Mr. Gordon Jeyes:

In response to Deputy Doherty, I did not use the word "targeted" but in reviewing nearly all of the inspection reports, RTE clearly chose those particular crèches to visit because of concerns raised in the reports relating to management, staffing, Garda vetting and regulation No. 5 in terms of health and welfare in each of the instances. Clearly, our follow-up work with them at that time was insufficient. It is one of the things that is illustrated in this relationship between the challenge and monitoring of inspection and the responsibility for improvement and support, as well as the complexities of enforcement, as discussed. I can confirm that we did not receive any other child protection notifications for us to consider until receiving them from parents on the weekend that they were informed, beginning on 17 May.