Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport:Who’s who
Ministers
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Eamon Ryan TD is the Minister for Climate Action, Communication Networks and Transport. He was appointed to this role in June 2020. Eamon Ryan was elected to represent Dublin Bay South in the 2020 general election, having gained the seat in the 2016 general election. He had originally been a TD for Dublin South from 2002 until he lost the seat in 2011. He has previously as a Government Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources during the Fianna Fáil and Green Party coalition government. The Minister leads the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport in serving the country, its people and the Government. |
Hildegarde Naughton TD is Minister of State at the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport. She was elected to represent the Galway West constituency in the 2020 general election, having also won her seat in 2016. She has served on a number of Oireachtas committees including the Future of Healthcare, and Budgetary Scrutiny. She was appointed as the chair of the Communications, Climate Action and Environment committee in 2016. |
Eamon Ryan
Hildegarde NaughtonSenior management
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The Secretary General of the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport is responsible for implementing the Department’s mission and high-level goals. Ken Spratt’s experience in governance stretches back to 2000. He has held senior positions across various Irish Government departments, the Council of the European Union, the International Energy Agency and the Irish Embassy in Washington DC. Having been Assistant Secretary General in the Department since January 2016, Spratt was named Acting Secretary General in July 2020. |
Deirdre Hanlon is the Assistant Secretary leading the Sustainable Mobility brief in the Department. This work spans three areas: the public transport sector (bus, rail, light rail, taxi); active travel (walking and cycling); and the climate challenge for the land transport sector. |
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Deirdre O’Keeffe is the Assistant Secretary with responsibility for Maritime Transport, including the Irish Coastguard, for the Strategic Research Analysis division and for the Department’s Internal Audit function. Deirdre joined the Department in February 2015 having previously served in senior management roles in the Departments of Justice, Education, Marine and Finance, as a Statistician in the Central Statistics Office and as a Director/Secretary to Fáilte Ireland. |
Ray O’Leary is the Assistant Secretary dealing with Roads and Road Safety. He also has administrative responsibilities for the Air and Rail Accident Investigation Units which operate independently of the Department under EU and international law. His area covers the Department’s investment, policy and oversight roles in relation to roads, and a range of areas relating to road safety and regulation of traffic generally, including bodies such as Transport Infrastructure Ireland, the Road Safety Authority and the Medical Bureau of Road Safety. |
Ken Spratt
Deirdre Hanlon
Deirdre O’Keeffe
Ray O’LearyTransport agencies and semi-state actors
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Anne Graham was appointed Chief Executive Officer of the National Transport Authority in January 2015. Prior to that she served as the Authority’s Director of Public Transport Services. Anne is a Chartered Engineer and holds an MBA from Dublin City University. She has worked with the Dublin Local Authorities as a Civil Engineer, as Project Manager on many projects and as an Area Manager in the South West area of Dublin City. |
Anne Graham|
Denis O’Sullivan is the Managing Director of Gas Networks Ireland. Previously Head of Commercial with the company, he had responsibility for managing, developing and delivering the business’s commercial growth and innovation strategies with key focus on maximising the utilisation of the gas network and diversifying its use with gas in transport and renewable gas. |
Jim Meade was appointed Chief Executive of Iarnród Éireann in May 2018. He had previously been Director, Railway Undertaking since 2013 responsible for all passenger and freight services. Jim leads the management team in ensuring that the railway is operated and maintained in a manner that prioritises safety for passengers, employees and third parties. |
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Seamus Egan is Managing Director of Transdev in Ireland. He has a history of working in the light rail, medical devices and electronic manufacturing industries. He has been with Transdev since 2006, having previously acted as their Contracts Manager and Performance Director. He holds a BSc in Mechanical Engineering from Dublin Institute of Technology. |
Sam was previously Executive Director of Operations and Board Member of the Business Services Organisation within Northern Ireland’s Health & Social Care Service before being appointed Chief Executive of the RSA in June 2020. Prior to his current position Sam’s career has spanned private and public sectors in the UK and Ireland where he held positions of increasing responsibility with BMW Group, PWC Consulting, Publicis Sapient Global Markets and BAE Systems UK. |
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Stephen Kent has been CEO at Bus Éireann since November 2018, having acted as Chief Commercial Officer for five years before that. Prior to joining Bus Éireann, he held key management positions in C&C and Waterford Crystal, along with roles at Guinness Peat Aviation, Bank of Ireland and Waterford Foods. |
Eamonn O’Reilly has been Chief Executive at Dublin Port since 2010. Prior to joining Dublin Port, he had previously served as chief executive at Portroe Stevedores, the Dublin Port-based cargo handling business. He also held the role of group development manager of Portroe’s parent company, Doyle Shipping Group, during that time. |
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Dalton Philips became Chief Executive of daa in October 2017. Prior to joining the company, his roles included Chief Executive of Wm Morrison plc., Chief Operating Officer of Canadian retailer Loblaw Companies and Chief Executive of Brown Thomas Group. Among other roles, he was also a Senior Advisor to the Boston Consulting Group, the global management consultancy. |
Pat Keating has been with the Shannon Foynes Port Company for 19 years, having served as Chief Executive for 14. Prior to this, he worked across the financial industry with Citi, Bank of America, Irish Life and PwC. |
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Airport Authority, Shannon Commercial Properties and Shannon Heritage and supports the growing aviation cluster through the International Aviation Services Centre (IASC) brand. She was the former Airport Director and led the successful separation of Shannon Airport from the daa in 2012 leading to Shannon Airport becoming independent on the 31 December 2012. |
Conor has been CEO of the Port of Galway since November 2018. Prior to this, he worked as an Audit Director for KPMG for almost 20 years. |
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Ray Coyne has been with Dublin Bus since 2006, having served as their Chief Executive Officer since Jul 2015. As project manager for Network Direct, he was responsible for the strategic redesign and implementation of the main public transport network in Dublin, the largest revision of a public transport network in Europe. The implementation has proven to be successful resulting in improved financial stability, increased customer usage and improved product understanding for customers. |
Brendan has been Chief Executive at the Port of Cork since December 2002. A graduate of NUI Galway, he was City Manager for Limerick County Council for four years previous to his current role. |
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Stephen McCarthy is responsible for overseeing emovis’s operations in Ireland as it provides innovative solutions in the area of transport and mobility to clients. Previously he was the Head of Transition Management in emovis, with responsibility for transitioning new mobility solutions to Ireland from the company’s international markets.
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Denis O’Sullivan
Jim Meade
Seamus Egan
Sam Waide
Stephen Kent
Eamonn O’Reilly
Dalton Philips
Pat Keating
Mary Considine
Conor O’Dowd
Ray Coyne
Brendan Keating
Stephen McCarthy
