Mr Mealy has an active interest in surgical training and held the post of Chairman of the Dublin Region Basic Surgical Training Committee from 2001 until 2006 and has been Chairman of the National Basic Surgical Training Committee since then. He also held the position of President of the Surgical Section of The Royal Academy of Medicine in Ireland (RAMI) in 2008. Mr Declan Magee Consultant Surgeon (Gen) Blackrock Clinic,(late St Columcille's Hospital); Member of Council RCSI, 1993 to date.