrissy Murphy
Michele O’Boyle SC
Jack O’Brien
Gerald O’Flynn
Colette Reid
Julie Sadlier
Marcin Szulc
Damien Tansey SC
Aisling Woods
Consultants:
Liam Kennedy SC
Stuart Gilhooly SC
Secretary: Sara Van den Bergh
Chair: Anne Stephenson
Vice-Chair: Catherine Bourke
Members:
Gareth Bourke
Gwen Bowen
Elaine Byrne
Georgina Drum
Richard Hammond SC
Maurice Joy
Aileen Keogan
Morette Kinsella
Maria Lakes
Ita Lyster
Tom Martyn
Veronica Neville
Mary Nolan
Ciara O’Callaghan
Tracey O’Donnell
Michael P Quinlan
Gemma Stack
Margaret Walsh
Canice Walsh
Secretary: Padraic Courtney
Chair: Sonia McEntee
Senior Vice-Chair: Susan Webster
Junior Vice-Chair: Robert Baker
Members:
Elaine Byrne
James Cahill
Joan Doran
Michael Kealey
Teri Kelly
Chris Murnane
Michael Quinlan
Secretary: Miriam Taber
Chair: Andrew Quinn
Vice-Chair: Maura Dineen
Members:
Deirdre Barnicle
Matthew Broadstock
Niamh Caffrey
John Cuddigan
Caroline Devlin
Aidan Fahy
Ruth Higgins
Donal Kennedy
David Lawless
Patricia McCarvill
Sonya Manzor
Tom Martyn
Ruairi Mulrean
Tracey O’Donnell
James Somerville
Secretary: Rachael Hession
Chair: Peter McKenna
Vice-Chair: Tanya Moeller
Members:
Jane Bourke
Neil Butler
Elizabeth Fitzgerald
Avril Flannery
John Furlong
Jim Heney
Brian Horkan
Eamonn Keenan
Jeanne Kelly
Nicola Kiely
Daniel Lucey
Kate McKenna
Labhaoise Ní Fhaoláin
Greg Ryan
Reamonn Smith
Secretary: Derek Owens
Chair: Fiona McNulty
Senior Vice-Chair: Maeve Delargy
Junior Vice-Chair: Gregory Benson
Members:
Gillian Blanche
Máille Brady Bates
Tarisai May Chidawanyika
Brendan Hayes
Frank McNamara
Sarah McNulty
Lisa Maloney
Michael Quinlan
Hannah Shaw
Luke Staines
Aisling Woods
Observer:
Current auditor of SADSI – proposed Gavan McLoughlin
Secretary: Siobhán Masterson
Society Working Groups And Task Forces
Chair: Cormac Little SC
Members:
Brian Bohan
David Brangam
Chris Callan
Paul Keane
James MacGuill SC
Paraic Madigan
John Olden
Paula Reid
Secretary: Emma-Jane Williams
Chair: Tim Bouchier-Hayes
Vice-Chair: Paul Egan SC
Members:
Gillian Cregan
Norman Craig
Joan Doran
Patrick Dorgan
Padraic Halligan
Keith Walsh SC
Barry MacCarthy
Eamon Harrington
Rosemarie Loftus
Secretary: Glen Newman
Chair: Eamonn Keenan
Vice-Chair: Neil Butler Members:
Gabriel Brennan
Patrick Dorgan
Majella Egan
Deirdre Fox
Morette Kinsella
Sonia McEntee
Clodagh O’Hagan
Martina Ward-Clancy
Secretary: Liam Barrett
Chair: Áine Hynes SC
Vice-Chair: Joan Doran
Members:
Chris Callan
Helen Coughlan
Padraic Courtney
Maria Dillon
Olive Doyle
Mark Felton
Richard Hammond SC
Patricia Hickey
Katharine Kelleher
Morette Kinsella
Shane McCarthy
Michele O’Boyle SC
Anne Stephenson
Gabriel Toolan
Keith Walsh SC
Margaret Walsh
Secretary: Cian Monahan
Chair: Sonia McEntee
Vice-Chair: David Higgins
Members:
James Cahill
Helen Coughlan
Richard Hammond SC
Morette Kinsella
Shane McCarthy
Brendan Twomey
Keith Walsh SC
Secretary: Justin Purcell
Steering Groups
Chair: Maura Derivan
Members:
Michelle Ní Longáin
Barry MacCarthy
Eamon Harrington
Rosemarie Loftus
Liam Kennedy SC
Mark Garrett
Direction Advisory Committee Chair: Barry MacCarthy
Alignment Advisory Committee Chair: Eamon Harrington
Commitment Advisory Committee Chair: Rosemarie Loftus
Chair: Patrick Mullins
Vice-Chair: Valerie Peart
Members:
Chris Callan
Laurie Grace
Richard Hammond SC
Teri Kelly
T P Kennedy
Brian McMullin
Michelle Nolan
Secretary: Deirdre Nugent
Chair: Michael Quinlan
Members:
Robert Baker
Joan Doran
Siún Hurley
Teri Kelly
T P Kennedy
Morette Kinsella
Michelle Ní Longáin
Shane McCarthy
Fiona McNulty
Antoinette Moriarty
Tony O’Sullivan
Valerie Peart
Peter White
Secretary: Julie Breen
Chair: Maura Derivan
Vice-Chair: David Higgins Members:
Barry MacCarthy
Eamon Harrington
Rosemarie Loftus
Michelle Ní Longáin
Liam Kennedy SC
Mark Garrett
Ken Dalling
Bride Rosney
Secretary: Angela Flanagan
