The Corporate Services Department supports the Executive Management Team (EMT) in the execution of its mission as the national centre for dental education, research and patient care.
Corporate Services works to support governance frameworks within the Hospital that facilitate transparency and accountability throughout the organisation and that are compliant with legislation, regulation and follow best practice.
Corporate Services supports the EMT in the areas of regulatory oversight of data protection, quality improvement, legal claims and insurances.
The Head of Corporate Services fulfils the role of data protection officer (DPO) in the Hospital and oversees and manages a governance framework that ensures compliance with the GDPR and the Data Protection Act, 2018 (“the data protection legislation”). Corporate Services operates statutory schemes under the Freedom of Information Act, 2014 and the data protection legislation. Freedom of information requests can be made to foi@dental.tcd.ie and data subject access requests to dataprotection@dental.tcd.ie.
Corporate Services has an oversight role in general risk and compliance within the Hospital and in the spirit of continuous quality improvement is currently coordinating a Quality Improvement Project. This is in response to national quality and regulatory requirements and supports our position as the national centre of excellence for dental education, research and patient care by providing continuous quality improvement.
The Corporate Services Team
Head of Corporate Services and DPO
Colette Kinsley
Tel: +353 1 612 7610
Email: colette.kinsley@dental.tcd.ie
Quality Improvement Project Co-Ordinator
Helen Curtis
Tel: +353 1 612 7324
Email: helen.curtis@dental.tcd.ie
Corporate Services Administrator
Helen McCabe Kelly
Tel: + 353 1 612 7311