Denis Naughten (Roscommon-Galway, Independent) | Oireachtas source

The feedback I have been getting on the school meals programme is that the funding available is inadequate to meet the cost of producing the food because we have seen costs increase. As a result, a number of providers have pulled out of it because it does not make financial sense for them. That could be part of the reason for the drop-off in the school meals programme, which we all agree is a vital programme. It needs to be enhanced and expanded. I ask the Minister to investigate that aspect of it. I have raised the issue through parliamentary questions to her.