Assignment of Responsibilities under the
Public Service Management Act 1997

Michael has been assigned responsibility at Assistant Secretary level for:

• advising the Minister and Government on policy development in the area of criminal law reform;
• drawing up legislative proposals for approval by Government;
• keeping criminal law under review to identify potential reforms for consideration by Government; engaging in and promoting research and assessing reports and submissions from advisory and research bodies, most notably the Law Reform Commission.

 Michael is a Designated Public Official under the Regulation of Lobbying Act 2015 : see www.lobbying.ie