# Tigers Childcare, Glenageary — inspection reports and findings > Tigers Childcare (Glenageary, Co. Dublin): what Tusla inspections found — 3 published inspection(s), non-compliances and the provider's corrective actions. ## Tigers Childcare Full Day · 1 - 6 Years · Glenageary, Dublin · Tusla ID **TU2020DR003** · Registered since 21 August 2026 An inspection records what inspectors saw **on one day**; services respond with corrective actions — [how to read this](/methodology.md). #### Inspection of 6 May 2025 — Inspection Report Full report (PDF, Tusla) ##### Regulation 30 — Minimum space requirements - (1) There was inadequate clear floor space to facilitate the children in the Wombats room on the day of inspection. There was eleven one year old children and three two year olds, for full day care in this room during the inspection. Please see table below. Room Wombats m2 available 33.7m2 m2 required for ages and no. of children present 37.05m2 No. and Age of children present 3X 2 year olds 11X 1 year olds Total no. present for Full Day Care 14 Age Range Clear Floor Space per Child for Full Day Care 0-1 year 3.5 square meters 1-2 years 2.8 square meters 2-3 years 2.35 square meters 3-6 years 2.3 square meters - The service has rearranged the staff and children to ensure the space requirements are available to the children. The preventive action is to plan to double check the room sizes in future if changes of numbers or ages of children are to occur to ensure adequate space is available Found compliant: Regulation 9, 11, 19, 23. #### Inspection of 11 June 2024 — Inspection Report Full report (PDF, Tusla) ##### Regulation 9 — Management and recruitment - (2)(a)(b) One reference was not accepted as it was not from a past employer or reputable source. (d) International Police vetting was required for two adults who had lived outside the state for a period of six months and was not available for review on the day of inspection. (3) The procedures specified in paragraph (2) of regulation 9 were not completed prior to three of the staff members commencing work in the service as detailed above and one staff members references had not been verified prior to them commencing work in the service. (4) A qualification for two adults was not accepted as they did not hold at least a major award in Early childhood Care and Education at Level 5 on the National Qualifications Framework or a qualification deemed by the Minister to be equivalent. The corrective and preventive actions submitted by the registered provider following the last inspection of the service on the 9th November 2023 did not prevent the re-occurrence of the non-compliances identified under Regulation 9(2)(a)(b) and (4) - 2 (a)(b) We have since obtained a reference from a reputable source. We have a new HR person that will ensure this does not reoccur and that all references are sourced from past employers or reputable sources. (d) We had requested the Police Clearance from the two staff members who had spent more than 6 months outside of Ireland. We chased these up and both staff members supplied them. We have a new HR person that will ensure this does not reoccur and that all Garda Vetting including those from outside of Ireland are obtained on file before a new member of staff begins on site - No corrective or preventive actions submitted - The newly qualified staff member had a letter from her college, but the wording was incorrect. We have since obtained a letter to specify that she had in fact passed her exams and qualified to work. The second staff member was from another site observing for one of our new services. She was not part of the ratio’s. She has since been moved ##### Regulation 11 — Staffing levels - (1) An adequate number of adults were working directly with the pre-school children attending the service whilst the inspectors were present, however, upon review of the attendance records from that morning at the following times there was an insufficient number of adults working with the children as follows: • Following a review of the attendance records on the day of inspection between 7.30am and 8.00am there were sixteen children in the Wombat room with two staff. There were five children aged one, six children aged two and five children over three years. • Between 8.00am and 8.25am a further nineteen children entered the Wombat room with one extra staff member. There was one child aged one, six aged two years and twelve over three years. • The total amount of children in the Wombat room at 8.25am was thirty six with three staff members. Six aged one year, twelve aged two years and seventeen over the age of three years. The table below demonstrates the required adult to child ratios: Age Range: No. of Adults required: 1 – 2 years 1 adult to 5 children 2 – 3 years 1 adult to 6 children 3 years + 1 adult to 8 children - (1) Our breakfast room has since been split into two and two additional staff have been assigned to cater for the arrival of higher numbers in the morning. New rosters have been issued ##### Regulation 23 — Safeguarding health, safety and welfare of child - Infection Control: 1. The afternoon snack of bread and cheese was placed directly onto the table with no plate given to children. This poses a risk of cross contamination. 2. There were open bins located in the outdoor area which contained used tissues. This posed a risk of cross contamination when disposing of waste. A pedal operated bin is required for infection control purposes. The above non-compliance was found on the last inspection dated 9th November 2023. The corrective and preventive actions submitted by the registered provider did not prevent the non-compliance from being repeated. Administration of Medication: 3. Although there were procedures in place to safely administer and document medication if required, including in the case of an emergency, and the service had appropriate documentation available to record such administration, a number of documents reviewed highlighted that there were no witness signatures. This can affect the continuity of care a child receives. This was found non-compliant on the previous two inspections dated 9th November 2023 and 10th October 2022. The corrective and preventive actions submitted by the registered provider did not address the non-compliance from being repeated. Fire Safety: 4. Fire drills were not carried out regularly. Evidence of fire drills showed that they were carried out bi-monthly the last fire drill recorded on the 26th April 2024 and the previous one dated 27th February 2024. This is at variance with the policy in place in the service. Failure to carry out regular fire drills can hamper the safe evacuation of children in the event of an emergency. Action submitted by the Registered Provider - Infection Control: 1. Staff have been told to provide a plate for all snacks rather than handing it directly to the children. All staff have been reminded of the Infection Control Policy and the importance of providing plates even for small snacks. 