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National Structure
At National Level the Administrative Council is made up of 8 National Officers. The Administrative Council is responsible for the day to day running of the Prison Officers’ Association. The Administrative Council is made up of 4 full time Officers (General Secretary, Deputy General Secretary, and the 2 Assistant General Secretaries) and 4 part time Officers (President, Vice President, General Treasurer and Information Officer). The chief negotiators of the Prison Officers’ Association are the General Secretary and the Deputy General Secretary.
Karl Dalton
General Secretary
Gabriel Keaveny
Deputy General Secretary
Terry Goodson
Assistant General Secretary
Mark Morrison
Assistant General Secretary
Tony Power
President
Dermot Kelly
Information Officer
Keith Ryan
General Treasurer
Peter Redmond
Vice-President
National Executive Council
In the absence of Annual Delegate Conference and/or Special Delegate Conference the decision making mechanism of the Prison Officers’ Association is the National Executive Council which meets on a regular basis. The National Executive Council is made of the 8 National Officers and the Chairperson of each Branch. Any decision ratified at the National Executive Council Meetings is carried out by the Administrative Council. There are Branches of the Prison Officers’ Association in each prison/place of detention in the Republic of Ireland as directed by the National Executive Council.
Structure at Local Level
There is a Branch of the Association in each prison / place of detention in the State and such places as the National Executive Council may designate. Local Branch Committees consists of 9 members consisting of 5 Branch Officers and 4 Committee Members as outlined hereunder.
- Branch Chairperson – National Executive Council Member.
- Branch Secretary – First Sub National Executive Council Member.
- Branch Treasurer – Second Sub National Executive Council Member.
- Vice Chairperson.
- Assistant Secretary.
- 4 Committee Members
The chief negotiators at local level are the Branch Chairperson and Branch Secretary.