Inspection of 7 May 2025 — Inspection Report
Regulation 9 — Management and recruitment
- (2)(a)(b) The following was not in place in relation to staff references: • There were no written references available in respect of 1 staff member. • A second written reference was not available in respect of 1 staff member
Provider's corrective action:
- The registered provider stated the following corrective actions and preventive actions have been undertaken: Corrective Action
- • The misplaced 2 validated references for the office administrator have been located. • The second reference for a staff member was misplaced and a new one has been received from a reputable source. Preventive Action
- • Management will regularly check staff files to ensure all paperwork is correct
Regulation 23 — Safeguarding health, safety and welfare of child
- General Safety: 1. In respect of 3 staff members, the service did not demonstrate compliance with the Early Years Inspectorate Regulatory Notice requiring services to renew Garda vetting every three years, as a period in excess of 3 years had lapsed since their Garda vetting disclosures were issued. Safe Sleep: 2. The children who slept on floor beds in the Moonlight room and also in the Butterfly room were not supervised by a staff member at all times. Instead, a staff member entered these rooms every 10 minutes to check the sleeping children. This posed a risk that children who woke could leave their beds unsupervised and climb, trip, fall or make physical contact with another child. Infection Control: 3. During the inspection food including diced fruit, buttered bread with jam and rice cakes were served to the children directly on to the tabletops rather than on plates in the Rainbow room and the Snowflake room which was an unhygienic practice
Provider's corrective action:
- The registered provider stated the following corrective actions and preventive actions have been undertaken: Corrective Actions 1. The 3 staff members have renewed their Garda vetting 2. Management were made aware on the day of the inspection that while children over 2 years of age are sleeping on stackable beds they need to be supervised at all times with a staff staying in the room during sleeps. Staff are now allocated to each sleep room while the children are sleeping. 3. Snack and tea are now served on individual plates/bowls and kitchen staff and teachers have been reminded of this. Preventive Actions 1. Management will regularly review the garda vetting and renewal dates. 2. Staff are now allocated to each sleep room while the children are sleeping. 3. Management will monitor this situation
Regulation 29 — Premises
- (d) A section of the wooden flooring in front of the sink in the Shooting Stars room was raised and uneven and posed a trip hazard for an adult or child. (e) The water supply from the hot taps at the wash hand basins in the sanitary accommodation adjoining the Rainbow room on the ground floor and in the sanitary accommodation across from the Snowflake room on the first floor was not adequate as there was only a trickle of water available which was insufficient to support effective hand hygiene procedures
Provider's corrective action:
- The registered provider stated the following corrective actions and preventive actions have been undertaken: Corrective Actions (d) The floor in the Shooting Star room has been replaced. (e) Plumbing works have been carried out to improve water pressure in the sanitary accommodation adjoining the Rainbow room and the sanitary accommodation across from the Snowflake room. Preventive Actions (d) Management will monitor all floors and replace immediately if damaged. (e) Management will monitor water pressure regularly
Found compliant: Regulation 11, 19, 25, 26, 28.