Louise Murphy has been appointed by Minister of State for Agriculture, Food & the Marine Mr. Timmy Dooley T.D. as a member of the Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority (SFPA) following a public recruitment process conducted for the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine by the Public Appointments Service.
Louise has more than 20 years’ experience, the last 15 of which have been in the public sector and most recently worked as Acting Principal Officer Corporate Services at the SFPA. She originally joined the SFPA as Director of Finance in 2017 and was tasked with ensuring that resources were aligned with strategic goals, that public funds were managed with transparency, accountability and efficiency in accordance with corporate governance standards as well as the development and implementation of risk management policies.
Louise is a Fellow of Chartered Accountants Ireland and holds a BSc (Accounting) from University College Cork.
Louise joins fellow Authority members; Mr. Paschal Hayes, Executive Chairperson and Mr. Michael Finn, Senior Executive Manager Operations.
Paschal Hayes, Executive Chairperson of the SFPA commented:
“I am delighted that Minister Dooley has appointed Louise Murphy as a Sea Fisheries Protection Authority member following her success in the Public Appointments Service recruitment campaign. She joins Michael Finn and I to bring the Authority back up to a full strength of three members. I welcome Louise on board and wish her every success in her new role as Authority Member and Senior Executive Manager for Strategic Management.”
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Note to Editor
- Link to Louise Murphy’s biography on our website https://www.sfpa.ie/Who-We-Are/Our-Structure/SFPA-Authority-Management-Board
About the SFPA
The Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority (SFPA) is the independent statutory body responsible for the regulation of the sea-fisheries and the sea-food production sectors. It promotes compliance with the EU Common Fisheries Policy, sea-fisheries law and food safety law relating to fish and fish products, verifies compliance and, where necessary, enforces it. Its mandate covers all fishing vessels operating within Ireland’s 200-mile limit, over 2,000 Irish registered fishing vessels wherever they operate, and all seafood produced in Ireland’s seafood processing companies. The SFPA operates through a network of regional port offices situated at Ireland’s main fishery harbours. For further information visit: www.sfpa.ie