Panel Profile
The Independent Water Review Panel (IWRP) is completely independent of Government and Northern Ireland Water Limited and it is serviced by an independent secretariat. Professor Paddy Hillyard chairs the Panel and other members include Joan Whiteside and Charles Coulthard – an additional appointment may be considered.
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Since January 2005 Professor Paddy Hillyard has held the chair of Sociology at Queens University, Belfast. He has written widely on issues relating to poverty, equality and social justice. For more information on Professor Hillyard go to: Professor Hillyard @ QUB |
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Chair of the Gas and Electricity Consumers Council in Scotland. He recently retired as Managing Director of Gas and Electricity Regulation in Scotland. He also served as Deputy Director of the Office for the Regulation of Electricity and Gas in Northern Ireland between 1992 and 1999. |
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Joan was Chair of the Consumer Council for Northern Ireland from 1997 to 2002. Between 1992 and 1997 she acted as the first chair of the NI Consumer Committee for Electricity. Until September 2006 Mrs Whiteside was a non-executive director of the NI Authority for Energy Regulation. |
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the Economic and Social Research Institute(ESRI) in Dublin |
