# Carousel Day Nursery, Dublin 5 — inspection reports and findings > Carousel Day Nursery (Dublin 5, Co. Dublin): what Tusla inspections found — 4 published inspection(s), non-compliances and the provider's corrective actions. ## Carousel Day Nursery Sessional · 0 - 6 Years · Dublin 5, Dublin · Tusla ID **TU2015DY043** · Registered since 1 January 2026 An inspection records what inspectors saw **on one day**; services respond with corrective actions — [how to read this](/methodology.md). #### Inspection of 13 April 2026 — Inspection Report Full report (PDF, Tusla) ##### Regulation 9 — Management and recruitment - (7) (a) A review of documentation and discussion with staff and management showed that staff training and supervision had not been carried out in line with service policy. Evidenced by the following. • There were no written records of staff meetings which through discussion with staff and management had taken place. • There were no written records of three one-to-one meetings which through discussion with staff and management had taken place. • When asked about staff supervision and support, eight of the ten adults could not remember the date of their last individual supervision session. In addition, there were no written records of staff supervision available for review. The supervision of staff service policy states that ‘all group and individual meetings will be recorded’. • There was no documentary evidence available to show that two adults had completed their mandatory child safeguarding training which is required for all adults working with children to be completed every three years. In addition, there was documentary evidence to show that three adults child safeguarding training was out of date and had not been renewed. It is acknowledged that adults reported to the inspection team that they had been made aware how to identify child protection concerns and the reporting procedures which needed to be followed - Management have arranged a staff meeting with all the staff and will continue to hold a staff meeting every 6 weeks after this. Management have started one to one appraisal with the staff; Management have created a new folder for all the staff supervision written recordings of our meetings from now on. Management will keep a written record of all staff meetings going forward. All staff members are now up to date with child safeguarding, and this will be closely monitored ##### Regulation 11 — Staffing levels - (2) The registered provider did not ensure that the minimum ratio of adults to children was maintained at all times. An insufficient number of adults was available to the children in the Playgroup room during sleep time. Service Type Age Range Number of children present Number of adults present Minimum number of adults required Full Day Care 2- 3 years 10 1 2 The correct adult child ratio for this age group is one adult caring for six children attending on a full-time basis - (2) Management have noted there needs to be two staff members with the children at sleep time. Management have adjusted the rosters to facilitate this and have also instructed the staff member who organises the staff shifts to keep this regulation in mind at all times ##### Regulation 23 — Safeguarding health, safety and welfare of child - General Safety: 1. Liquid hand sanitizer, washing up liquid and batteries were observed to be stored and were accessible to children in an unlocked press under the sink in the Montessori 2 room. This posed a potential risk of injury to children. It is acknowledged that staff in the room removed the risks once the identified risk was brought to their attention. A similar non-compliance was observed on the previous inspection, and the preventive action had not been sustained. 2. Two trailing flexes were observed to be hanging and were accessible to children in the Montessori room. This posed a risk of injury. It is acknowledged that staff in the room removed the risks once the identified risk was brought to their attention. 3. Two garda vetting disclosures reviewed were not dated within three years. This was not in adherence with early years inspectorate regulatory notice requiring services to renew staff garda vetting every three years. It is acknowledged that there was evidence to show that the vetting disclosures had been applied for prior to the inspection, however, the vetting disclosures had not been received prior to their expiry date. A similar non-compliance was observed on the previous inspection, and the preventive action had not been sustained. This posed a safeguarding risk. 4. A sample of nine accident and incident records were reviewed. Four of the records were not complete. Evidenced by the following. • On three of the records there was no evidence to show when the parent/guardian was informed of the day of the accident/ incident as the dates were left blank beside the parent’s signature. • There was no accident and incident record available for one child who through discussion with staff and management had attended hospital following an accident which had occurred in the service. It is important that parents are presented with full details of any incidents or accidents on the day, so that they can appropriately monitor their child. This posed a potential risk of safety 