# Riverside Childcare Rathdrum, Rathdrum — inspection reports and findings > Riverside Childcare Rathdrum (Rathdrum, Co. Wicklow): what Tusla inspections found — 2 published inspection(s), non-compliances and the provider's corrective actions. ## Riverside Childcare Rathdrum Sessional · 1 - 6 Years · Rathdrum, Wicklow · Tusla ID **TU2023WW001** · Registered since 23 August 2026 An inspection records what inspectors saw **on one day**; services respond with corrective actions — [how to read this](/methodology.md). #### Inspection of 23 July 2025 — Inspection Report Full report (PDF, Tusla) ##### Regulation 23 — Safeguarding health, safety and welfare of child - General Safety: 1. Garda vetting disclosure for one adult 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. The outdoor play area was in need of attention. The grass in the front play area needed to be cut and areas needed reseeding. The outdoor area at the rear of the premises, had a large number of mixed weeds growing through the gravelled area and under the larger pieces of permanent play equipment for the children. Outdoor areas need to be safe and suitable places for children to play in. Play areas need to be regularly examined and treated for weeds and other noxious plants if necessary. These plants could pose a health risk to children. Infection Control: 3. There were no foot pedal bins in the Butterfly care room. Bins need to be pedal operated to prevent them from being opened by hand and risking hand contamination and for infection control purposes. 4. Following an observed nappy change in the Caterpillar room at 11.10am, both the child and the adult in the room used their hands to open the pedal bin to dispose of used paper towel. The adult was also observed opening the bin with their hand following cleaning down of the changing mat. Foot pedal bins need to be used correctly to prevent hands touching bin lids and risking cross contamination and for infection control purposes. 5. The tabletop surface in the Caterpillar room was in very poor condition, with numerous areas of chipped paint across the top, which prevented effective cleaning of the table for infection control purposes. Action submitted by the Registered Provider - General Safety: 1.Garda Vetting Renewal was in process at the time of the inspection and arrived shortly after. It has been attached here. We have a new system in place to detect Garda Vetting going out of date with enough time to anticipate and reapply for the Renewal so it returns in time. 2. The grass was cut shortly after our inspection and regular visits are arranged. Daily risk assessments are carried on ensuring the safety of the children at all times while using the garden. We do not use chemicals in our garden as they could be harmful but we do hand-weed the garden regularly. Our gardens are risk assessed daily and no plants that could pose a health risk to children have been found. Hand weeding has been arranged more regularly. Regular maintenance visits have been arranged to get the grass cut regularly as well as to control the amount of weeds in our garden. Infection Control: 3. The pedal bin had been replaced by a bigger non pedal bin before the inspection. The pedal bin was brought back in and a bigger bin was purchased and is now in the room. We made sure all team members were aware of the need to use pedal bins at all times and not to remove them from the room or replace them. 4. All hand paper bins were replaced by bigger, taller bins as a suggestion by the inspector to encourage children to use the pedal instead of their hand. Staff were reminded of the use of the pedals instead of using their hands to open the bin. We placed pictures around the bin area reminding the children and staff to use the bin’s pedal. 5. We covered the tables with a counter film protector as a temporary fix. New tables will be purchased next month ##### Regulation 26 — Fire safety measures - There was no current maintenance record of smoke alarms in the premises - The company was contacted and a service arranged. We have arranged with the company that they contact us when a service is due ##### Regulation 29 — Premises - (d) The walls in both care rooms were heavily marked from items having been stuck to them and the windowsills in both rooms had chipped paint and were marked. Both the walls and windowsills needed re-painting - (d) We have now purchased all the needed materials to re-paint our room’s walls with suitable paint and also the windowsills. We recently painted one room and will be doing the second soon. Staff are aware of the damage reusable adhesive did previously to the paint. Regular inspections of the walls, furniture and windows are being carried on by management Found compliant: Regulation 9, 11, 15, 16, 24, 25, 27. #### Inspection of 28 November 2023 — Inspection Report Full report (PDF, Tusla) No non-compliance recorded in this report. 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