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