Minister for Children says 85% of creches to re-open after 'inaccurate' information provided to Dáil
Earlier, Tánaiste Leo Varadkar had told the Dáil that just 60% of childcare providers would be re-opening.
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Earlier, Tánaiste Leo Varadkar had told the Dáil that just 60% of childcare providers would be re-opening.
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Four Hyde & Seek crèches had been ordered to close by 31 December on foot of an order by Tusla.
The Federation of Early Childcare Providers says some creches are seeing insurance quotes that are double that of last year.
Some childcare providers were finding it “particularly challenging” to carry out fire risk assessments.
The RTÉ documentary about the Hyde and Seek chain was broadcast on 24 July.
Dimples Creche in Sandyford has been forced to close its after-care from tomorrow.
The Drumcondra creche was not covered on this week’s RTÉ documentary.
Children were filmed being roughly handled in the footage recorded by RTÉ Investigates, and concerns were raised about fire safety and other issues.
A number of fire safety issues at the creche chain were raised during an RTÉ documentary last night.
An RTÉ documentary into practices at Hyde & Seek was broadcast earlier this evening.
Court heard that she went from being a ‘happy’ child to a ‘;cranky’ one after being moved to a different room in the creche.
“It’s just not good enough,” says Early Childhood Ireland.
Early Childhood Ireland is proposing that a separate strand of funding is immediately ringfenced for private childcare providers.
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The money is part of wider reforms for the pre-school childcare sector following Prime Time’s exposé earlier this year.
The Minister for Children today announced more stringent regulation of the creche sector, but a representative body for creches says that regulation without investment is meaningless.
Creches would have to be registered to operate and inspectors would be granted greater powers under the proposed new laws.
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The childcare representative group says that there needs to be clear distinctions between minor and major non-compliance.
An inspection report handed to parents whose children attend a Dublin creche identified breaches of child-adult ratios yet marked the facility compliant. The HSE said this was an “administrative error”.
“I apologise for that…It was in a queue of things to happen. It was resource-restricted. It will happen now.”
Chief executive-designate of the Child and Family Agency Gordon Jeyes described the portrayal of childcare in RTÉ Prime Time’s investigation as “truly horrifying”.
Little Harvard has defended itself in a letter sent home with children who attend its five creches this week in the wake of the ‘A Breach of Trust’ programme.
The Assocation of Childhood Professionals have called on the government to work with its members to achieve quality in care.
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Preschool and creche operators say they cannot afford to cover the cost of Minister Burton’s proposal.