sentences:  She is currently a member of the Judicial Appointments Commission for Northern Ireland and the HPSS Regulation and Quality Improvement Authority.In 2005 she received an Honorary Degree of Doctor of Laws (LL.D) from the University of Ulster for her contributions to public life in Northern Ireland.She was appointed as an Older People's Advocate on 3 November 2008, in the interim pending the establishment of a full Commissioner for Older People.