A High Court judge will rule next week whether to grant an injunction restraining an insurer repudiating insurance policies for a Dublin creche chain at the centre of an RTE Investigates programme.

Tusla will today claim the behaviour in a Dublin creche chain is an "exception" in Irish childcare.

Tusla could be given new powers to shut down sub-standard crèches “immediately” and to tell parents of any investigations they are currently at risk of knowing nothing about.

Fianna Fáil is calling for Tusla to have powers to immediately close childcare facilities.

A protest is to take place today outside one of the creches featured in an RTÉ Investigates exposé.