The total amounts of monies issued to Louth County Council by the Department is in respect of funding for the Urban School Meals Scheme as part of the Schools Meals Programme.
The School Meals Programme provides funding towards the provision of food to some 1,700 schools and organisations benefitting 260,000 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.
The Urban School Meals Scheme for primary schools is operated and administered by local authorities and is part-financed by my Department. In 2021, 33,132 students in 279 primary schools benefitted from the Urban School Meals Scheme.
The total amounts of funding issued to Louth County Council by my Department in each of the years 2016 to 2021 and to date in 2022 are contained in the attached tabular statement.
No funding was returned over these years.
I trust this clarifies the matter.
Payments to Louth County Council under the Urban School Meals Scheme
|
Year
|
€
|
|
2016
|
11,576.00
|
|
2017
|
10,449.00
|
|
2018
|
12,000.00
|
|
2019
|
10,679.06
|
|
2020
|
9,884.69
|
|
2021
|
10,934.11
|
|
2022
|
9,461.29
|
