Notifications of Incident

Registered providers of preschool services are required to notify the Early Years Inspectorate in writing within three working days of becoming aware of the following incidents, in accordance with Regulation 31 of the Child Care Act 1991 (Early Years Services) Regulations 2016 (SI 221 of 2016)

Notifications of Incident are defined as;

1. the death of a pre-school child while attending the service, including the death of a child in hospital following his or her transfer to hospital from the service.
2. the diagnosis of a pre-school child attending the service, an employee, unpaid worker, contractor or other person working in the service as suffering from an infectious disease (for the current list of notifiable diseases, please see the Health Protection Surveillance Centre here.
3. an incident that occurs in the service and that results in the service being closed for any length of time.
4. a serious injury to a pre-school child while attending the service that requires immediate medical treatment by a registered medical practitioner whether in a hospital or otherwise.
5. an incident in respect of which a pre-school child attending the service goes missing while attending the service

Childminders are required to notify the Inspectorate within 3 working days of becoming aware of any of an incident occurring in the childminding service in accordance with Regulation 22 of the Child Care Act 1991 (Early Years Services) (Childminding Services) Regulations 2024 (S.I. No. 494 of 2024):

• the death of a child while attending the childminding service, including the death of a child in hospital following transfer of the child to hospital from the childminding service;
• the diagnosis of a child attending the childminding service, the childminder or a member of the childminder’s household as suffering from an infectious disease within the meaning of the Infectious Diseases Regulations 1981 ( S.I. No. 390 of 1981 ) as amended;
• an incident that occurs in the childminding service which results in unplanned closure of the childminding service for any length of time;
• a serious injury to a child while attending the childminding service that requires immediate medical treatment by a registered medical practitioner whether in a hospital or otherwise;
• an incident in respect of which a child attending the childminding service goes missing from the childminding service while attending the childminding service;
• an allegation of harm against a child is made against the childminder or a member of the childminder’s household or a person providing emergency cover.

Registered providers may wish to notify the Inspectorate of incidents that are not mandated under the above regulations.

These voluntary notifications can be made using the same process.

Please return this form by email to eyi.noi@tusla.ie

	Notification of Incidents Form
	Foirm Fógartha Teagmhais