Inspection of 13 October 2025 — Inspection Report
Regulation 9 — Management and recruitment
- (7) (a) It is acknowledged that management held supervision meetings with staff. However, the records of the most recent meetings were dated June 2024. This was at variance with the services staff supervision policy which stated supervision meetings would be held every six weeks
Provider's corrective action:
- (7)(a) The staff supervision policy was amended to state a formal supervision meeting will be scheduled once a year. The amended staff supervision policy was discussed with staff at the staff meeting on 19 November 2025. Staff were informed a formal supervision meeting will take place once a year. When reviewing the service’s policies and procedures annually, management will do their utmost to ensure that the service’s policies and procedures align to the practices in the setting
Regulation 16 — Record in relation to pre-school service
- (1) (k) It is acknowledged that records were available detailing accidents and incidents that had involved children whilst attending the service. However, the service did not have a record of an incident which was brought to the attention of management on 7 October 2025
Provider's corrective action:
- (1) (k) An incident form in writing was completed by the service manager on 14 October2025. The registered providers and manager conducted a thorough review of the service’s policies and procedures in the aftermath of the incident. At the staff meeting on 19 November 2025 management informed staff of the need to bring to the attention of management and document any incident reported by a parent of a child attending the preschool
Regulation 31 — Notification of incidents
- (d) The registered providers did not notify the agency of a child who sought medical treatment upon collection from the service on 6 October 2025. The service managers reported they had received the information on 7 October 2025
Provider's corrective action:
- (d) A Notification of Incident form was completed by the registered provider and service manager and submitted to Tusla on 18 November 2025. A thorough review was conducted by management of the service’s policies and procedures in the aftermath of the incident with particular focus on policy 17 (Accident and Incidents). This review served to refresh management on the specific incidents that require submission of a Notification of Incident form to Tusla and that Tusla must be notified of such incidents within three working days
Found compliant: Regulation 10, 11, 15, 19, 27, 32.