Sub-Groups

1. Healthy and Active subgroup

Chair: Claire McNamara –Commissioning Manager, Tusla, Waterford

  • HSE Substance Misuse Team – Susan Mitchell
  • Foróige Youth Services – Rita Comerford
  • Kilkenny Leader Partnership – Moira Duggan
  • Kilkenny Sports and Recreation Partnership – Nicola Keeshan
  • Ossory Youth – Patrick Bookle
  • Newpark FRC –Perle Leahy
  • Regional Suicide Prevention Office – Sarah Hearne

2. Education and Economic subgroup

Chair: Mary Mescal – Ossory Youth

  • National Council for Special Education – Laura Berry
  • Home School Community Liaison – Deirdre Cullen
  • Educational Welfare Service – Fiona McGarry
  • Kilkenny County Childcare Committee- Jane Heffernan
  • Kilkenny Early Years Project – Linda Mitchell
  • Special School – Karen Lowther
  • Kilkenny Carlow Education & Training Board – Mairéad Donohoe
  • Irish Primary Principals Network – Mary O’Neill
  • Enable Ireland – Helen Murphy
  • School Completion Programme – Cáit Ní Mhurchú

3. Prevention, Partnership and Family Support

Chair: Joan Dunne - Tusla Prevention, Partnership and Family Support Manager

  • Tusla Fostering Service – Marie Bergin
  • Teen Parent Support Programme- Bernie Loughman
  • Foróige Youth Services – Sarah Dunleavy
  • Tusla Parenting Programme- Helen Casey
  • HSE Substance Misuse Team- Colin Keating
  • Garda Protective Services Unit- Sgt. Lucy Condon
  • Educational Welfare Service- Fiona McGarry
  • Garda Junior Liaison Service – Kieran Scanlan
  • KASA Rape Crisis Centre – Ruth Butler
  • Amber Women’s Refuge – Jean Murphy
  • Kilkenny County Council, Housing Section
  • Ossory Youth – Mary Mescal
  • Newpark Family Resource Centre – Sheila Donnelly
  • Droichead Family Resource centre, Callan- Olive Maher
  • CFSN Senior Co-ordinator – Nora Roberts
  • School Completion Programme - Cáit Ní Mhurchú
  • The Mill Family Resource Centre, Urlingford – Suzanne Cox
  • Fr McGrath Family Resource Centre – Wendy Taylor
  • Kilkenny County Council – Margaret Newport

4. Healthy and Active subgroup

Chair: Jean Murphy - Assistant Manager, Amber Women's Refuge

  • Fr McGrath Family Resource Centre - Wendy Taylor/Karin Todd
  • Newpark Close FRC - Eileen Dillon
  • Droichead FRC Callan - Jess van Valkengoed
  • The Mill FRC Urlingford - Sue Cox
  • Tusla Educational Support Service - Fiona McGarry
  • Men Ending Domestic Abuse - John Doyle
  • Garda Protective Services Unit - Elaine Dalton
  • Ossory Youth - Ruth Hession
  • Foróige The Drum - Ciara Fennelly
  • HSE Regional Traveller Health Unit - Mary Byrne 
  • HSE Adult Mental Health Services - Niamh McGrath
  • Good Shepherd Centre - Catherine White
  • KASA Rape Crisi Service - Bríd Meighan
  • Dept. Social Protection - Julianne Power

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