Members of the National Social Work Qualifications Board
The Board is the policy making body of the NSWQB. Members are nominated by social work constituencies as set out in Statutory Instrument and appointed by the Minister for Health and Children. The Chairperson of the Board is appointed directly by the Minister, and the Vice-Chairperson is elected by the Board.
Current Board Members
- Máirtín Ó Fathaigh, Ministerial Nominee/Chairperson
- Mary Allen - University College Dublin
- Frank Browne - Irish Association of Social Workers
- Alastair Christie - University College Cork
- Anne Coffey - Ministerial Nominee
- Chris Curtin - Ministerial Nominee
- Ursula Fernée – Probation Service
- Margaret Groarke – IMPACT
- Colette McAndrew - Ministerial Nominee
- Brenda Mehigan - IMPACT
- Marie Therese Mulholland - Irish Association of Social Workers
- Mary O'Connell - Health Service Executive
- Anne Marie O'Grady – Voluntary Hospitals
- Victoria Somers - Ministerial Nominee
- Helen Tobin Smith – Department of Environment, Heritage & Local Government
- Patricia Walsh - University of Dublin, Trinity College
All Board members and employees sign up to the Code of Business Conduct (nswqb-code_business_conduct.doc, Word file 40kb).
The NSWQB has three standing committees and a consultative group: the Audit Committee, the Committee on Non-National Qualifications, the Committee on National Qualifications and the Panel of Assessors. The NSWQB may also from time to time set up temporary task forces, as required.
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