Inspection of 27 January 2025 — Inspection Report
Immediate action notice. An immediate action notice was issued to the registered provider on the 28th January 2025 following the inspection in respect of Regulation 9(2)(c), Garda Vetting. There was no Garda Vetting disclosure available in the service for an adult working directly with the children on the day of inspection. A response was received from the service which sufficiently mitigated the risk identified.
Regulation 9 — Management and recruitment
- (c) A Garda Vetting disclosure was not available in the service on the day of inspection for one adult present and working directly with the children. An immediate action notice (IAN) was issued to the registered provider on the 28th January 2025
Provider's corrective action:
- Going forward, Garda Vetting paperwork will be filed immediately in the correct files to try to prevent paperwork going astray. Also, all students will be informed that they must allow the service to apply for our own Garda Vetting for them before they can undertake their work placement
Regulation 23 — Safeguarding health, safety and welfare of child
- General Safety: 1. Three low level presses in the care rooms and sanitary accommodation were unlocked and accessible to the children during the inspection. The presses contained bottles of cleaning products and posed a potential risk of harm to a child. 2. A trailing cable was hanging in reach of the children from a high shelf to an air filtration unit in one of the care rooms which may pose a risk of harm to a child. Action submitted by the Registered Provider
Provider's corrective action:
- General Safety: 1. Child-proof locks were added to the doors of the presses in question as soon as possible and are now in use. 2. The trailing cable has been securely fastened to the wall with tape out of reach of little hands. These matters will be included in risk assessments going forward
Found compliant: Regulation 11, 15, 16, 19, 25.