5. A risk of injury was present in the outdoor area in relation to broken equipment which was accessible to the children. The following was observed. • One of the chalk boards had sharp, broken edges. • Concrete posts were broken with sharp edges. The broken equipment was accessible to children and had the potential to cause an injury. Administration of Medication: 6. See Statutory Notice section in relation to Improvement Notice IN0341 served. Safe Sleep: 7. A child aged between 1 to 2 years was observed to be sleeping with a cuddly toy in their cot. This was not in line with current safe sleep guidance or the service safe sleep checklist. It is acknowledged that there was a staff member present in the cot room during this time. This posed a safe sleep risk. Action submitted by the Registered Provider - General Safety: 1. Management have put a child safe lock on the cupboard. Management have discussed the importance of keeping this door lock with the staff in the room. 2. The trailing flexes were removed immediately. Management have discussed the hazards of trailing flexes in the room with the staff in question. 3. This garda vetting has been re-applied for. Management have decided to ensure garda vetting forms are submitted two months in advance of expiry of existing vetting documents. 4. Management has noted this and bought a new accident and report book where all paperwork will be kept together and prevent the loss of documents. Management has contacted the child’s mother and received the child’s accident report form that she received at the time of the accident and so we now have a copy of this form too. All staff have been informed to make sure the accident and incident report forms have been completed correctly. 5. The chalkboard has been removed, and the concrete posts have been covered with safety protective covers. Administration of Medication: 6. See Statutory Notice section in relation to Improvement Notice IN0341 served. Safe Sleep: 7. The cuddly toy was removed immediately. Management have discussed with staff that the cuddly toy will have to be removed after the child goes to sleep ##### Regulation 31 — Notification of incidents - (d) The registered provider did not ensure that the procedures specified under Regulation 31 was completed within three working days regarding a notifiable incident where the child required emergency hospital medical treatment - This has been noted by the registered provider and will be adhered to in the future Found compliant: Regulation 19, 25, 32. #### Inspection of 29 May 2025 — Inspection Report Full report (PDF, Tusla) **Immediate action notice.** 29 May 2025 An immediate action notice (IAN) was issued to the registered provider on the day of inspection in relation to a significant risk identified under Regulation 23. Further details are available in the body of the report. A response which adequately addressed the concern was received on 30 April 2025. ##### Regulation 9 — Management and recruitment - (3) Documentation reviewed evidenced that all the procedures specified above under 9(2) had not been carried out prior to the commencement of employment of two adults in the service. Evidenced by the following. • Garda vetting disclosures were received 1-2 months following the start date of the two staff. • Police vetting was received 1 month following the start date of one staff member. The procedures specified under 9(2) must be carried out in advance of commencement of any adults in the service. This posed a safeguarding risk - (3) Staff members had not returned garda vetting emails and it was overlooked by the registered provider at the time to check this. One police vetting disclosure had also been overlooked. The registered provider will follow the correct procedures and ensure this does not happen again ##### Regulation 23 — Safeguarding health, safety and welfare of child - General Safety: 1. The garden side entrance to the service was observed to be unsecured. Evidenced by the following. o The slide lock on the exit door leading out of the service was at a level accessible to children and could be easily opened. This posed a significant risk if the child were to exit the service unsupervised. o The slide lock which was located on the inside of the side entrance was accessible and could be easily opened from the outside due to a manmade hole in the door. This posed a significant risk if an unauthorised person were to open the slide lock and gain unauthorised access to the service. An immediate action notice was issued on the day of the inspection. A response was received by the registered provider the next day which mitigated this risk identified. 2. A cleaning agent was observed to be stored accessible to children in an unlocked press under the sink in the Montessori 2 room. This posed a potential risk of injury to children. The inspector moved the cleaning agent out of reach of children to a high shelf. 3. A blind cord in the Montessori 2 room was observed to be not secured. This posed a potential risk of injury to the children present. 4. The registered provider did not ensure adequate restriction on a window opening. Shelving under the window made the window accessible to the children which posed a potential risk. 5. The inspector observed two children to eat uncut fruit brought from home at snack time. The size and shape of the fruits observed presented a potential choking hazard. HSE and Tusla guidelines recommend that fruit served to young children must be quartered or halved. 