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Annual Conference 2008

Efficiency through Innovation

Speakers

	Mr. Des Dowling Des Dowling has been an Assistant Secretary in the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government since 2002 during which period he has been responsible for Housing and more recently Local Government. Prior to joining the Department, he worked in the Departments of Finance and Defence and the Revenue Commissioners.
	Mr. Erwin Schwella Erwin Schwella holds a Ph.D degree in Public Administration which he obtained from Stellenbosch University in 1998. After having served as the Director of the School of Public Management and Planning of the University of Stellenbosch since 1992 he currently holds a full professorship in Public Leadership in the School. During his career, spanning over 26 years, he has held positions in national and local government. For the largest part of his career he has been an academic. Erwin Schwella is author and co-author of more than 30 academic publications in the fields of governance, leadership, organisation development and public management.
	Mrs. Kathleen O’Toole Kathleen O’Toole took up her position as Chief Inspector of the Garda Inspectorate in July 2006. Prior to this she held the position of Boston Police Commissioner. The Boston Police Department is the largest municipal police force in the New England region and the 14th largest in the US. In 1998 Ms. O’Toole was selected to serve on the Independent Commission on Policing in Northern Ireland - The Patten Commission - which developed a new framework for policing and security in the North.
	Mr. Peter McLoone Peter McLoone is the General Secretary of Ireland’s largest public sector trade union, IMPACT, which has over 58,000 members in health, local government, education, the civil service, semi-state companies, the community sector, aviation and telecommunications. Mr McLoone chairs ICTU’s Public Service Committee, and leads the union team in negotiations on public service modernisation and pay. He is also the Chairman of FÁS and has been a member of the Labour Relations Commission since March 2000. He is one of the ICTU representatives on the National Economic and Social Council (NESC) and has been a member of the Sports Council since March 2000.
	Mr Shane Mohan Shane Mohan is a Partner in Deloitte Consulting. He has worked extensively with public sector organisations in Ireland including local authorities, Government Departments and multiple agencies. He specialises in financial management, efficiency and value for money. Shane is a member of the Deloitte Global Public Sector Team and regularly contributes to its research programmes, most recently the “Mastering Finance in Government” which examined how the finance function can contribute to major public sector transformation. Shane is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland, and holds a Bachelor of Commerce Degree and a Postgraduate Diploma in Accounting from University College Dublin.
	Mr. Tom Curran In June 2007, Tom was appointed as Kerry County Manager. Tom is currently the Chair of the Construction Skills Certification Scheme (CSCS) Committee which was established to co-ordinate and monitor the implementation of the CSCS training in local authorities. Tom joined Kerry County Council in 1997 as County Engineer. Following the reform of staffing structures under the Better Local Government programme, he was appointed Director of Roads, Transportation & Safety & Killarney Town Manager.

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