Governing Authority
The Governing Authority (GA) of University College Dublin, National University of Ireland, Dublin was established under the Universities Act, 1997 and is the direct successor of the Governing Body established under the founding Charter of University College Dublin (1908). The primary responsibility of the Governing Authority is to guide the strategic direction of the University, with particular emphasis on overseeing policy, monitoring the performance of top management and working with the President to set UCD’s strategic aims. The Authority currently in office is appointed for the period 01 February 2019 to 31 January 2024.
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University Secretariat
email: govauth@ucd.ie
Functions of the Governing Authority are (Universities Act, 1997):
(a) to control and administer the land and other property of the university,
(b) to appoint the chief officer and such other employees as it thinks necessary for the purposes of the university,
(c) subject to the Act and its charter, statutes and regulations, to determine the membership from time to time of the governing authority, and
(d) to perform such other functions as are imposed on it by or under that or any other Act or by its charter, statutes and regulations.
Governing Authority Membership 2019-2024
Chair
Marie O'Connor
Nominations from Organisations
Charles Coase
Isabel Foley
Mary O'Dea
Minister's Nominees
TBC
Lord Mayor of Dublin
Lord Mayor Nial Ring
Elected by the Association of Irish Local Government
Cllr. John Paul Feeley
Cllr. Christy Curtin
Cllr. Rosaleen O’Grady
Cllr. Sinéad Guckian
Cllr. Emer Higgins
Cllr. Peggy Nolan
Cllr. Pat Daly
Cllr. Pádraig Conneely
Nominated by the National University of Ireland
Julie O'Neill
Liam McLoughlin
UCD Graduates
Clíona de Bhaldraithe Marsh
Eoghan Murphy
Chief Officer
Prof. Andrew Deeks
Senior Officer - Registrar
Prof. Mark Rogers
Professors
Prof. Emma Teeling
Prof. Alex Evans
Prof. Dympna Devine
Prof. Patrick Paul Walsh
Prof. Geraldine Butler
Prof. Patrick Guiry
Other Non-Professorial Staff
Assoc. Prof. Emma Sokell
Assoc. Prof. Wolfgang Marx
Assoc. Prof. John Dunnion
Dr Kelly Fitzgerald
Dr Regina Joye
Non-Academic Staff
Claire Nolan
Helen Kenny
Hugo O'Donnell
Student Representatives
Barry Murphy
Stephen Crosby
Melissa Plunkett
Postgaduate Student Representative
Niall Torris
Total Seats: 40
Seats filled to date: 35
Seats vacant: 5
Provisional GA Meeting Schedule 2019/2020
Please note these dates are provisional and subject to change.
| Submission Deadline | Meeting Date |
| N/A – Induction Session | Thursday 7 February 2019 |
| Thursday 24 January 2019 | Thursday 21 February 2019, 11am |
| Thursday 28 February 2019 | Thursday 28 March 2019, 11am |
| Thursday 11 April 2019 | Thursday 9 May 2019, 2.30pm |
| Thursday 23 May 2019 |
20-21 June 2019, 11am (Ordinary Meeting & Strategy Session) |
| Thursday 19 September 2019 | Thursday 17 October 2019, 11am |
| Thursday 14 November 2019 | Thursday 12 December 2019, 11am |
| N/A - Strategy Session |
Thursday 16 January 2020 (Strategy Session) |
| Thursday 23 January 2020 | Thursday 20 February 2020, 11am |
| Thursday 27 February 2020 | Thursday 26 March 2020, 11am |
| Thursday 16 April 2020 | Thursday 14 May 2020, 11am |
| Thursday 21 May 2020 | Thursday 18 June 2020, 11am |
- Summary of Meeting 19 June 2018
- Summary of Meeting 30 April 2018
- Summary of Meeting 27 March 2018
- Summary of Meeting 20 February 2018
- Summary of Meeting 13 December 2017
- Summary of Meeting 3 October 2017
- Summary of Meeting 27 June 2017
- Summary of Meeting 21 March 2017
- Summary of Meeting 7 February 2017
- Summary of Meeting 20 December 2016
- Summary of Meeting 18 October 2016
- Summary of Meeting 28 June 2016
- Summary of Meeting 17 May 2016
- Summary of Meeting 22 March 2016