Experience

DCENR

• Government Administration
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Principal Officer, Communications Policy & Regulatory Division

  • Dec 2012 - Present

  Responsible for: Implementation of the State intervention to ensure nationwide NGA broadband availabilityunder the National Broadband PlanTelecommunications policy (national/EU)...including stakeholder engagementRelations with ComRegReview of national spectrum policyTelecoms Single Market proposalsEU Commission's Digital Single Market package

• Principal Officer Communications Development Division/Knowledge society Division

  • Sep 2009 - Dec 2012

  Responsible for :Management and delivery of the National Broadband SchemeManagement and delivery of the Rural Broadband schemeNational roll-out of the high-speed100mbps project for all 2nd level schoolsDigital StrategyGovernance and strategic future of both the Digital Hub and NDRC

• Human Resources Manager

  • Jun 2006 - Aug 2009

  Responsible for all facets of the department's HR policy including implementation of the Government's Decentralisation targets and the day to day management of industrial relations within the Department.

• Principal Energy Coordination & Planning Division

  • 2003 - Jun 2006

  Development of Irish Energy Policy Green PaperManagement of enegy and energy-related issues at cross-departmental levelManaged Energy input into Ireland's review of National Climate Change StrategyIrelland's representative at IEA