Dublin childcare operator admits obstructing Tusla inspection
A South Dublin childcare service provider has been ordered to pay €2,000 after he became “aggressive” and obstructed a Tusla inspection.
Padraig O’Connor pleaded guilty at Dublin District Court on Monday to two offences under the 1991 Childcare Act following a prosecution by the child and family agency.
Judge Anthony Halpin heard the charges were for obstructing or impeding a Tusla inspector and providing a preschool service while not being on the register of prescribed early years service providers.
The court heard the prosecution stemmed from an inspection of Little Puddles Childcare, Glandore Park, Lower Mountdown Road, Monkstown, Glenageary on July 28th 2022.
Tusla barrister Morgan Shelly, instructed by solicitor Arthur Denneny, told the court that the agency dropped three similar charges subject to a guilty plea on a full facts basis in the remaining two counts.
Counsel outlined how the childcare service that O’Connor operated with his wife at their home was…
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