National Economic and Social Council
"In January 2012, the sustainable development role performed by Comhar, the Sustainable Development Council (SDC), was integrated into the work of the National Economic and Social Council (NESC). NESC has since developed its work in a way that integrates sustainable development issues into its analysis of significant national challenges. Comhar SDC was established in 1999 as the forum for national consultation and dialogue on all issues relating to sustainable development."[1]
Council
Accessed January 2015: [2]
Chairperson: Martin Fraser (Department of the Taoiseach)
Deputy Chairperson: John Shaw (Department of the Taoiseach)
The Environmental Pillar
Oisín Coghlan (Friends Of the Earth)
Michael Ewing (The Environmental Pillar)
Karin Dubsky (The Environmental Pillar)
Siobhan Egan (The Environmental Pillar)
Trade Union Pillar Nominees
Sally Anne Kinahan (ICTU)
Shay Cody (IMPACT)
David Begg (ICTU)
Manus O'Riordan (Services Industrial Professional Technical Union)
Business and Employer Organisation Pillar Nominees
Danny McCoy (IBEC)
Tony Donohue (IBEC)
Ian Talbot (Chambers Ireland)
Tom Parlon (Construction Industry Federation)
Agricultural and Farming Organisation Pillar Nominees
Seamus O`Donohoe (Irish Co-Operative Organisation Society)
Frank Allen (Irish Creamery Milk Suppliers Association)
Pat Smith (IFA)
Edmond Connolly (Macra na Feirme)
Community and Voluntary Pillar Nominees
Sean Healy (Social Justice Ireland)
Bríd O'Brien (INOU)
Karen Murphy (Irish Council for Social Housing)
James Doorley (National Youth Council of Ireland)
Government Department Nominees
Derek Moran (Department of Finance)
John Murphy (Department of Jobs, Enterprise, & Innovation)
Seán Ó Foghlú (Department of Education and Skills)
John McCarthy (Department of Environment, Community and Local Government)
Independent Nominees
Prof Edgar Morgenroth, Associate Research Professor, ESRI
Prof John McHale, NUI, Galway
Prof Mary Daly, University of Oxford
Prof Anna Davies, Trinity College Dublin
Prof Seán Ó Riain, NUI, Maynooth
Dr Michael O’Sullivan, Chief Investment Officer, UK & EEMEA, Credit Suisse
Dr Michelle Norris, School of Applied Social Science, UCD Geary Institute
Mary Walsh, Chartered Accountant
