Mr. Peter MacDonagh
Mr. Peter MacDonagh was educated at UCD and Cambridge University. Before undertaking post-graduate research he worked for Proctor & Gamble in the United Kingdom.
In 1997 he became the special advisor to the Minister for Education & Science. In addition to responsibilities relating to all policy areas covered by the Minister’s department, he was centrally involved in the development and implementation of policy in relation to research. Initiatives included the Scientific & Technological Education Fund established in 1997 with over EURO 300m in funding, the Programme for Research in Third Level Education (PRTLI) and the Irish Research Council for the Humanities and Social Sciences (IRCHSS). In this role he was centrally involved in the negotiation of a public/private funding agreement which secured the largest ever philanthropic donation in Ireland.
In 2000 he became a special advisor to the Taoiseach, where amongst various other areas, he had responsibility for education and research policy. During this period the Government implemented a major expansion in research funding and development of both programmes and institutions.
He is based in Dublin and Prague.
