Committee Membership 2023/24
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Standing Committees
Chair: Elaine Given
Solicitor members: None
Lay members:
Chair: Dan Murphy
Ultan Courtney
Christine Rowland
Solicitor members: (reserve panel)
Patrick Groarke
Lay members: (reserve panel)
None
Secretary: Eamonn Maguire
Chair: Richard Hammond SC
Vice-chair:
Brendan Cunningham
Members:
Justine Carty
Alison Egan
Barbara Galvin
Dónal Hamilton
Áine Hynes SC
Fiona McNulty
Gerard O’Connell
Ex officio:
Barry MacCarthy
Eamon Harrington
Martin Lawlor
Consultants:
Colm Costello
John O’Connor
Michael V O’Mahony
Michael Peart
Valerie Peart
Carol Plunkett
Geoffrey Shannon SC
Brendan Twomey
Prof. Irene Lynch Fannon
Secretary: Colette Reid
Chair: Rosemarie Loftus
Vice-chair: Paul Egan SC
Members:
Garry Clarke
Brendan Cunningham
Maura Derivan
Stuart Gilhooly SC
Richard Hammond SC
Julie Herlihy
Paul Keane
Sonya Lanigan
Sonia McEntee
Michelle Ní Longáin SC
Michael Quinlan
Austin Slattery
Brendan Twomey
Ex officio:
Barry MacCarthy
Eamon Harrington
Martin Lawlor
Secretary: Gillian Cregan
Chair: Dara Robinson SC
Vice-chair: Brian McMullin
Members:
Frank Bowen
Garry Clarke
Niall Connors
Deborah Crowley
Sonya Lanigan
Mary McAveety
Frank Mee
Juli Rea
Secretary: Tina Beattie
Chair: Bill Holohan SC
Vice-chair: Sonia McEntee
Members:
Niall Connors
Derek Gately
Nuala McAnally
Lorna McAuliffe
Shane Neville
Louise O’Reilly
Lorraine Rowland
Grace Toher
Lay member:
Jim O’Mahoney
Secretary: Sorcha Hayes
Chair: Garry Clarke
Deputy secretary: Tina Beattie
Non-Standing Committees
Chair: Eamonn Conlon SC
Vice-chair: Liam Guidera
Members:
Michael Carrigan
Joan Doran
Kevin Harnett
Deirdre Hennessy
Bill Holohan SC
Alison Kelleher
Karen Killoran
Helen Kilroy
James Kinch
Martin Lawlor
Brian McMullin
Hannah Shaw
Keith Walsh SC
Secretary: John Lunney
Chair: Eleanor Daly
Members:
Secretary: Freda Grealy
Chair: Eleanor McKiernan
Vice-chair: Keith McConnell
Secretary: Deborah Leonard
Chair: Fergus Mullen
Vice-chair: Shane McCarthy
Members:
John Anderson
Yvonne Bambury
Amanda Connolly
Aoife Corridan
Carina Davidson
Cairbhe óg Finan
Alan Gannon
Helena Kiely
Aidan Leahy
Aimée McCumiskey
Margaret McEvilly
Joan O’Brien
Michael O’Connor
John O’Doherty
Emer O’Sullivan
Richard Young
Secretary: Patricia Harvey
Chair: Susan Martin
Vice-chair: Emma Crowley
Members:
Mark Brewer
Orla Clayton
Colm Costello
Ruth Craig
Mairéad Duncan-Jones
Laura Durning
Elaine Hall
Bill Holohan SC
T P Kennedy
Rory O’Boyle
Bernadette Smith
Nicola White
Secretary: Aisling Byrne
Chair: Siobhra Rush
Vice-chair: Ronnie Neville
Members:
Susan Battye
Geraldine Carr
Maura Connolly
Áine Curran
Michael Doyle
Wendy Doyle
Dónal Hamilton
Nichola Harkin
Joanne Hyde
Janice Kavanagh
Karen Killalea
Ciara McLoughlin
Deirdre Malone
Sinead Morgan
Sonya Morrissy Murphy
Peter Murphy
Louise O’Byrne
Anne O’Connell