6. One of the five Garda vetting disclosures reviewed were not dated within the previous three years in adherence to with the Early Years Inspectorate Regulatory Notice ‘EYI-RN12.3 Renewal of Garda Vetting’. This posed a safeguarding concern. It is acknowledged that the out-of-date garda vetting was for an adult who does not work directly with the children and works remotely for majority of the time. Action submitted by the Registered Provider - General Safety: 1. The registered provider recognised immediately what the inspector noticed and fixed it on the day of the inspection by getting the gate lock to a height beyond a child’s height making it inaccessible. 2. Cleaning agents were removed immediately on the day of the inspection and were put out of reach of children. Management discussed with staff the importance of keeping cleaning products out of reach of children. 3. The windows now have blind cord holders. The registered provider will ensure all windows have blind cord holders from now onwards and has also bought extra ones just in case they are required in the future. 4. Window restrictors have been installed on windows. The registered provider will ensure all windows have window restrictors from now onwards. 5. Management has discussed with all staff, and it has been agreed that all fruits will be examined and cut to a safe sized from now onwards. All staff have been instructed to be extra vigilant when cutting foods to appropriate sizes for safety. 6. This staff member no longer works in the service. The registered provider will follow the correct procedures and ensure this does not happen again ##### Regulation 25 — First aid - (1) On review of the staff roster, it was observed that there was no adult with First Aid Responder (FAR) training available to the children between 7.30am to 10.30am. It is acknowledged that ten adults employed in the service are trained in paediatric first aid and two adults hold a qualification in First Aid Responder (FAR). However, on the morning of the inspection an adult with FAR training certification was not available at all times to meet the regulatory requirements - (1) This was an oversight by the registered provider; two adults have FAR training and the registered provider will ensure that the adults with FAR training will not be off together in the future Found compliant: Regulation 11, 19, 26, 28. #### Inspection of 8 April 2024 — Inspection Report Full report (PDF, Tusla) **Immediate action notice.** An immediate action notice was issued to the provider during the inspection in relation to an identified risk under Regulation 23. A response which addressed the risk was received from the provider on the 9th April 2024. Details of the immediate action notice are provided in Regulation 23. Part III – Management and Staff ##### Regulation 19 — Health, welfare and development of child - 1. Activities were observed to be primarily adult led in the service and children were observed to spend the majority of the day sitting doing tabletop activities provided by staff with little choice given to the children as to what activities they would like to do. For example, at 12pm in the Montessori room children were observed moving from circle time to a tabletop activity. Staff advised children with green chairs to go to the green table and children with blue chairs to go to the blue table; children were provided with one large jigsaw per table to complete as a group. At 1:40 children were observed sitting at the tables with two different activities while at 3pm another activity was provided at one table while four children played in the corner with the large dolls house. Staff advised children change tables every 20 minutes to ensure they get to do each activity provided. Allowing children freedom to choose their own activities and playmates promotes independence, decision making, negotiations skills and supports interest-based learning. 2. Staff did not encourage a social environment at dinner time in line with the service policy. One child was observed to eat alone at a table with their back to the other children, a staff member did acknowledge the child during the mealtime however staff did not encourage the child to join another table where other children were present. This practice is not in line with the service policy which states that staff will sit with the children to demonstrate good social skills. Children should be encouraged to sit and engage with their peers to support development of language and interaction skills and for development of pro-social behaviours. 3. Adequate supporting equipment was not readily available to support children to engage in role play with the kitchen unit in the Toddler room and toy boxes were not labelled making it difficult to assess the contents. For example, supporting equipment was limited to 1 pan, 2 cups, 1 lid, and 5 plates. These were stored in a box on a shelf at the opposite end of the care room to the kitchen. Toys and equipment should be clearly labelled and grouped thematically to support children to make choices and play independently. 