A crèche and its owner have been brought before Dublin District Court accused of multiple breaches of childcare regulations arising out of an RTÉ Investigations Unit television programme.
Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, has brought a prosecution involving 24 charges against Links Childcare, Abington Wood, Swords Road, Malahide and its director.
The majority of the charges are against the crèche and involve issues of child welfare and safety.
The court was told they were alleged welfare-type breaches of the pre-school regulations involving disrespectful, exploitative or degrading treatment.
Director Deirdre Kelly is being prosecuted for allegedly failing to ensure records were open to inspection by the authorities and failing to ensure the appropriate vetting of all staff, students and volunteers.
The charges against the crèche arising from the RTÉ programme include failing to ensure that no practices that are disrespectful, degrading, exploitative, intimidating, emotionally or physically harmful or neglectful were carried out in respect of any child contrary to the childcare pre-school regulations.
Further charges include allegedly failing to take all reasonable measures to safeguard the health, safety and welfare of children.
The breaches are alleged to have taken place on a number of dates in February, March and May 2013.
The RTÉ programme, called A Breach of Trust, focused on the care of children in three crèches and aired in May 2013.
Investigations were opened by the child and family section of the Health Service Executive, which later became Tusla.
Video footage from inside the crèches formed part of the inquiries.
The footage was taken by undercover reporters with childcare qualifications.
Judge John O'Neill granted a disclosure order by consent allowing the defence to view 40 hours of RTÉ footage.
The case was adjourned until November for mention.
The maximum penalty for breaches of the pre-school regulations is a fine of €1,300 and a possible suspension from running a childcare facility.
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