Seán Fleming (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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Question 463: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the amount of money paid to each local authority in 2004 by her Department in respect of the operation of the school milk scheme and the number of schools in each local authority to participate in this scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35323/05]

Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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My Department has responsibility for the administration of the school milk scheme, which is co-funded by the Exchequer and the European Commission. The scheme is operated in the main by dairies that supply the schools directly with milk and are subsequently reimbursed by my Department. Five local authorities participated in the scheme in 2004 and three of these — Dublin City Council, Fingal County Council and South Dublin County Council — were grant aided €7,278 for cheese which was used in sandwiches provided to disadvantaged children in 227 schools. In addition, Kells Urban District Council and Navan Urban District Council were grant aided €1,205 in 2004 for the supply of milk to five schools.

A total of 2,360 schools participated in the school milk scheme in 2004.