Crèches: slanted view of a well-regulated service

I WAS appalled by your front page headline “Crèches: abuse, bullying and neglect” and the accompanying unbalanced report (October 30).

The issues are of extreme importance to parents and it was a huge disappointment that the Irish Examiner did its annual trick of pulling out complains from around the country and developing a sensational headline to sell newspapers.

Nowhere in the report was there any information on whether or not the complains were substantiated. Parents have every right to complain about inadequate childcare provision. These complains are dealt with by the pre-school inspection team at the HSE, an excellent system already in place.