Ms Fiona McDonnell:

On breaches, we find that in some instances when we inspect services there are not enough staff for the numbers of children in attendance. The facility would be non-compliant with the adult-child ratio rules. We would inform the operator that there is a need to increase the number of adults available to the children. In other instances, we may see that, on inspection, at certain times - perhaps at lunchtime - there may not be the appropriate number of adults with the children. Another breach may occur during time the children are sleeping. There has to be adult supervision of the sleeping children. Those are possible breaches of the adult-child ratio. Tusla calculates the number of staff available and the numbers and the age ranges of the children. On inspection and in the report, we clearly state whether the facility is compliant. In full-day services especially, we find that a facility can be compliant in certain areas and non-compliant in others. We look at all of that.