Policies, Statutes & Codes
University Policies
The Central Policies Webpage (CPW) provides access to all of the University's policies, codes, statutes etc. that are used to govern its affairs. The CPW is maintained by the OCOO.
OCOO Policies
All policies are owned by a specific DCU unit or function (e.g. Office of the VP Academic Affairs, Finance Office, Faculty of Humanities etc.)
The Office of the Chief Operations Officer (OCOO) is the designated owner for a number of the University's policies, statutes and codes and these are listed below.
The policies listed below are the owned by the Office of the Chief Operations Officer.
For a detailed listing of all University Policies and other governance related university documents (including the ones listed below) please refer to the University Policies webpage.
If you have any queries on the subset of COO policies below please contact the COO's office.
- Anti-Fraud and Anti-Corruption Policy
- Artificial Intelligence Tools - Position Statement
- Child Protection Policy
- Compliance Policy
- Data Privacy Policy
- Personal Data Retention Policy
- Policy on University Policies
- Protected Disclosures Policy (Whistleblowing Policy)
- Space Management Policy
- Risk Management Policy
- Signing Authority Policy & Appendix
- Social Media Policy
- Third Parties Contact Policy
- University Committees Policy
The statutes listed below are those owned by the Office of the Chief Operations Officer only. If you have any queries on these please contact the COO's office.
- Statute No. 1 - Office of the President (Selection & Appointment Procedure)
- Statute No. 2 - Staff Appointment Procedures
- Statute No. 3 - (Withdrawn & replaced by Statute no. 5 below in 2010)
- Statute No. 4 - Dispute Resolution Procedure
- Statute No. 5 - Suspension & Dismissal of Employees
- Statute No. 6 - Academic Council
The codes listed below are those owned by the Office of the Chief Operations Officer only. If you have any queries on these please contact the COO's office.
In addition to the OCOO policies listed above the University's Position Statement on the use of Artificial Intelligence Tools may be accessed at the OCOO link below.
As a public body in receipt of Exchequer funding the University is required to apply certain practices, procedures and guidelines, as set out by various Irish government departments, with regard to the management and control of its capital works projects.
To address these requirements the University's Executive adopted an initial Capital Works Framework in November 2015 and subsequently updated it, most recently in October 2022. The Framework sets out, at a high level, how the University's senior management seeks to exercise control and meet its oversight responsibilities for the the management of capital works that are either initiated by the University, or one of its wholly owned subsidiary companies.
Members of staff who wish to view the current Framework may access it at the link below.
If you have any queries on the Framework please contact the COO's office.
The University's Corporate Compliance Framework, as maintained by the Office of the Chief Operations Officer (OCOO), is a list of the most significant pieces of legislation with which the University must comply.
For futher details please visit the Corporate Compliance Framework Webpage.
The Office of the Chief Operations Officer (OCOO) is responsible for the management of the University's legal affairs and this section of the University's website provides further details on how that duty is discharged and the supports in place.
Any queries on its contents, or legal matters in general, should be directed to the OCOO.
Fore further information please visit the Corporate Legal Affairs Framework Webpage.
The charter listed below is owned by Sustainability DCU, a sub-unit of the Office of the Chief Operations Officer.
If you have any queries on the Charter please contact Sustainability DCU.
The guidelines listed below are those owned by the Office of the Chief Operations Officer only. If you have any queries on these please contact the COO's office.