Name

Organisation

Appointed

Ended

Dr. Clíona Saidléar*

Executive Director, Rape Crisis Network Ireland

July 2023

Current

Mr. John McGarry

Director, Consulting at PricewaterhouseCoopers

February 2025

Current

Prof. Martina Lawless

Economist, ESRI

July 2023

Current

Mr. Jim Scheer

Head of Data and Insights, SEAI

July 2023

Current

Ms. Scline Scott

Assistant Secretary, Department of Finance

July 2026

Current

Dr. Joanne Uí Chrualaoich

CEO, Safefood

September 2026

Current

Mr. John Shaw

Department of the Taoiseach

September 2016

Current

Ms. Jennifer Banim

CSO (Director General)

May 2024

Current

Mr. Sean O’Connor 

CSO (Secretary)

March 2026

Current

Ms Eithne Fitzgerald

Economist, social policy analyst

August 2020

August 2026

Ms Emma Cunningham

Assistant Secretary, Department of Finance

December 2023

June 2026

Mr. Brian Cahill

CSO (Secretary)

January 2023

March 2026

Ms. Anne Vaughan

Former Deputy Secretary at the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection

January 2019

February 2025

Mr. Pádraig Dalton

CSO (Director General)

May 2012

May 2024

Mr Gary Tobin

Assistant Secretary, Department of Finance

September 2023

December 2023

Mr. John Mc Carthy

Department of Finance

March 2014

May 2023

Dr. Eimear Cotter

Environmental Protection Agency

May 2017

May 2023

Mr. Gerard Brady

IBEC

May 2017

May 2023

Mr. John Martin

Consultant; former OECD Director for Employment, Labour & Social Affairs

May 2017

May 2023

Ms. Claire Hanley

CSO (Secretary)

April 2015

December 2022

Mr. Gerard O Neill

Amárach Consulting

March 2014

May 2020

Dr. Pat O' Hara*

NUI Maynooth

February 2004

December 2018

Ms. Rowena Dwyer

Irish Farmers' Association 

March 2014

December 2016

Dr. Helen Johnston

National Economic and Social Forum

March 2014

December 2016

Mr. Tom Geraghty

Public Service Executive Union

March 2014

December 2016

Mr. John Callinan

Department of the Taoiseach

April 2012

September 2016

Mr. Donal Kelly

CSO (Secretary)

June 2012

April 2015

Mr. Michael McGrath

Department of Finance

July 2007 

October 2013

Mr. Fergal O'Brien

IBEC

October 2009

October 2013

Mr. Ciaran Dolan

ICMSA

February 1986

October 2013

Mr. Paul Sweeney

Irish Congress of Trade Unions

September 2006

October 2013

Professor Philip Lane

Trinity College Dublin 

March 2009

October 2013 

Mr Ciaran Dooly

CSO (Secretary) 

February 2012

June 2012 

Mr Gerry O Hanlon

CSO (Director General) 

August 2007 

May 2012 

Mr Gerry Brady

CSO (Secretary) 

May 2002 

February 2012 

Ms. Mary Doyle

Department of the Taoiseach 

January 2001 

June 2010 

Mr Con Lucey

July 2007 

June 2010 

Mr Danny McCoy

IBEC 

July 2007 

June 2009 

Professor Brendan Walsh *

University College Dublin 

February 2004 

February 2009 

Mr Donal Garvey

CSO (Director General) 

December 2000 

August 2007 

Mr Derek Moran

Department of Finance

July 2003

June 2007

Mr Frank Cuneen

Health & Safety Authority

July 1999

June 2007

Ms. Paula Carey

Irish Congress of Trade Unions

February 1997

July 2006

Professor Frances Ruane *

Trinity College Dublin

November 1994

July 2003

Ms Helen Nic Fhlannchadha

Teacher

March 2002

July 2003

Mr Cathal O'Loughlin

Department of Finance

January 1999

May 2003

Mr John O'Hagan

CSO (Secretary)

April 2000

May 2002

Ms Marion Harkin

Teacher

February 1997

January 2002

Mr. Dermot McCarthy

Deparment of the Taoiseach

November 1994

December 2000

Mr. Donal Murphy

CSO (Director General)

May 1991

December 2000

Mr. Adrian Redmond

CSO (Secretary) 

July 1990

April 2000

Mr. Steve Couldwell

Smith and Nephew

January 1998

July 1999

Mr. David Doyle

Department of Finance

February 1996

November 1998

Mr. Jim O Leary

Davy Stockbrokers 

November 1994 

June 1998 

Mr. Michael Crowley

UCC

November 1994

February 1997

Mr. Donal Nevin

Irish Congress of Trade Unions

February 1986

1997

Mr. Cathal O Loghlin

Department of Finance

November 1994

July 1995

Professor Paddy Geary *

Manooth College, Kildare

February 1986

November 1994

Mr. Noel O'Gorman

Department of Finance

September 1987

November 1994

Mr. Paddy Teahon

Department of the Taoiseach

February 1986

November 1994

Professor Jerry Sexton

Economic and Social Research Institute

February 1986

November 1994

Mr. Brendan Hayes

Irish Life

February 1986

April 1992

Mr. Thomas P. Linehan

CSO (Director General) 

February 1986 

May 1991

Mr. Aidan Punch

CSO (Secretary)

February 1986

July 1990

Mr Sean Cromien

Department of Finance

February 1986

September 1987