Damien Moloney is the full-time Commissioner in the Law Reform Commission having begun his appointment in April 2026.  Damien is the former Director General of the Office of the Attorney General (2017-2026) where he led the Office in providing the highest standards of legal services to the Government, Government Departments and Offices.  The Director General is the senior civil servant and non-political head of the Office. He is responsible for the effective and efficient management of the Office including particular financial responsibilities, strategic planning and direction, delivering outputs and outcomes, addressing cross-cutting matters involving the Office and, as Accounting Officer, being accountable before Oireachtas Committees as required.  Damien has over three decades of public law experience having joined the Office of the Attorney General in 1995.  He had a leading role in providing the State legal response during a number of significant crises affecting the State including the financial/banking crisis, Brexit and Covid.  Damien was a junior counsel operating in the law library and South Eastern Circuit (1988-1995) with a general civil law practice.  Damien is a graduate of a number of third level institutions – including Trinity College Dublin, Kings’ Inns, University College Dublin,  Smurfit Business School UCD and Institute of Directors.  A particular area of interest to Damien is in the area of corporate governance.  Through his contribution in the Office of the Attorney General and the Civil Service Management Board, Damien has contributed to improvements in governance both in the Office and across Government Departments and Offices.

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