John Lahart (Dublin South West, Fianna Fail)
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580. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will outline the schools at all levels in Dublin south west that avail of the school meals programme. [37622/22]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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The school meals programme provides funding towards the provision of food to some 1,800 schools and organisations benefitting 290,000 children. The objective of the programme is to provide regular, nutritious food to children who are unable, due to lack of good quality food, to take full advantage of the education provided to them. The programme is an important component of policies to encourage school attendance and extra educational achievement.

A budget of €68.1 million has been provided for the scheme in 2022.

Details of the schools at all levels in Dublin south west that currently avail of the school meals programme are provided in table 1 of the tabular statement.

Details of all new DEIS schools in Dublin south west who have access to the programme from September 2022 are provided in table 2 of the tabular statement.

I trust this clarifies the matter.

Tabular Statement

Table 1: Schools in Dublin South West in the school meals programme July 2022

Table 2: New DEIS Schools in Dublin South West with access to School Meals Programme from September 2022