Assistant Secretary General, Department of the Taoiseach
- Location: Dublin, Ireland
Elizabeth Canavan is the current Assistant Secretary General of the Social Policy and Public Service Reform Division, Government Information Service, and Corporate Affairs in the Department of the Taoiseach.
In this role, she is responsible for coordinating and overseeing the Governments response to COVID19 and the Humanitarian Response to the Ukrainian Crisis. She is the Secretary to the Cabinet Committees on Health, Education, Social Affairs and Equality and the Chair of the associated Senior Officials Groups.
She is also Deputy Chair of the National Economic and Social Council and Secretary to the Civil Service Management Board.
Previously, she held the position of Assistant Secretary General in the Department of Children and Youth Affairs, Acting Secretary General in both the Departments of Children and Youth Affairs, and Rural and Community Development, and Chief Executive Officer of the Adoption Authority of Ireland. She is a native of Galway and a graduate of Dublin City University, from which she holds a BA (Humanities).
