# D2 Montessori, Dublin 2 — inspection reports and findings > D2 Montessori (Dublin 2, Co. Dublin): what Tusla inspections found — 3 published inspection(s), non-compliances and the provider's corrective actions. ## D2 Montessori Sessional · 1 - 6 Years · Dublin 2, Dublin · Tusla ID **TU2015DY381** · 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 23 April 2025 — Inspection Report Full report (PDF, Tusla) ##### Regulation 16 — Record in relation to pre-school service - (1)(g) The following policy was incomplete and were not in keeping with the requirements of Regulation 10: The Staff supervision policy did not include ➢ The records that will be kept for supervision, where the records will be stored and how long they will be kept. The Person in charge stated that staff supervision is conducted on a six-monthly basis in the service however no supervision records are maintained in the service. The Accident and incident policy did not include ➢ That an accident or incident form would be completed following an accident or incident occurring in the service. ➢ How parents will be communicated with following an accident or incident. (k)Documentary evidence was not available in the service to confirm that an incident report had been completed and shared with parents following a recent incident that occurred in the service - Corrective Action (1) (g) The Supervision policy and Accident and Incident policy has been updated and given to all staff members to ensure they are up to date with the new policy. (k) The Accident and Incident policy has been updated with the following “In the event where a child has been harmed as a result of staff misconduct, parents will be notified once details of incident/accident has been collected. Parents will be contacted via telephone and informed of the incident, they will also be invited to the serviced to discuss the matter further. Parents will receive and sign an accident and incident report form upon arrival”. Preventive Action (1) (g) Management will review at least one policy every month this has been added to the monthly paperwork checklist. (1) (k) Management will ensure an accident and incident form will be filled out immediately after the accident/incident and ensure that all staff and management have signed and dated the form before parents receive, sign and date the form. All staff have read their updated accident and incident policy ##### Regulation 23 — Safeguarding health, safety and welfare of child - Infection Control: 1. The water at the sinks on the ground floor of the service including the nappy changing area, sink used by the children attending the Montessori room and the sink to support the staff toilet was cold. Cold water does not support effective hand hygiene. 2. On the afternoon of inspection, the children attending the Montessori room were not supervised in using the bathroom and were observed not to wash their hands after using the toilet. 3. Handtowels were not hygienically dispensed at the sink in the Montessori Room. This posed an infection control risk. Fire Safety: 4. A marked fire exit in the Montessori Room leading to the hallway of the service was blocked with a mat at the doorway. Furthermore, the area immediately outside this door was used for the storage of coats and bags which could impede the egress from the room in the event of an emergency. There were 2 official fire exits leading from the Montessori room and the staff stated that one of the fire exits were currently being used only. Fire exits must be clearly marked and unobstructed to provide safe evacuation in the event of an emergency. 5. The children attending the Wobbler room are facilitated to sleep in their care room on the first floor of the service daily. On the day of inspection 7 children aged less than 2 years were placed to sleep in this care room after dinner. Children aged less than 2 years are not permitted to sleep on the first floor due to the risks associated with fire evacuation in the event of an emergency. Action submitted by the Registered Provider Corrective Action Infection Control: 1. Daily checklist has been updated for the opening shift to ensure that all water heaters are turned on. 2. A staff meeting has been held, and all staff were told that children need to be supervised at all times when using the toilet. 3. A staff meeting has been held, and staff are to notify management or the floater if dispensers are empty. Fire Safety: 4. The sign has been removed from the door as the door is not in use. 5. Rooms have been moved and the Wobblers and Toddlers are now located on the ground floor. Preventive Action Infection Control: 1. Management will sign off on daily checklists at the end of the week. 2. Advice was given from Tusla and Better start and a fulltime floater has been employed for the service to help support in these areas. 3. Dispensers to be checked has been added to the daily check list. Fire Safety: 4. A referral had been made to the fire officer by the Early Years inspectorate, he visited the service on Friday the 23/05/2025. The fire officer was satisfied that all means of escape for the children and staff were compliant with fire regulations, however they are engaging with a fire consultant and will provide necessary information when required. 5. Fire Safety policy has been updated stating that all children under 2 will remain on the ground floor. Supporting documentation submitted Photograph of Wobbler and Toddler room located on the ground floor. Photograph of fire exit door. Sign in confirmation of fire officers visit to service. Summary Comment The evidence submitted by the registered provider in relation to regulation 23 - Safeguarding health, safety and welfare of child has been reviewed and accepted Found compliant: Regulation 9, 10, 11, 19, 31. #### Inspection of 29 January 2025 — Inspection Report Full report (PDF, Tusla) ##### Regulation 23 — Safeguarding health, safety and welfare of child - General Safety: 1. In the Toddler room, the temperature of a plug-in radiator, positioned away from children, was recorded at 59.2oC at 11.35am. This exceeded the recommended temperature of 50oC and posed a risk of burning to the children. It is acknowledged that staff members took immediate action to address the non-compliance, and the radiator was turned off. 2. Trailing flexes were observed, leading to a risk of injury, as follows: o On the wall outside of the nappy changing room on the ground floor, there was a loose flex to an immersion switch accessible to the children. o In the Outdoor area, at 11.33am, there was trailing wires accessible to children. 