State Claims Agency announce winners of the Enterprise Risk Network Recognition Awards 2020

The State Claims Agency (SCA) has announced the winners of this year’s Enterprise Risk Network Recognition Awards.

The Awards acknowledge the leaders in enterprise risk management in the State sector and commend the ongoing process of continuous improvement and progress in the management of risk within the SCA’s Delegated State Authorities (DSAs). 

More than 100 submissions were received from DSAs across the eight categories. 

The shortlist of projects included a wide variety of risk initiatives which demonstrate best in class in terms of continuous improvement and progress in the management of enterprise risk across the State sector. 

Reflecting on the 2020 awards initiative, Ciarán Breen, Director of the SCA, said:

“There is diverse and excellent risk management work being undertaken across the State and health and social care sectors in Ireland. I am greatly encouraged to see the high standard of the projects and initiatives submitted for consideration this year. Through these Awards, we want to reiterate to our DSAs the importance of prioritising risk management and continuously striving to improve. By focusing our efforts on proactively managing risk as a sector, we can all help to make our working environment safer for employees, patients, service users and other visitors, and mitigate the cost of claims to the State.”

Pat Kirwan, Deputy Director of the SCA, also congratulated the winners and the finalists on their achievements:

“Risk management is a vital function in State and health and social care organisations. The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the importance of occupational health and safety and the people whose job it is to ensure that we are safe in our work. Health and safety risk professionals in all DSAs demonstrated this year their expertise, adaptability and innovation in response to the pandemic. Most of all they demonstrated their critical value to their organisations. The awards are the SCA’s small gesture of recognitions to some of these professionals. ”

2020 Winners