Inspection of 10 July 2025 — Inspection Report
Immediate action notice. An immediate action notice was issued to the registered provider on the day of inspection in relation to a Garda vetting disclosure not being available for 1 member of staff in the service. The registered provider responded and gave written assurances of appropriate immediate actions undertaken in the service to control the risk to children within 24 hours of the inspection.
Regulation 9 — Management and recruitment
- (2)(a) and (b) 1. Three staff members did not have 2 written and validated references. 2. Two written references were not validated. (c) One staff member did not have a processed Garda Vetting disclosure available for inspection. A Garda Vetting, immediate action notice was issued to the registered provider on the day of the inspection in relation to no Garda vetting being available for the staff member. (d) Two staff members who had lived outside the jurisdiction for a period of 6 months or more did not have the required international police vetting. (3) Appropriate vetting procedures in relation to obtaining written references, validation of written references, obtaining Garda vetting and international police vetting where required, had not been carried prior to all persons being appointed as per the findings of Regulation 9(2) above
Provider's corrective action:
- (2) and (3) Missing references have been received and validated. References on file that had not been validated have now been checked. Missing Gardai Vetting was received on the 17/07/2025. Two staff members who resided outside the jurisdiction have now received international police vetting. Going forward management will ensure all vetting and validated references are on file prior to any staff member commencing the service
Regulation 23 — Safeguarding health, safety and welfare of child
- Infection Control: 1. It was observed during one round of nappy changing that the staff member did not change their apron between each nappy change. This is a cross contamination and infection control risk
Provider's corrective action:
- Corrective & Preventive Action Infection Control: The staff member in question has been verbally reminded regarding the importance of changing aprons in between nappy changes. A full staff meeting took place in September when all staff returned after the summer and the full team reminded of this. It was documented in the minutes for staff to sign. Staff have also been reviewing our policies and procedures for the service and this will continue. Summary Comment The Inspectorate have accepted the registered provider’s response and the non-compliance has been addressed. This will be for review at the next inspection
Found compliant: Regulation 11, 16, 19, 20, 25, 26.