3. In the Wobbler room, one radiator cover was broken leading to a risk of injury - Corrective & Preventive Action General Safety: 1. All plug in heathers have been removed from the room. All rooms to be checked for plug in heaters on the daily risk assessment for the office. 2. The wire outside the changing room and the wire outside in the garden was fixed by maintenance. All wires are to be checked daily and have been added to the daily management risk assessment. 3. The radiator cover in the room have been changed. All furnishings will be checked by management daily and this has been added to the management risk assessment Found compliant: Regulation 9, 11, 16, 19, 25, 26, 29. #### Inspection of 4 March 2024 — Inspection Report Full report (PDF, Tusla) **Immediate action notice.** 04/03/24 An Immediate Action notice was issued to the service in relation to the following: ##### Regulation 9 — Management and recruitment - (a) One written and validated reference for two adults were not available from a past employer or reputable source. (b) One written reference for one adult from a source other than a past employer was available but not validated. (c) A Garda vetting Disclosure was not available for one adult. An immediate Action notice was issued. (d) Police vetting from one country for one adult who have lived outside the State for longer than six months as an adult was not available. It is acknowledged that documentation was present to demonstrate efforts made to obtain this police vetting - (2) (a)(b) A new staff checklist for future staff has been drafted up and implemented. All checklists need to be completed before the staffs start date. (c) The registered provider responded on the 5th March 2024 to the Immediate Action Notice issued on the 5th of March 2024 and stated; The adult in question is to remain at home until the service receive the Garda vetting disclosure. The service contacted the National Vetting Bureau to ask for the Garda vetting disclosure application to be fast tracked. (d) Staff member has reapplied for Police Vetting Clearance. The service will ensure all clearance has been approved before staff have started in the service ##### Regulation 16 — Record in relation to pre-school service - (k) On review of 19 accident and incident records available, the following information was missing: o The date of birth of the child was missing on one form. o The date of the parent’s signature was missing on eight forms - (1) (k) A staff meeting was held 27 March 2024 and all staff had up to date breakdown of completing an accident form. Accident and incident books will be checked daily by management to ensure the accident and incident records are completed ##### Regulation 19 — Health, welfare and development of child - Basic Needs: 1. The care needs of the children in the Toddler room were not facilitated at dinner time due to the following. o While the children sat and ate their dinner the three available staff prepared the room for sleep time. This did not create a sociable and relaxed environment for the children. o The two tables used by the children at dinner time were positioned closely together which limited the space available to them and their teachers to comfortably move around the area. 2. In the Wobbler room, at 10.51am, the room was darkened with no natural light as the wooden shutters and curtains were closed during free play time and mealtime up to sleep time at 12.13pm , this is not a suitable environment for play and mealtimes - 1. A new layout of the toddler room has been put in place. Management will ensure the room remains the same by checking the room daily. 2. Staff in the Wobbler room have been informed that the shutters remain open until the children are going to bed. Management will check daily to ensure the shutters are open ##### Regulation 21 — Equipment and materials - 1. The environment of the Wobbler Room did not support play opportunities for the children present as areas of interests were poorly defined and developed with limited equipment available, for example: • No supporting equipment for the play kitchen. • Equipment was stored in five boxes and not visible for the children as they were located on a high shelf inaccessible to the children, for example box of building blocks, animals, sensory toys, and two sensory trays and limited equipment for tabletop play opportunities. • At 10.51am, low-level chairs were inaccessible to the children during free play between mealtimes as they were stacked against a wall, limiting the tabletop play opportunities. This non-compliance was observed on the previous inspection in May 2023 and the preventive action had not been sustained - 1. All toys have been put-on low-level shelving and all staff have been informed that they need to at the child’s level at all times. To ensure this does not happen again rooms will be monitored and checked weekly ##### Regulation 23 — Safeguarding health, safety and welfare of child - General Safety: 1. Garda vetting was available for one staff member. However, this vetting disclosure 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. The temperature of two plug-in radiators were recorded as follows: Room Temperature recorded Time Wobbler room 72.7oC at 11.35am Montessori room 59.5 oC at 12.23pm This exceeded the recommended temperature of 50 oC and posed a risk of burning to the children. It is acknowledged that staff members took immediate action to address the non-compliance and the radiators were turned off. An immediate action notice was issued. 3. On the inspectors unannounced arrival at the service at 10.25am, the service door was locked and on ringing the entrance bell, the main door of the service was opened by a parent allowing the inspectors access, this poses a risk of unauthorised persons gaining access to the service. 