4. Battery operated toys in the Playgroup room were observed to not be working and could not be used as intended. Battery operated toys should be maintained in working order to ensure the toys can be used as intended and to support children’s understanding of cause and effect - 1. Staff have been spoken to and it is agreed that children need more freedom in their play. 2. Staff have been spoken to and will ensure they sit with the children during meals. 3. Toys and equipment have been moved closer to the kitchen unit and boxes have been clearly labelled. 4. Battery operated toys are now working ##### Regulation 23 — Safeguarding health, safety and welfare of child - General Safety: 1. A radiator in the Montessori room which was accessible to the children was not thermostatically controlled and posed a risk of injury to the children. The surface temperature of the radiator was recorded as 53℃ at 12pm. It is acknowledged that a grid was in place to prevent access however this does not cover the top of the radiator and allows access considering the age and size of the children present. An immediate action notice was issued to the registered provider during the inspection. 2. A completed child record form was not available for one child who was present in the service on the day of inspection. A completed child record form is required to ensure staff have all necessary information to care for the child. This posed a potential risk to the child as staff did not have sufficient information as to allergies, additional care needs, or authorised persons to collect the child. 3. Signs were not present on the Playgroup room door to indicate a step was present when leaving the care room. This posed a risk of injury to persons attending the service. This was a non-compliance on the previous inspection in October 2023. 4. A shelving unit in the pre-montessori room was not adequately secured to the wall and presented a tipping risk. 5. Two storage boxes in the garden area were observed to be broken with sharp edges which posed a risk of injury to the children. This was a non-compliance on the previous inspection in October 2023. Infection Control: 6. Temperature checks were not in place for a meal which was provided by the parents of a child and heated by care room staff. Staff were observed heating the food in a microwave outside the care room door and giving the bowl to the child on entering the room. Staff advised they did not have a food temperature check record. Staff must ensure food is reheated to the correct temperature and cooled sufficiently before giving to the children to prevent illness or injury to the child. 7. Handwashing was not routinely completed following nappy changing or personal care tasks such as nose wiping. This was not in line with best practice guidelines or the service policy. Adequate handwashing is required to prevent the spread of infection. This was a non-compliance on the previous inspection in October 2023. 8. Toilet roll was not hygienically dispensed in the toilets used by the children from the pre-montessori room and was observed sitting on top of the toilet roll dispenser. Toilet roll should be hygienically dispensed to prevent cross contamination. 9. A roll of paper handtowel was not hygienically dispensed in the nappy changing area and was observed to have wet patches from frequent handling. Paper hand towels should be hygienically dispensed to prevent cross contamination. Fire Safety: 10. An attendance record was not updated for a child who left the service at 10:25am. Attendance records must be completed in a timely manner to ensure they reflect the children present in the service to ensure the safety of the children during a fire emergency. Action submitted by the Registered Provider - General Safety: 1. The radiator cover was replaced with one which covers the entire radiator. 2. The parent submitted the required documentation the following day. The registered provider will monitor to ensure it doesn’t happen again. 3. Safety signs have been put on both sides of the door. 4. The shelf has been secured to the wall on both sides to prevent movement. 5. The storage boxes have been mended. The registered provider will monitor to ensure it doesn’t happen again. Infection Control: 6. Temperature monitoring sheets have been provided in the care room for use when meals are reheated. 7. Staff have been reminded of handwashing procedure and signs have been put up in the sanitary areas as a reminder. 8. This has been noted and corrected. 9. This has been noted and corrected. Fire Safety: 10. This has been addressed with staff ##### Regulation 29 — Premises - (d) 1. A buildup of cobwebs was present on the ceiling of the walkway/ storage area adjacent to the pre- montessori room and in the nappy changing area. This was a non-compliance on the previous inspection in October 2023. 2. The flooring in the walkway/storage area adjacent to the pre-montessori room was chipped and worn with a large gap present. This did not provide an adequate cleaning surface. This was a non-compliance on the previous inspection in October 2023 - 1. The cobwebs have been cleaned and we have noted this needs to be done on a regular basis. 2. 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