In March 2024 the Diocese began work on the establishment of the Dublin Diocesan Pastoral Council (DDPC). The membership of the Diocesan Pastoral Council expresses the vision in Church Documents that it should reflect the entire people of God with the good of the whole Diocese in mind. In the spirit of the Universal Synod on Synodality a process was designed that allowed for widespread invitation, prayerful discernment and practical application. In December the Deaneries, made up of Parish Pastoral Council representatives, religious and clergy, were invited to put forward candidates whom they felt would have the necessary gifts to serve on the DDPC. When the initial names emerged, a four-stage process of discernment began at Deanery level, Pastoral Area level and finally Diocesan level. At each stage the groups entrusted with the discernment were made up of both laity and clergy. The final level of discernment has taken place. Those to be commissioned as members of the Diocesan Pastoral Council are:

Ms Áine Nolan (West Dublin)

Ms Bruna Frota Mourao (City Centre)

Ms Catherine Hennessy (North Dublin)

Monsignor Ciarán O’Carroll (South Dublin)

Archbishop Dermot Farrell

Bishop Donal Roche

Deacon Eamonn Murray (North Dublin)

Father Gareth Byrne (North Dublin)

Ms Geraldine Tallon (Wicklow)

Mr Kevin Mullally (Southwest Dublin)

Canon Liam Rigney (Kildare)

Sister Liz Byrne (West Dublin)

Ms Maeve Davidson (South Dublin)

Ms Orla McCarthy (South Dublin)

Ms Orla O’Grady Walshe (South Dublin)

Ms Patricia Carroll (North Dublin)

Father Paul Thornton (North Dublin)

Bishop Paul Dempsey

Father Richard Sheehy (North & West Dublin)

Mr Seán Feeney (North Dublin)

Ms Sheila Keegan Groome (City Centre)

Ms Thérèse O’Mahony (West Dublin)