Inspection of 6 May 2025 — Inspection Report
Regulation 23 — Safeguarding health, safety and welfare of child
- General Safety: 1. Garda vetting was available for 8 staff members. However, the vetting disclosures was not dated within the previous three years in adherence to with the Early Years Inspectorate Regulatory Notice ‘EYI-RN12.3 Renewal of Garda Vetting’. 2. Although it is acknowledged that children were adequately supervised in the outdoor area on the day of the inspection, the outdoor space at the lower end of the outdoor area had footholes in the fence wire where a child could place their foot in and climb over the fence. Areas behind the fence lead to a stream and a wooded area with a bank which led to a public road. Infection Control: 3. Children were not assisted to wash their hands after each nappy change. 4. The nappy changing bin (used by the Cherry Blossom room) was broken and not foot operated
Provider's corrective action:
- Corrective Action: General Safety: 1. On the day of the inspection, applied for re-vetting for all our staff members. All Garda vetting back and sent them all onto Tusla by the 28th of May 2025. 2. Since the day of the inspection, the manager has not used this garden area. The registered provider purchased rolls of netted fencing wire that will totally cover the existing fencing area in this garden. To prevent any future hazards from occurring the fencing is being installed in the coming week, this will eliminate the footholds in the fence. Infection Control: 3. All staff had been reminded on 7th of May the day after the inspection the importance of hand washing after each nappy change, which is stated in our infection control Policy. Infection control policy was given to all staff on the 7th of May the day after the inspection. In this Policy the following is stated “all staff promote and model good hand hygiene for the children, good hand washing, after using the toilet, after nappy changing, before preparing or eating food, after wiping noses, after emptying/cleaning the bins and after mopping up spills.” Risk assessments will continue to be carried out on nappy changes to ensure all staff are using high infection control standards at all times. 4. The nappy bin was replaced in the Cherry Blossoms room on the 8th of May 2025. Preventive Action: 1. In the front of the staff folder a page with the renewal dates for all the staff garda vetting has been included. Please find attached this updated file that has been now added to the staff folder. 2. Risk assessments carried out in the outdoor area daily. 3. Infection control policy was given to all staff on the 7th of May the day after the inspection. In this Policy the following is stated “all staff promote and model good hand hygiene for the children, good hand washing, after using the toilet, after nappy changing, before preparing or eating food, after wiping noses, after emptying/cleaning the bins and after mopping up spills.” 4. Risk assessments will continue to be carried out on nappy changes to ensure all staff are using high infection control standards at all times
Regulation 30 — Minimum space requirements
- (1) In the Buttercups room between 12 and 1pm adequate clear floor space was not available for the 26 children in the room having their dinner. (2) There were 26 children aged between 3 to 5 years requiring 2.3 m² each. The space available in the care room was 52.84 m² which could only accommodate 23 children
Provider's corrective action:
- Corrective Action 1. Between 12 and 1 o’clock the children who are going for sleep in the Precious Petals room will remain in this room for their dinner, after their dinner they will get ready for their sleep, which also takes place in the precious petals room. 2. On the 9th of May the manager sent the architectural plans of our building to the Tusla inspector. The reason for sending the plans was to show Tusla that our room had always been inspected at a higher square footage to what was measured on the day of the inspection. In seeing that the room was in fact 52.84m2 on the day of the inspection the registered provider ensured that between 12 and 1pm there are no more than 23 children in the room at any one time. Preventive Action: 1. All children going for their sleep at 12:30 will have their dinner in the precious petals room and not be moved over to the Blossoming Buttercups room. 2. Following the inspection the manager made sure to note the square footage of the room and will ensure that all clear floor space is available to accommodate the specific age groups moving forward. Summary Comment The response from the registered provider has addressed the non-compliances in Regulation 30
Found compliant: Regulation 9, 11, 19, 20, 21, 22, 25, 26, 28.