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28 listed seats

Martin Fraser Chair Chair 2017–2022 first appointed 2011 term ended
BrĂ­d O'Brien Council Member 2017–2022 first appointed 2011 term ended
Caroline Whyte Council Member 2021–2022 term ended
Damien McDonald Council Member 2017–2022 term ended
Denis Duggan Council Member 2019–2022 term ended
Edgar Morgenroth Council Member 2017–2022 first appointed 2011 term ended
Eleanor Denny Council Member 2018–2022 term ended
Elizabeth Canavan Deputy Chair 2017–2022 term ended
Geraint Ellis Council Member 2018–2022 term ended
Ian Talbot Council Member 2017–2022 first appointed 2011 term ended
James Doorley Council Member 2017–2022 first appointed 2011 term ended
Joe Cunnigham Council Member 2018–2022 term ended
John Hogan Council Member 2021–2022 term ended
John McCarthy Council Member 2017–2022 first appointed 2014 term ended
Karen Ciesielski Council Member 2019–2022 term ended
Kevin Callinan Council Member 2019–2022 term ended
Maeve McElwee Council Member 2017–2022 term ended
Michelle Norris Council Member 2017–2022 first appointed 2011 term ended
Oonagh Duggan Council Member 2017–2022 term ended
Orlaigh Quinn Council Member 2017–2022 term ended
Patricia King Council Member 2017–2022 first appointed 2015 term ended
Paul Donnelly Council Member 2018–2022 term ended
Phillip Hamell Council Member 2017–2022 term ended
Robert Watt Council Member 2017–2022 term ended
Sean Healy Council Member 2017–2022 first appointed 2011 term ended
Sinead O'Flanagan Council Member 2018–2022 term ended
TJ Flanagan Council Member 2019–2022 first appointed 2017 term ended
Tom Parlon Council Member 2017–2022 first appointed 2011 term ended

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This is the State Boards register as published: every board listed under every government department on the official site. Appointments and vacancies change over time, so this is a snapshot of the register on the date shown, not a live feed.

People are shown as named on the board record. Ireland publishes no person identifier alongside these appointments, so this register does not claim that the same name on two boards is the same person.

Source: membership.stateboards.ie, the State Boards membership register published by the Government of Ireland, retrieved 23rd July 2026. Reproduced as published, in our own structure and wording. An independent register, not affiliated with any government department. For information only.