Dara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I do not want catch-all phrases. We cannot do that any more. That day is gone. I want to see what people are eating. There are also students with different dietary needs and we are not in a good space to account for those needs if we are using catch-all phrases. This is something I will look at. I have asked for full information on the audit process and what is involved in it because, like the Deputy, I have had feedback from parents and teachers on the operation of this scheme. We have come a long way and it is important to acknowledge how successful this scheme has been. We now have 1,884 schools in the scheme. We will expand that again later. The reason this scheme was implemented in the first place was to ensure consistency of nutrition for our students across all cohorts. Let us not forget that consistency or the original intention of the scheme. Let us not forget the importance of nutrition in anyone's life and particularly a child's. We have had a lot of feedback regarding the issue the Deputy has just raised, the different tastes of kids of different eras.

We all know how difficult it is. This is something I will zero in on and particularly the entire audit process.

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