4. Children attendance books were not monitored to ensure staff knew how many children were present in the care rooms, as follows: o In the Toddler room, there were 11 children observed to be present at 11.08am, on review of the attendance book there was five children marked present. This reduced the effective evacuation in the event of an emergency. 5. Trailing flexes were observed, leading to a risk of injury, as follows: o In the Toddler room, at 10.59am, there was a trailing flex from fairy lights accessible to the children. o In the Montessori room, at 11.01am, there was a trailing flex from a plug-in heater accessible to children. It is acknowledged that this trailing flex of the plug-in heater was addressed by the person in charge at 11.38am. 6. In the Toddler room, a glass cleaning chemical product was not stored securely and out of reach of children, leading to a risk of injury. Infection Control: The practices and equipment in the service did not ensure that effective infection control measures were in place to reduce the spread of inspection leading to poor infection control, as follows: 7. In the Wobbler room, individual storage was not available for the storage of sheets used by the children during sleep time. Sheets were stored on six mattresses which were stored against a wall in the care room. 8. In the Wobbler room, three mattresses in use had no washable wipeable covers and three mattresses in use were torn with foam exposed. This did not allow for easy cleaning and posed a choking hazard should a child ingest the foam. 9. In the Wobbler room and Preschool room, sleeper beds and floor beds were not positioned to be 50 cm apart at sleep time. 10. In the Toddler room, the blue sofa and soft foam wedges were torn exposing foam inside. This did not allow for easy cleaning and posed a choking hazard should a child ingest the foam. This non-compliance was observed on the previous inspection in May 2023 and preventive action had not been maintained. Safe Sleep: 11. In the Wobbler room, three children under two years of age were observed to be sleeping on sleeper beds and in the Toddler room, one child under two years of age was observed to be sleeping on a low bed. Parents were not included in the decision and no parental consent was approved as Sleep Risk Assessments for these four children were not completed by the service, this is at variance to the best practice sleep guidelines issued to the sector in September 2023. Action submitted by the Registered Provider - General Safety: 1. Garda vetting has been applied for and files will be reviewed monthly. 2. The registered provider responded on the 5th March 2024 to the Immediate Action Notice issued on the 4th of March 2024 and stated; All staff have been spoken to about the maximum degrees for the radiator in a room. All radiators will be kept midway between max and min to ensure the safety of all children. 3. The service spoke with the parent in question and a letter was drafted up and sent to each parent and also a sign has been put on the door for further instruction for all parents. Also, all staff have been advised on letting unauthorised people in the building. Ensuring the sign remains on the door for all to see. Regularly reminders to staff and parents of this will be sent via newsletters and email. 4. A staff meeting was held 27 March 2024 and all staff were advised on filling the book as the children arrived. Observing how the rooms fill out the books. Roll book checks have been added to management checklist. 5. The trailing flex has been removed. This is on the risk assessment; staff will complete daily checks. 6. A box has been placed high on the shelf and labelled for all cleaning products. Checking all cleaning products has been added to management checklist Infection Control: 7. All sheets are being stored in separate bags and Staff have been informed to use the bags at all times. 8. All mattresses that are not washable and wipeable have been replaced. Regularly checking the mattresses to ensure all are in good condition. 9. A new sleep plan has been made in each room. Ensuring the beds are 50cm apart. All staff have been given the Agency Sleep Guidance on sleep in the early years document. 10. The blue sofa and sofa foam wedges have been removed from the classroom. Checking all soft furnishings has been added to the management checklist. Safe Sleep: 11. Parents have been issued with a sleep assessment form. All children that are moving from a cot to a bed will have an assessment filled out before moving ##### Regulation 25 — First aid - (1) While it is acknowledged that the service provided evidence that three adults had valid in date training in Paediatric First Aid, no staff member had valid in date First Aid Responder training with the training of one staff member expired since 17th August 2023 - (1) Two staff members have completed First Aid Responder Training with an expiry date of 15 March 2026 and the renewal date for the First Aid Responder Training has been added to the service calendar Found compliant: Regulation 11, 29. ### Other services in Dublin - [D7 Afterschool Care Ltd](/creche/d7-afterschool-care-ltd-dublin-7.md) Dublin 7 - [Daisy Chain Montessori and Childcare Centre](/creche/daisy-chain-montessori-and-childcare-centre-dublin-6w.md) Dublin 6W - [Daisy Days Childcare Ltd](/creche/daisy-days-childcare-ltd-dublin-3.md) Dublin 3 - [Daoine Beaga](/creche/daoine-beaga-dublin-6.md) Dublin 6 - [Discoveries Creche & Montessori](/creche/discoveries-creche-montessori-dublin-18.md) Dublin 18 - [Eco Kidz Clogher](/creche/eco-kidz-clogher-dublin-12.md) Dublin 12 - [Funky Kids](/creche/funky-kids-swords.md) Swords - [Inspiring Minds Ltd](/creche/inspiring-minds-ltd-dublin-17.md) Dublin 17 - [Little Sprouts Preschool](/creche/little-sprouts-preschool-balscadden.md) Balscadden - [Teanga Beo Baile Formaid Cuideachta Faoi Theorainn Ráthaíochta](/creche/teanga-beo-baile-formaid-cuideachta-faoi-theorainn-rathaiochta-dublin.md) Dublin [Alert me when a new report is published](/help.md) · [Dated report on this service — €19](/report.md) --- Página: https://creche-inspection-reports.pages.dev/creche/d2-montessori-dublin-2/ Fonte: Tusla Early Years Inspectorate Recolha: 2026-09-11