Pearse Doherty (Donegal South West, Sinn Fein)
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To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost to provide every primary school child in the State with a free lunch meal. [42897/12]

Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)
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Expenditure on the provision of school meals which is funded by the School Meals Programme, administered by my colleague, the Minister for Social Protection was €34.97 million in 2011 with €35 million provided for 2012. The estimated cost of providing a daily lunch meal for the 516,460 children currently attending primary school is €285 million per annum (based on an estimate of €3 per meal).