The expansion of the Hot School Meals programme will “improve school attendance” in Ireland, the Social Protection Minister has said.
“It improves school attendance, it’s better for their well-being, and all in all, it’s a really good programme."“We did a review of the Hot School Meals programme and it said very clearly that it was better for a child’s educational attainment,” she said.
“What we want to do at the end of the day, as a Government, is help families and provide a better quality and standard of life.pension auto-enrolmentShe said there’s still a lot of work to be done before an election should be called.
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