New figures show there was just one inspector per 21 thousand children in creches for the Dublin North East region last year.
The figures from Tusla, the child and family agency, showed there were 42 pre-school inspectors last year and 2,432 inspections, although there are 4,600 facilities.
They were provided in response to a parliamentary question asked by Independent TD for Dublin North East, Roisin Shortall.