Catherine O’Flynn
Breda O’Malley
Jennifer O’Neill
Jane O’Sullivan
Barry Reynolds
Emily Sexton
Barry Walsh
Secretary: Geraldine Rafferty
Chair: Rachel Minch SC
Vice-chair: Conor Linehan SC
Members:
Eoin Brady
Danielle Conaghan
Brendan Curran
Rory Ferguson
Andrew Jackson
Nap Keeling
Margaret O’Leary
Elaine Oonan
Zoe Richardson
Fergal Ruane
Gabriel Toolan
Secretary: Clare Tarpey
Chair: Ross McMahon
Vice-chair: Richard Kelly
Members:
Hilkka Becker
Martin Cooney
Maura Derivan
Paul Egan SC
Duncan Grehan
Brendan Hayes
Niamh Hodnett
Anthony Joyce
T P Kennedy
Cormac Little SC
Alan McCarthy
Bernard O’Connor SC
Maureen O’Neill
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
Sinéad Kearney SC
Denise Kirwan
Donagh McGowan
Josepha Madigan
Michele O’Boyle SC
Martina Ryan
Orlagh Sharkey
Annette Sheehan
Keith Walsh SC
Canice Walsh
Consultants:
Rosemary Horgan
Joan O’Mahony
Geoffrey Shannon SC
Secretary: Judith Tedders
Chair: Aisling Meehan
Vice-chair: Ken Casey
Members:
Aoife Byrne
Justine Carty
Mairéad Cashman
Sarah-Jane Clifford
Maura Derivan
Niall Geaney
Richard Hammond SC
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
Vice-chair: Cian Moriarty
Members:
Justine Carty
Gus Cullen
Conor Dalton
Sean Durcan
Bill Holohan SC
Caitriona Healy
Wesley Hudson
Niamh Kelly
Sharon McElligott
Catherine MacGinley
Susan Martin
Michael Moran
Jennifer O’Sullivan
Annmarie Ryan
Paul Ryan
Madeleine Thornton
Consultant:
Brendan Dillon
Secretary: Eamonn Maguire
Chair: Gary Lee
Vice-chair: Áine Flynn
Members:
Grainne Brophy
Stephen Collins
Orla Crowe
Kieran Cummins
Gary Daly
Diego Gallagher
Lebeau Jonker
Sinéad Lucey
Eithne Lynch
Shane McCarthy
Sandra Moloney
Mary O’Donoghue
Ashimedua Okonkwo
Thomas Reilly
Cristina Stamatescu
Rose Wall
Secretary: Leo Twiggs
Chair: Alison Bradshaw
Vice-chair: Roisin Magee
Members:
Michael Barrett
Sarah Jane Clifford
Jeanette Codd McDonagh
Nicola Curry
Ciara Daly
Caroline Dee-Brown
Aisling Fitzgerald
Orla Fitzpatrick
Jennifer Harnett O’Connor
Yvonne Keating
Gary Lee
Ronan Lennon
Áine McCarthy
Deirdre McDermott
Kate McKenna
Margaret Maguire
Nicole Muldoon
Gemma Neylon
Jennifer O’Sullivan
Thomas Reilly
Tara Smith
Peter White
Tara Woulfe
Secretary: Louise Campbell
Chair: Paul Lavery
Vice-chair: Laura Scott
Members:
Mary Bleahene
John Cahir SC
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:
Paul Egan SC
William Greensmyth
Katherine Kane
T P Kennedy
Kevin Lavin
Sonia McEntee
Conor MacGuill
Conan McKenna
Brian McMullin
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
Paula Cullinane
Stuart Gilhooly SC
William Harvey
Elaine Hickey
Áine Hynes SC
Barry Kelleher
Graham Kenny
Sonya Lanigan
Martina Larkin
Martin Lawlor
Aidan Leahy
Conor MacGuill
Rowena McCormack
Brian McMullin
Fiona McNulty
Susan Martin
Emma Meagher Neville
Conor Minogue
Michele O’Boyle SC
Jack O’Brien
Róisín Peart
Colette Reid
Julie Sadlier