2. A pedal bin has been put into the outdoor area. Administration of Medication: 3. Medicine books have all now been placed in the managers office so that they are signed off by the manager when medicine is been given to children. A discussion with all staff was had regarding the importance of completing forms in full. Fire Safety: 4. The manager has booked a reminder into her computer calendar as a reminder for the monthly fire drills. A reminder has been put into the computer calendar so that these are not missed ##### Regulation 30 — Minimum space requirements - (1)(2) Between the hours of 7.30am and 8.30am there was inadequate clear floor space in the Wombats room for the amount of children attending as follows: • Between 7.30am and 8.00am there were sixteen children in the Wombat room. There were five children aged one, six children aged two and 5 children over three years. • Between 8.00am and 8.25am a further nineteen children entered the Wombat room with one extra staff member. There was one aged one, six aged two years and twelve over three years. • The total amount of children in the Wombat room at 8.25am was thirty six with three staff members. Six aged one year, twelve aged two years and seventeen over the age of three years. Age Range of Children Required floor space per child 1 – 2 years 2.8 sqm per child 2 – 3 years 2.35 sqm per child 3 – 6 years 2.3 sqm per child • In total at 8.00am the required floor space was 39.60 sqm and the available floor space was 33.71sqm. • At 8.30am when all thirty six children were present in the room the available floor space was 33.71 sqm and the required clear floor space was 84.1 sqm - We now open two breakfast rooms and two additional staff have been assigned to cater for the arrival of higher numbers in the morning. Additional staff have been assigned to the morning shift to cater for increased numbers early. There is now enough staff to open multiple rooms to cater and remain on ratio Found compliant: Regulation 19, 25, 26. #### Inspection of 9 November 2023 — Inspection Report Full report (PDF, Tusla) ##### Regulation 9 — Management and recruitment - (a)(b) One reference was not from a suitable reputable source, an alternative reference was required. Five references had not been adequately validated - Two qualifications which had been obtained outside of Ireland had not been translated into English, the required level of qualification could not be determined. It was not evidenced that these qualifications met the minimum level required - A second reference from a suitable source was supplied and vetted. All future references will be from suitable sources - Overseas qualifications had not been translated into English. These have now been submitted ##### Regulation 15 — Record of pre-school child - (c) There was no place to record the date the child ceased attending the service on any of the records reviewed. (h) There was no record of immunisations for 12 of the 13 records reviewed. It is acknowledged that 1 record reviewed had the relevant information contained within - (c) A line to add a cessation date for a child on the registration date has been added. A new registration form will be supplied to all new families. (h) A message was sent to all parents requesting the immunisation records for their child(ren. Immunisation records will be on all files when a child starts ##### Regulation 16 — Record in relation to pre-school service - (i) A sample of thirteen medication records were reviewed which did not contain a parental signature for consent prior to administering the medication - (i) A sign reminding staff that prior consent is required before administrating medication. Parents signatures will be sought prior to all administration of medication ##### Regulation 23 — Safeguarding health, safety and welfare of child - Infection Control: 1. The nappy changing practices observed in some care rooms were not in line with the service policy as follows: • Staff were observed to redress the child with soiled gloves used for nappy change and proceeded to wipe down the changing mat whilst wearing the soiled gloves which poses a risk of cross contamination. • Staff members did not wash their hands prior to the nappy change. Non-compliance was found under nappy changing on the previous inspection dated 10th October 2022. The corrective and preventive actions submitted by the registered provider did not address the non-compliance from being repeated. 2. The inspectors did not observe any children wash their hands following outdoor play which poses a risk of cross contamination. 3. A number of bins throughout the service were not pedal operated including the bins in the main sanitary accommodation, the Koala room and in the outdoor area. Some bins were completed unlidded and the pedal on the nappy bin was broken which poses a risk of cross contamination. 4. A child took a drink from another child and drank from it, he then gave it back to the child who proceeded to drink from it without sterilisation taking place. This can cause cross contamination. 5. A communal towel was used in the Wombat room to dry children’s hands prior to snack this can pose a risk of cross contamination. It is acknowledged that there were disposable hand towels available and these were used when staff facilitated hand washing. 6. Clothing was stored on open shelves in the sanitary accommodation under the nappy changing station which posed a risk of cross contamination. Administration of Medication: 7. A review of documentation on the day of inspection evidenced that the procedures in place to safely administer medications in the service were not followed in eight of the sample of medication records reviewed. There was no signatures from a witness or a parent. This can affect the continuity of care of a child. This was found non-compliant on the previous inspection dated 10th October 2022. The corrective and preventive actions submitted by the registered provider did not address the non-compliance from being repeated. Action submitted by the Registered Provider - Infection Control: 1. In house training and spot checks on nappy changing to ensure creche policy has been followed will be carried out. A picture of employees confirming they have received the policy and agree to follow it has been supplied. 2. Staff have been spoken to about the importance of handwashing and infection control. Signs for handwashing have been erected throughout the building. 3. All bins have been checked and any broken have been replaced. Regular spot checks will be carried out to ensure they are always in good working order. 4. Staff have been spoken to about the importance of children not sharing bottles. 5. Only disposable towels will be used. Staff will be reminded to use disposable towels to dry children’s hands. 6. All clothes have been removed from the nappy changing station. No clothes will be stored near the nappy changing stations to prevent cross contamination. Administration of Medication: 7. 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