Over 2,200 (2,229) pupils in Kerry are benefitting from the school meals programme.
That’s up from 467 during the previous academic year in 2021/2022.
There were 306 children in Kerry benefitting from the school meals programme in the 2020/2021 academic year.
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That’s according to figures provided by Minister for Social Protection Heather Humphreys following a query from Fianna Fáil TD Paul McAuliffe.
The schools meals programme provides funding towards the provision of food services to 1,600 schools and organisations, benefitting 260,000 children nationwide.
