Committee membership
As of 31 December 2024.
Standing Committees
Chair: Elaine Given
Solicitor members:
None
Lay members:
Chair: Dan Murphy
Ultan Courtney
Christine Rowland
Solicitor members:
(reserve panel)
Peter Groarke
Lay members:
(reserve panel)
Brian Callanan
Vera Hogan
John Horan
Victoria Marchant
Secretary: Eamonn Maguire
Chair: Eamon Harrington
Members:
Rosemarie Loftus
Valerie Peart
Barry MacCarthy
Martin Lawlor
Paul Egan SC
Keith Walsh SC
Mark Garrett
Secretary: Fintan Meagher
Chair: Brendan Cunningham
Vice-chair: Justine Carty
Members:
Alison Egan
Barbara Galvin
Dónal Hamilton
Richard Hammond SC
Áine Hynes SC
Fiona McNulty
Gerard O’Connell
Ex officio:
Eamon Harrington
Rosemarie Loftus
Valerie Peart
Colm Costello
John O’Connor
Michael V O’Mahony
Michael Peart
Carol Plunkett
Geoffrey Shannon SC
Prof Irene Lynch Fannon
Secretary: Colette Reid
Chair: Rosemarie Loftus (ex officio)
Vice-chair: Paul Egan SC
Members:
Garry Clarke
Brendan Cunningham
Stuart Gilhooly SC
Richard Hammond SC
Julie Herlihy
Paul Keane
Sonya Lanigan
Martin Lawlor
Barry MacCarthy
Sonia McEntee
Michelle Ní Longáin SC
Michael Quinlan
Austin Slattery
Ex officio:
Eamon Harrington
Valerie Peart
Secretary: Gillian Cregan
Chair: Dara Robinson SC
Vice-chair: Brian McMullin
Members:
Garry Clarke
Niall Connors
Deborah Crowley
Sonya Lanigan
Mary McAveety
Frank Mee
Juli Rea
Annmarie Reddy
Secretary: Tina Beattie
Chair: Sonia McEntee
Vice-chair: Martin Lawlor
Members:
Niall Connors
Derek Gately
Bill Holohan SC
Siún Hurley
Nuala McAnally
Shane Neville
Louise O’Reilly
Grace Toher
Lay member:
Jim O’Mahoney
Secretary: Sorcha Hayes
Chair: Garry Clarke
Vice-chairs:
David Higgins
Áine Hynes SC
Terry Leggett
Shane McCarthy
Katherine McMahon
Members:
Julie Breen Gerard Carroll
Thomas Coughlan
Niamh Counihan
Deborah Crowley
Anne-Marie Dermody
Leonora Doyle
Theresa Ham
David Lavelle
Sonya Lanigan
Aidan Leahy
Gary Lee
Avril Mangan
Mary McAveety
Patrick McNeice
Hilary O’Connor
Tony O’Sullivan
Alison Quail
Juli Rea
Noeleen Redmond
Eamonn Shannon
Marcin Szulc
Lay members:
Richard George
Deirdre Kiely
Frank Mee
Annmarie Reddy
Secretary: Niall Connors
Deputy secretary: Tina Beattie
Non-Standing Commitees
Chair: Liam Guidera
Vice-chair: Helen Kilroy
Members:
Michael Carrigan
Eamonn Conlon SC
Joan Doran
Larry Fenelon SC
Kevin Harnett
Deirdre Hennessy
Bill Holohan SC
Alison Kelleher
Graham Kenny
Karen Killoran
James Kinch
Rebecca McKittrick
Martin Lawlor
Brian McMullin
Hilary O’Connor
Julie Sadlier
Hannah Shaw
Keith Walsh SC
Secretary: John Lunney
Chair: Eleanor Daly
Vice-chair: Philip Andrews SC
Members:
Gregory Benson
Joy Compton
Niamh Counihan
Maire Cunningham
Marie Gavin
Michael Hanley
Patricia Heavey
Daniel Holohan
Suzanne Kearney
Neil Keenan
Barbara Kenny
Jonathan Lynam
Justin McKenna
Ruairi Mulrean
Seán Nolan
Fiona O’Connell
Gavin O’Flaherty
John Olden
Morgan Pierse
Eamonn Shannon
Lindsay Stevens
Paul White
Secretary: Claire McGee
Chair: Eleanor McKiernan
Vice-chair: Keith McConnell
Members:
Suzanne Bainton
Joan Byrne
Tom Davy
Kenneth Egan
Majella Egan
Deirdre Fox
Joyce Good Hammond
Denise Healy
Damien Jordan
Ann Marie Keane
Geraldine Kelly
Sonia McEntee
Anna McLoughlin
Niamh Mahon
Peter O’Dea
Dermot O’Dwyer
Tony O’Sullivan
Patrick Sweetman
Denise Wall
Michael Walsh
Elaine Whelan
