Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 31 July 2019

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs

Issues Regarding Childcare Facilities: Discussion

Photo of Lorraine Clifford LeeLorraine Clifford Lee (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Exactly. That is the point I was trying to make, namely, whether there was a flag system for particular risks relating to an individual. I thank our guests for clarifying that Tusla inspects rosters. In their opinion, why does it appear that these specific facilities are short staffed all the time? They were breaching ratios. In previous answers to colleagues' questions, they stated that workers who had direct contact with children need to be qualified. I remind the officials that a chef was working directly with children in one of these facilities on one occasion. If rosters are inspected, why are ratios consistently breached?

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