Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 16 December 2015

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection

School Meals Programme: Discussion

1:00 pm

Photo of Michael ConaghanMichael Conaghan (Dublin South Central, Labour)
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Has the Department looked at similar schemes in other countries or considered using them as a reference point? Perhaps we could learn from the experience of other countries. England had a very good scheme years ago when I was teaching there, but I do not know if it is still in place. It was impressive in that it provided cooked meals at lunch time.