Consultants:
Sandra Murphy
Rory O’Donnell
Secretary: Deborah Leonard
Chair: Fergus Mullen
Vice-chair: Shane McCarthy
Members:
John Anderson
Yvonne Bambury
Amanda Connolly
Aoife Corridan
Cairbre Óg Finan
Alan Gannon
Helena Kiely
Aidan Leahy
Margaret McEvilly
Gary Mulchrone
Joan O’Brien
Michael O’Connor
John O’Doherty
Emer O’Sullivan
Richard Young
Secretary: Sara Van den Bergh
Chair: Emma Crowley
Vice-chair: Bill Holohan SC
Members:
Mark Brewer
Colm Costello
Mairéad Duncan-Jones
Laura Durning
Elaine Hall
T P Kennedy
Susan Martin
Rory O’Boyle
Bernadette Smith
Secretary: Paul Breslin
Chair: Siobhra Rush
Vice-chair: Ronnie Neville
Members:
Susan Battye
Geraldine Carr
Maura Connolly
Áine Curran
Michael Doyle
Wendy Doyle
Dónal Hamilton
Nichola Harkin
Louise Harrison
Janice Kavanagh
Karen Killalea
Anne Lyne
Deirdre Malone
Sinead Morgan
Sonya Morrissy Murphy
Peter Murphy
Louise O’Byrne
Anne O’Connell
Éinde O’Donnell
Jennifer O’Neill
Jane O’Sullivan
Barry Reynolds
Emily Sexton
Barry Walsh
Secretary: Geraldine Rafferty
Chair: Rachel Minch SC
Vice-chair: Danielle Conaghan
Members:
Eoin Brady
Brendan Curran
Rory Ferguson
Andrew Jackson
Nap Keeling
Conor Linehan SC
Margaret O’Leary
Elaine Oonan
Zoe Richardson
Fergal Ruane
Gabriel Toolan
Secretary: Clare Tarpey
Chair: Richard Kelly
Vice-chair: Duncan Grehan
Members:
Hilkka Becker
Martin Cooney
Maura Derivan
Paul Egan SC
Brendan Hayes
Niamh Hodnett
Anthony Joyce
Paul Keane
T P Kennedy
Cormac Little SC
Alan McCarthy
Ross McMahon
Bernard O’Connor SC
Secretary: Deirdre Flynn
(with responsibility also for civil legal aid)
Chair: Siún Hurley
Vice-chair: Eamonn Carroll
Members:
Ailbhe Burke
Helen Coughlan
Brendan Dillon
Elizaveta Donnery
Peter Doyle
Lorna Duffy
Liz Healy
Sinéad Kearney SC
Denise Kirwan
Maria McCahill
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: Ken Casey
Vice-chair: Richard Hammond SC
Members:
Aoife Byrne
Justine Carty
Mairéad Cashman
Sarah-Jane Clifford
Maura Derivan
Niall Geaney
Michael Kealey
Paul Lavery
Gary Lee
Sonia McEntee
Aisling Meehan
Heather Murphy
Andrew Sheridan
Secretary: Mark McDermott
(with responsibility also for guidance on practice management)
Chair: Cian Moriarty
Vice-chair: Catherine MacGinley
Members:
Robert Baker
Justine Carty
Gus Cullen
Conor Dalton
Sean Durcan
Bill Holohan SC
Caitriona Healy
Wesley Hudson
Niamh Kelly
Sharon McElligott
Susan Martin
Michael Moran
Annmarie Ryan
Paul Ryan
Madeleine Thornton
Edel Traynor
Consultant:
Brendan Dillon
Secretary: David Mulvihill
Chair: Cristina Stamatescu
Vice-chair: Áine Flynn
Members:
Katie Bermingham-Thomas
Stephen Collins
Orla Crowe
Kieran Cummins
Gary Daly
Diego Gallagher
Lebeau Jonker
Imran Khursid
Gary Lee
Sinéad Lucey
Eithne Lynch
Shane McCarthy
Sandra Moloney
Mary O’Donoghue
Ashimedua Okonkwo
Thomas Reilly
Rose Wall
Secretary: David Irwin
Chair: Alison Bradshaw
Vice-chair: Roisin Magee
Members:
Michael Barrett
Brian Canavan
Sarah Jane Clifford
Nicola Curry
Ciara Daly
Caroline Dee-Brown
Aisling Fitzgerald
Orla Fitzpatrick
Ciara Gaffney
Jennifer Hartnett O’Connor
Ronan Lennon
Áine McCarthy
Lisa McCarthy
Deirdre McDermott
Margaret Maguire
Nicole Muldoon
James Murray
Judy O’Connell
Thomas Reilly
Tara Smith
Tara Woulfe
Secretary: Louise Campbell
Chair: Elaine Morrissey
Vice-chair: Gerard Kelly
Members:
