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:
It more than likely would. With the normal course for inspection, the time between the completion of the inspection and the report being published would probably be a couple of months. If, however, it is very complex and if there is a very poor service as regards compliance, we would conduct an inspection. There might then be a follow-on inspection and yet another check to see if the provider has followed up on what we were looking for. It becomes a cumulative report over time and could take a number of months before it is actually published. This goes back to the heart of what we have been talking about as to how quickly we can inform parents regarding concerns. We need we need to come up with some mechanism that can support this. We fully understand that issue want to address it.
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