Regulation 22 in Waterford
Food and Drink: 3 non-compliance(s) in the latest reports we read.
An inspection records what inspectors saw on one day; services respond with corrective actions — how to read this.
24 September 2025
Sunny Days Montessori School, Tramore · Regulation 22 — Food and drink
- Children who are attending a part-time service or attending for up to 5 hours should be offered two meals and a snack each day. Through discussion, it was confirmed that the service do not provide breakfast. The children eat a mid-morning snack at 11am. And some children attending on a part-time basis brought additional food from home, which on the day of inspection, they were provided with an opportunity to eat at 12pm, When attending a part-time service, children should be offered two meals and a snack
Provider's corrective action:
- A text was sent into both pre-school groups informing parents that breakfast will be available to all children who attend the before the pre-school session. Cereal, toast, fruit and water are always available. A snack table has been created in both rooms so children have access to a small snack during the morning if they so wish. Children communally sit between 10:30 – 11:00 am where there is toast, fruit, water or milk offered and a digestive biscuit. Children who remain on premises for after the pre-school session bring their own packed lunches. The parents/ guardians of the children attending 6 hours per day have been asked to provide food that can be re-heated in the microwave. The service held a staff meeting the week after the inspection
11 February 2025
Park Montessori School, Waterford · Regulation 22 — Food and drink
- At 13:30 there were 15 preschool children who were attending on a part time basis observed getting their second snack. The snack provided for the children did not contain 2 food groups which is required to provide an adequate snack for the children at this time of the day. Children were observed having a single piece of fruit or a single biscuit which had been provided by their parents in their lunch boxes. Children who said they were still hungry were given crackers which was the only extra food available in the service
Provider's corrective action:
- Following the inspection parents were contacted and were reminded of the services requirement for them to provide adequate food and snacks for the children attending the service. Additional information on healthy eating was circulated to parents. The registered provider has seen an improvement in the variety of food parents are now providing for the children. The registered provider has planned to include healthy eating in the meeting planned in June with parents who are planning to send their children to the service in September 2025
29 February 2024
Fenor Preschool and Afterschool, Fenor · Regulation 22 — Food and drink
- The healthy eating policy omitted to specify the arrangements in place regarding the provision of food throughout the day for children. There was no sample menu provided in the policy for children attending the service on a full day care basis. As the main meal in the service is brought from the child’s home, the policy did not advise parents and guardians what foods can be brought into the service. The second snack provided to the pre-school children by the service was at 14:00 hrs consisted of toast, this was insufficient in nutritional content and for children availing of full day care remaining in the service until 17:20hrs. Food and Nutrition Guidelines for Pre-School Services advise that children attending full day care (for more than 5 hours) have at least two meals and two snacks offered to them, one of which is a hot meal. If a child does not want the food offered for any reason, a healthy alternative should be offered. Please refer to these guidelines for further information
Provider's corrective action:
- The first CAPA response submitted to the inspectorate on 9 April 2024 was insufficient and required further clarification. The manager stated in the 2nd CAPA response on 18 April 2024 the following: 1. Children are offered breakfast upon arrival if they have not had it parents will tell us by informal verbal handover this would consist of porridge or cereal. 2. Children have toast and fresh fruit each morning at approx. 10am. 3. Children have a hot meal at 12.30 sent from home. 4. A snack consisting of toast or food from home is provided at 2pm. Our children bring a variety of healthy food each day that they can access on demand. 5. At 4pm children regroup, and lunch boxes are checked by their key worker. We keep breadsticks and babybel cheese to offer if they require a snack at this point. As mentioned on the day of inspection we have offered yogurt in the past, but children had declined as they would also have it in their lunchbox. 6. A rolling snack is important to us so children can access healthy food on demand each child is monitored by their key worker. The manager stated in this response on 18 April that key workers monitor hand hygiene, and that is offered on demand as well as set times in this child led setting. This is carefully monitored via key worker system and parents are advised if children are not eating adequately