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- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: School Meals Programme (25 Apr 2024)
Heather Humphreys: Not too many measures are universally popular but I think that everybody absolutely supports the hot school meals programme. I have always been a firm believer that it is not possible to beat a hot meal in the middle of the day. I visited St. Thomas's Junior National School in Lucan with the Taoiseach last week. We saw the children getting their hot meals. They were all sitting down...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: School Meals Programme (25 Apr 2024)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: This is a good news story for children. Some families might not have as much as others. At least they know their children are going in every day and getting a hot meal, which is a game-changer. All schools, but particularly primary schools, should provide these meals. Schools can now reapply. We need to contact all the schools in order that they know about this. The programme needs to...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: School Meals Programme (25 Apr 2024)
Violet-Anne Wynne: The Minister was very good to ensure that all children in Ennis Community School received hot school meals for the entire year. It has worked really well. It is the amalgamation of three schools, one of which is DEIS. I am raising it to highlight it again with the Minister this morning so that she might consider extending that for a further year as it was a huge success. All the children...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: School Meals Programme (25 Apr 2024)
Bernard Durkan: I congratulate the Minister on advancing the school meals programme. I ask the Minister about the efforts that continue to be made to ensure a balanced and nutritious diet is maintained in what are children's formative years.
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: School Meals Programme (25 Apr 2024)
Heather Humphreys: I say to Deputy Murnane O'Connor that the hot school meals programme is running in 31 schools in Carlow, covering 5,639 children. In response to Deputy Wynne, Ennis Community School was brought to my attention. I was obviously very conscious the amalgamation, involving some DEIS and some non-DEIS schools - that was the secondary school. We were able to provide that support and solution...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: School Meals Programme (25 Apr 2024)
Bernard Durkan: I asked about the dietary balance.
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: School Meals Programme (25 Apr 2024)
Heather Humphreys: Regarding dietary standards, healthy eating guidelines are set out for the suppliers. They must meet certain standards and I would expect them to do that. There are intermittent inspections by my Department in different schools. It is up to the to the principal and teachers to make sure the appropriate food is coming in because it is being paid for.
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: School Meals Programme (25 Apr 2024)
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- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: School Meals Programme (25 Apr 2024)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 9. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her Department has measured the progress and success of the school meals programme in the context of diet, attendance and educational attainment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18078/24]
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: School Meals Programme (25 Apr 2024)
Alan Farrell: 15. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide an update on the roll-out of the hot school meals programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17836/24]
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: School Meals Programme (25 Apr 2024)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: Has the Department measured the progress and success of the schools meal programme in the context of diet, attendance and educational means?
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: School Meals Programme (25 Apr 2024)
Heather Humphreys: I propose to take questions Nos 9 and 15 together. The objective of the school meals programme is to provide regular, nutritious food to children to support them in taking full advantage of the education provided to them. Following the expansion of the programme in recent years, some 2,600 schools and organisations, covering 443,000 children are now eligible for funding. I recently...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: School Meals Programme (25 Apr 2024)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I thank the Minister. I strongly agree with her about the hot school meals programme. It is absolutely excellent not only for DEIS schools but for every school included in the programme. The Minister announced hot meals for an additional 900 primary schools. Ten of those schools are in Carlow. These are schools that I had been working with. They are rural schools. For all the schools...