Regulation 30 in Tipperary
Minimum Space Requirements: 2 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.
29 January 2025
Caterpillars Childcare (Newport), Newport · Regulation 30 — Minimum space requirements
- (1) and (2) On the afternoon of the inspection the children from the Senior preschool rooms, who attended on a part time or full day care basis, moved across to the Junior pre-school rooms to facilitate the school age children who were arriving and who used the Senior pre-school rooms in the afternoon. At 1pm there were 32 children aged between 3 and 5 years old present in the Junior pre-school rooms which measured a total of 60.68m². The space requirements for the children were 2.3m² per child, or 73.6m² in total. Therefore, there was insufficient space available to children in the Junior pre-school rooms in the afternoon
Provider's corrective action:
- The afterschool spaces consist of the use of one preschool room (room 4), enclosed outdoor play space connected to the building and our play bus dedicated to afterschool. The afterschool children should not have been using room 3 which is for full day care children alongside room 1 and 2 as well as the smaller play space connected to preschool full day care room 2. The team has now been reminded of the correct use of rooms and the importance of the space requirements associated with same. The service will ensure correct rooms are being used for their designed function to adhere with space requirements. Summary Comment All evidence submitted meets the requirements of the Child Care Act 1991 (Early Years Services) Regulations 2016
11 September 2024
Rahealty N.S. Pre-School, Thurles · Regulation 30 — Minimum space requirements
- (2) and (4) The space requirements of the children increased outside of the hours of the sessional service. Children aged between 2 and 3 years old required 2.35m² per child, while children aged over 3 years old required 2.3m² per child. On the day of inspection, when the sessional service was over and the service reverted to the requirements for a part-time service the 6 children aged between 2 and 3 years old required 14.1m² and the 11 children aged over 3 years old required 25.3m². Therefore the 17 children present in the service after 12.30pm required 39.4m² of clear floor space, which was more space than was available in the room
Provider's corrective action:
- The service has secured the use of another room in the main school and will rotate children to this area for small group activities. Summary Comment All evidence submitted meets the requirements Child Care Act 1991 (Early Years Services) Regulations 2016