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:

The reports are published as they are finalised. As soon as they have gone through due process and we ensure that they are factually accurate, they are published right away. If it is a more straightforward inspection, it can be done quite quickly. If it is a bit more complex, it can take a number of months before the report is published. An interesting statistic that came to my attention on the reports is that the hit rate as regards the inspection reports before the "RTÉ Investigates" programme was approximately 3,000. It is in the region of 37,000 hits now in the context of our inspection reports. As to heightened information, what has happened is very distressing but we have got to build on that as well. There is heightened information out there and parents are looking at our website and at reports, which are an important source of information in the context of making decisions.

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