The Director of Quality Promotion is an ex-officio member of and acts as secretary to, the Quality Promotion Committee. The Director of Quality Promotion reports to the President.

The current Director of Quality Promotion is Dr. Padraig Walsh (email:  quality@dcu.ie ), who is on secondment from the School of Biotechnology for the period 2001-2006.

The Director of Quality Promotion is responsible for:

• ensuring that the Quality Promotion Office functions effectively
• developing, maintaining and communicating, in conjunction with the Quality Promotion Committee, integrated quality assurance/quality improvement procedures for Dublin City University
• promoting a culture of quality improvement in the University
• co-ordinating and supporting the self-assessment and evaluation of quality in Schools, Faculties and Units
• directing the periodic evaluation of quality assurance/quality improvement procedures, in conjunction with the Quality Promotion Committee
• representing the University on appropriate external bodies, including the Irish Universities Quality Board (IUQB), and disseminating information on their deliberations to the Quality Promotion Committee and throughout the University
• assisting the Quality Promotion Committee in the formulation of policy on quality assurance and quality improvement
• maintaining knowledge of best practice in the field and to contribute to this as appropriate
• assessing and presenting, on the resource implications of quality reviews to Executive (though the Budget Committee)

drafting the annual report for Executive, Academic Council and Governing Authority