North Dublin

Oversight Committee

We really want to make sure we get this right. When we were thinking about who else needed be involved, we knew we needed a good mix of people who were expertise in health and wellbeing and also people who knew the area and the services really well. We also knew we needed different people involved in different parts of the programme. To ensure that everything we do is safe, puts young people at the centre of the project, is ethical and in line with best practise we brought together a team of experts. This group is the Planet Youth Oversight Committee and they help us with the governance and oversight of the project. This is the group that will really help us when it comes to making plans after we get all the information back from the surveys. We are so grateful for their help and guidance.
Name of member Organisation / sector
Tom O’Brien Chairperson of the group
Chief Officer, HSE Dublin North City & County
Brid Walsh Project Lead
Regional DATF Coordinator, North Dublin
Ellen Odea
HSE Lead for Health and Wellbeing, Dublin North City and County
Dr Bobby Smytgh
Consultant Pyshciatrist Adolescents
Dr Gerry McCArney
Consultant Psychatrist Adolescents and children
Prof Mary Cannon
Dr Emmet Power
Academic Lead for Planet Youth Adolescent Psychiatrist
David Creed
Service Manager, Jigsaw, North Dublin
Mark McDonald
Principals (Swords Community College)
Nicola Garvey
Deputy Principals (Scoil Iosa)
Cllr Seana O’Rodaigh
Public rep (Balbriggan & Skerries) and teacher
Simon McCAbe
ETB - North Dublin
Aoife Heffernan
ETB- North Dublin
Una Caffrey
CYPSC Coordinator, TUSLA, North Dublin
Eilish Harrington
CEO Fingal Leader Partnershp
Donal Cassidy
HSE, General Manager, Social Inclusion, Dublin North City and County
Inspt Dermot McKenna
An Garda Siochana
Name of member Organisation / sector
Simon McCabe
Dublin and Dun Laoghaire Education and Training Board; Oversight Committee Chairperson.
Brid Walsh Project Lead
HSE, Regional DATF Coordinator, North Dublin
David Creed
Prevention Coordinator, Nth Dublin RDATF (Implementation Lead)
Ellen O’Dea
HSE, Head of Service, Health & Wellbeing, CHO-9
Donal Cassidy
HSE General Manager, Social inclusion, CHO-9
Dr Gerry McCarney
Consultant Psychiatrist (Adolescent) HSE
Dr Bobby Smyth
Consultant Psychiatrist (Adolescent) HSE
Professor Mary Cannon
Consultant Psychiatrist, RCI University of Medicine & Health Sciences Beaumont Hospital
Dr Emmet Power
Adolescent Psychiatrist & research fellow
Mark McDonald
Principal, Swords community College
Nicola Garvey
Deputy Principal, Malahide Community School
Sandra Moore
JIGSAW – Regional Manager, North Dublin
Eilish Harrington
CEO, Fingal Leader Partnership
Cllr Seána O ‘Rodaigh
Fingal County Council (Skerries) / teacher
Una Caffrey
Coordinator, Fingal CYPSC
Aoife Heffernan
Education Training Board
Rafe Costigan
Fingal Co Council, Senior Community Officer

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