Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 31 July 2019
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs
Issues Regarding Childcare Facilities: Discussion
Mr. Pat Smyth:
I am going to ask my colleague, Mr. Lee, to respond to those points. As stated earlier, however, it is our assessment that the inspection process for the vast majority of providers furnishes a significant level of assurance. Where there are issues, we work through them with the providers. Hyde and Seek was in that process. The difficulty, however, was that we had no evidence of the serious breaches. The child protection and welfare issues that obtain will not be evident during an inspection process. The structures in place and the work done - such as inspections - will, however, lead us to form a view as to whether there are concerns regarding a particular provider. I ask Mr. Lee to provide more information.
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