Inspection of 8 January 2026 — Inspection Report
Regulation 23 — Safeguarding health, safety and welfare of child
- General Safety: 1. One Garda vetting disclosure was not dated within the previous three years in adherence to the Early Years Inspectorate Regulatory Notice ‘EYI-RN12.3 Renewal of Garda Vetting’. 2. Grapes were not observed to be sliced in half for one child on the day of the inspection. This posed a choking hazard for the child. It is acknowledged that a staff member cut the remainder of the grapes when brought to their attention by the inspector. Action submitted by the Registered Provider Corrective Action General Safety: 1. Garda Vetting disclosure was applied for and received for 1 staff member. 2. The Healthy Eating Policy has been reviewed and updated with a picture of how to cut grapes properly. The manager sent out a reminder communication to all parents in the service to please make sure all children’s fruit is cut up properly to prevent a choking hazard. Preventive Action: General Safety: 1. The owner, manager and administration staff member met and agreed to set an expiry reminder on their HR application to tell them when a staff members Garda Vetting needs to be updated-every 3 years. 2. All staff have now been informed of the update on the policy and know that they will need to check all children’s lunchboxes to make sure all fruit is cut up properly to prevent a choking hazard. If they find uncut fruit, either it is sent home or needs to be cut up properly before serving to the child. Supporting documentation submitted • Garda vetting disclosure for 1 adult. • Photograph of Garda vetting expiry reminder. • Updated Healthy Eating Policy. • Photograph attached of communication to parents and staff. Summary Comment The inspector has reviewed the actions and evidence submitted. The non-compliances under Regulation 23 have been addressed
Regulation 26 — Fire safety measures
- (b) There was no up-to-date official maintenance record of firefighting equipment and smoke alarms on the premises. Non-compliance under regulation 26 (b) in relation to the firefighting equipment and smoke alarms was identified on the previous inspection dated 23 October 2023. The corrective and preventive action submitted following inspection failed to prevent recurrence of this non-compliance
Provider's corrective action:
- Corrective Action (b) The registered provider organised for the Fire Company to go out to the service and inspect all fire extinguishers and smoke detectors on the premises. Preventive Action (b) A reminder has been set in HR documents to arrange inspections every year going forward
Found compliant: Regulation 9, 11, 19, 25, 28.