Mary Bleahene
John Cahir SC
Simon Carty
Maureen Daly
Ann Henry
James Hickey
Catherine Keane
Deirdre Kilroy
Paul Lavery
Patricia McGovern
David McMunn
Leo Moore
Olivia Mullooly
Aoife Murphy
Fiona O’Beirne
Alistair Payne
Carlo Salizzo
Barry Scannell
Laura Scott
Consultant:
Tara MacMahon
Secretary: Ruth Tracey
Chair: Ann McGarry
Vice-chair: Sonya Lanigan
Members:
Lisa Carty
Shane Coyle
Paula Cullinane
Stuart Gilhooly SC
William Harvey
Elaine Hickey
Áine Hynes SC
Barry Kelleher
Graham Kenny
Martina Larkin
Martin Lawlor
Aidan Leahy
Conor MacGuill
Rowena McCormack
Brian McMullin
Fiona McNulty
Susan Martin
Emma Meagher Neville
Conor Minogue
Niamh Ní Mhurchú
Michele O’Boyle SC
Jack O’Brien
Joseph O’Malley
Róisín Peart
Colette Reid
Julie Sadlier
Marcin Szulc
Damien Tansey SC
Derek Walsh
Aisling Woods
Secretary: Riona Leahy
Chair: Sonia McEntee
Vice-chair: Richard Hammond SC
Members:
Elaine Byrne
Joan Doran
Avril Flannery
Michael Kealey
Shane McCarthy
Chris Murnane
Hilary O’Connor
Michael Quinlan
Keith Walsh SC
Susan Webster
Secretary: Michelle Nolan
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
Ita Lyster
Tom Martyn
Veronica Neville
Ciara O’Callaghan
Jenny Powell
Michael P Quinlan
Gemma Stack
Anne Stephenson
Margaret Walsh
Secretary: Padraic Courtney
Chair: Aidan Fahy
Vice-chair: Sonya Manzor
Members:
Deirdre Barnicle
Matthew Broadstock
Niamh Caffrey
Fintan Clancy
Maura Dineen
Caolán Doyle
John Cuddigan
Caroline Devlin
Ruth Higgins
Emer Hunt
Donal Kennedy
Linda Kelleher
Niamh Keogh
David Lawless
Patricia McCarvill
Elaine Mooney
Margaret O’Connell
Andrew Quinn
James Somerville
Secretary: Nora Ward
Chair: Kate McKenna
Vice-chair: Labhaoise Ní Fhaoláin
Members:
Jane Bourke
Neil Butler
Paula Fearon
Sean Groeger
Jim Heney
Brian Horkan
Oguz Kartoz
Eamonn Keenan
Dermot Kelly
Jeanne Kelly
Nicola Kiely
Aisling Kirwan
Jon Legorburu
Daniel Lucey
Peter McKenna
Tanya Moeller
Ronan O’Brien
David Reilly
Secretary: Derek Owens
Chair: Frank McNamara
Senior vice-chair: Genevieve Lynch
Junior vice-chair: James McEvoy
Members:
Eamonn Barrett
Gregory Benson
Gillian Blanche
Aisling Breen
Lynda Crosbie
Michelle Cross
Maeve Delargy
Yvanne Kennedy
Michael Lally
Rebecca McKittrick
Sarah McNulty
Diarmuid Ó hUallacháin
Kevin Ryan
Observer:
Current Auditor of SADSI – David Rattigan
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: Eamon Harrington
Members:
Paul Egan SC
Mark Garrett
Rosemarie Loftus
Sonia McEntee
Secretary: Fintan Meagher
Chair: Áine Hynes SC
Vice-chair: Joan Doran
Members:
Marie Clare Butler
Padraic Courtney
Maria Dillon
Olive Doyle
Niall Farrell
Mark Felton
Richard Hammond SC
Katharine Kelleher
Morette Kinsella
Shane McCarthy
Michele O’Boyle SC
Anne Stephenson
Gabriel Toolan
Keith Walsh SC
Margaret Walsh
Secretary: Cian Monahan
Chair: Stuart Gilhooly SC
Vice-chair: Ann McGarry
Members:
Flor McCarthy
Elaine Hickey
Rosemarie Loftus
Emma Meagher Neville
Joseph O’Malley
Jerry Twomey
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:
Laurie Grace
Richard Hammond SC
T P Kennedy
Brian McMullin
Michelle Nolan
Secretary: Michelle Nolan
Chair: Michael Quinlan
Members:
Ciara Daly
Joan Doran
Siún Hurley
Teri Kelly
T P Kennedy
Michelle Ní Longáin SC
Shane McCarthy
Fiona McNulty
Antoinette Moriarty
Tony O’Sullivan
Valerie Peart
Secretary: Mary Duffy