Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 31 July 2019

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs

Issues Regarding Childcare Facilities: Discussion

Mr. Brian Lee:

On the three services to which the Deputy refers, namely, the registered services, as with any service, when we find breaches of regulations we can put in place immediate enforcement action such as enforcement notes, immediate action plans and enforcement and compliance meetings with the provider. The matter can be escalated to our national registration panel which considers removal of the service from the register, as was the case in respect of one of the services at the time of the RTÉ programme. We were engaged in full enforcement action in respect of those services. The footage broadcast in the "RTÉ Investigates" programme will help us to escalate these cases to a further enforcement response. I assure the Deputy that we have taken every enforcement action possible and used all of our power to bring the service to task.

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