Every school day, more than a quarter of a million children avail of the School Meals programme across the country, which gives them access to healthy food that they mightn’t be able to access any other way through their school. News that funding for the School Meals programme is to be continued during the shutdown was widely welcomed. In particular, teachers were concerned about the children who rely on school meals to keep them fed. There are daily and weekly deliveries“To be honest, the confirmation that we were allowed the funding for school meals was a great relief to me,” says Mr Daly, laughing. The majority of schools on the School Meals programme have catering companies they work with regularly, says Ms Darmody.

Source: Irish Examiner April 05, 2020 23:03 UTC