More than 2,500 pre-school inspection reports available online, minister reveals

More than 2,500 pre- school inspection reports are now online, Children’s Minister Frances Fitzgerald has revealed.

The move followed a spate of controversies surrounding nurseries which prompted demands for government action.

“Delivering improvements in pre-school quality standards and staff qualifications is an absolute prerequisite to any further extension of universal childcare provision, including any proposal to introduce a second free pre-school year,” Ms Fitzgerald told the Dáil.