Marcin Szulc
Damien Tansey SC
Derek Walsh
Aisling Woods
Secretary: Sara Van den Bergh
Chair: Catherine Bourke
Vice-chair: Aileen Keogan
Members:
Gareth Bourke
Gwen Bowen
Elaine Byrne
Georgina Drum
Jane Flannery
Richard Hammond SC
Maurice Joy
Morette Kinsella
Maria Lakes
Ita Lyster
Tom Martyn
Veronica Neville
Ciara O’Callaghan
Jenny Powell
Michael P Quinlan
Gemma Stack
Anne Stephenson
Margaret Walsh
Secretary: Padraic Courtney
Chair: Sonia McEntee
Vice-chair: Susan Webster
Members:
Elaine Byrne
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
Caolán Doyle
John Cuddigan
Caroline Devlin
Aidan Fahy
Ruth Higgins
Emer Hunt
Donal Kennedy
Linda Kelleher
Niamh Keogh
David Lawless
Patricia McCarvill
Sonya Manzor
Elaine Mooney
Ruairi Mulrean
Margaret O’Connell
James Somerville
Secretary: Rachael Hession
Chair: Peter McKenna
Vice-chair: Tanya Moeller
Members:
Jane Bourke
Neil Butler
Paula Fearon
Elizabeth Fitzgerald
Avril Flannery
Sean Groeger
Jim Heney
Brian Horkan
Oguz Kartoz
Eamonn Keenan
Jeanne Kelly
Nicola Kiely
Daniel Lucey
Kate McKenna
Labhaoise Ní Fhaoláin
Ronan O’Brien
David Reilly
Secretary: Derek Owens
Chair: Maeve Delargy
Senior Vice-chair: Gregory Benson
Junior Vice-chair: Frank McNamara
Members:
Gillian Blanche
Máille Brady Bates
Tarisai May Chidawanyika
Michelle Cross
Jimmy Edwards
Genevieve Lynch
Fiona McNulty
Sarah McNulty
Lisa Maloney
Tara O’Donoghue
Hannah Shaw
Luke Staines
Observer:
Current auditor of SADSI – Calem Martin
Secretary: Siobhán Masterson
Society Working Groups And Task Forces
Chair: Susan Martin
Members:
Garry Clarke
Niall Connors
Niamh Counihan
Maura Derivan
Emma Meagher Neville
Niall O’Carroll
Robin Wrisley
Secretary: Rory O’Neill
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: Áine Hynes SC
Vice-chair: Joan Doran
Members:
Padraic Courtney
Maria Dillon
Olive Doyle
Niall Farrell
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:
Richard Hammond SC
Shane McCarthy
Keith Walsh SC
Secretary: Justin Purcell
Chair: Stuart Gilhooly SC
Vice-chair: Ann McGarry
Members:
Flor McCarthy
Rosemarie Loftus
Emma Meagher Neville
Joseph O’Malley
Keith Walsh SC
Secretary: James Egleston
Steering Groups
Chair: Paul Keane
Vice-chair: Richard Hammond SC
Members:
Gillian Cregan
Brendan Cunningham
T P Kennedy
Rosemarie Loftus
Secretary: Glen Newman
Chair: Patrick Mullins
Vice-Chair: Valerie Peart
Members:
Richard Hammond SC
Teri Kelly
T P Kennedy
Brian McMullin
Michelle Nolan
Secretary: Michelle Nolan
Chair: Michael Quinlan
Members:
Joan Doran
Siún Hurley
Teri Kelly
T P Kennedy
Michelle Ní Longáin SC
Shane McCarthy
Fiona McNulty
Antoinette Moriarty
Tony O’Sullivan
Valerie Peart
Peter White
Secretary: Julie Breen
Chair: Barry MacCarthy
Members:
Eamon Harrington
Martin Lawlor
Maura Derivan
Rosemarie Loftus
Michelle Ní Longáin SC
Brendan Twomey
Mark Garrett
Ken Dalling
Secretary: Angela Flanagan
