Inspection of 21 October 2025 — Inspection Report
Immediate action notice. An Immediate Action Notice was issued to the registered provider on the 21 October 2025 in relation to regulation 9 (2)(c). One adult did not have Garda Vetting available on the day of inspection. The registered provider responded on the 22 October 2025, and this response was accepted by the inspector. • Discussion with relevant staff
Regulation 9 — Management and recruitment
- There was no vetting disclosure available from the National Vetting Bureau of the Garda Síochána in respect of one adult working in the service. An Immediate Action Notice was issued on the day of inspection and the registered provider responded the next day and their response was accepted by the inspectors
- Two adults working directly with the children in the service, did not hold a major award in Early Childhood Care and Education at Level 5 or above on the National Qualifications Framework or a qualification deemed to be equivalent
Provider's corrective action:
- We did contact Early Childhood Ireland on the day of the inspection and received the garda vetting disclosure the next day which we immediately sent to the inspectors. Not having staff garda vetted in unacceptable and should not have happened and will not occur again in the future
- Management team have been fully informed that no unqualified staff (even from the afterschool room) can assist staff in the pre-school rooms during the day
Regulation 23 — Safeguarding health, safety and welfare of child
- General Safety: On the day of inspection between 13:11 and 13:32 there were two children asleep on low level beds in the designated sleep room. While it is acknowledged that the children were checked in on by an adult every 5 to 7 minutes, no one adult remained in the room with the children. Safe sleep of children in low level beds, requires an adult presence, in the sleep room while children are sleeping. Infection Control: On the day of inspection, the nappy changing practices were not seen to be effective for infection control purposes. One staff member failed to remove their gloves until after a nappy change was completed, this included using nappy cream with the soiled gloved hands. The Nappy Changing Procedure was posted in a conspicuous place in each sanitary area and the Nappy Changing Procedure was robust to ensure good infection control practices. Action submitted by the Registered Provider
Provider's corrective action:
- General Safety: A staff member is now rostered to sit in the room with the children as they sleep on the low beds at nap time. When a staff member from the room goes on lunch another staff member now signs into the room and remains with the children and signs out when the sleep time has finished. Managers will monitor the staff on the CCTV to ensure the toddler sleep room is always staffed while the children sleep. Infection Control: The error in changing the nappy did highlight our need to refresh our training in this area. This training was carried out with all relevant staff on 22/10/2025. Managers will regularly bring the nappy changing policy to the attention of staff both informally during routine feedback and formally through supervision and impress upon staff the importance of infection control for both the children who attend and indeed the staff themselves
Found compliant: Regulation 11, 15, 19, 24, 25, 26.