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Sessional · 0 - 6 Years · Castleblayney, Monaghan · Tusla ID TU2015MN055 · Registered since 1 January 2026

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2published inspections
1non-compliances at latest report read
0immediate action notices
0registration conditions

Inspection of 13 January 2026 — Inspection Report

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Regulation 23 — Safeguarding health, safety and welfare of child

  • General Safety: 1. One of the blind cords in the Preschool Room was broken and hanging down potentially accessible to the children. Other blind cords in the service were not adequately restricted. This is a health and safety risk. Safe Sleep: 2. During the sleep checks the room thermometer was not always physically checked to correctly document the sleep room temperature. For example on 1 occasion the previous room temperature recorded was recorded at 17.8 o C when the thermometer was registering 19.2 o C
Provider's corrective action:
  • Corrective & Preventive Action General Safety: 1. The registered provider sourced a blind company to come in to repair and attach new safety restrictors. The condition of these will be checked regularly on the daily risk assessment. Safe Sleep: 2. The registered provider had a meeting with staff on the importance of always checking sleep room temperatures at the sleep checks. A poster with the temperature checking procedures were placed in the sleep room. The process of checking the sleep room temperature is to be checked by the supervisor regularly and there will be spot checks from the manager

Found compliant: Regulation 9, 11, 19, 20, 25, 28.

Inspection of 10 November 2023 — Inspection Report

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Regulation 20 — Facilities for rest and play

  • 1. The cots in the sleep were too close together with some of them touching and this did not allow for the required 50cm spacing between cots to prevent infection control and is also a health and safety risk. This is a recurrent non-compliance as it was also identified as a non-compliance in the inspection carried out on 8/11/2019. (3)(a) The plastic toy box in outdoor area 2 was broken and had sharp edges. This was an injury hazard
Provider's corrective action:
  • 1. Cots have been moved and meeting took place with staff on policy on cot spacing of 50 cm. The room leader from the Baby Room will check daily that all cots are 50cm apart. 2. Broken box was replaced. Daily risk assessment of outdoor area includes the checking of toys and equipment

Regulation 29 — Premises

  • 1. Some of the cot frames and skirting boards in the sleep room had accumulations of dust and particles of dirt on them and required cleaning. This was also at variance to the sleep room cleaning schedule which stated cot frames should be cleaned between each use
Provider's corrective action:
  • 1. Area was cleaned and we relooked at our cleaning schedule and the senior staff of in the baby room to recheck at end of each day

Found compliant: Regulation 9, 11, 21, 22, 26.

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