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St Brendan’s NS Blennerville is one of the new schools to be added to the Hot School Meals Programme.
MINISTER for Education Norma Foley has welcomed the inclusion of 43 Kerry primary schools in the Hot School Meals Programme from April 2024.
The schools have been included as part of a list of 900 additional primary schools across the country who will receive Hot School Meals from April 2024.
Some of the Tralee area schools included are St Brendans Blennerville, Gaelscoil Mhic Easmainn, Flemby NS, Spa NS, O’Brennan NS and St Brendans NS Fenit.
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Minister Foley said: “It is such positive news that more Kerry schools have been included in the Hot School Meals Programme from April 2024. The Hot School Meals Programme is an extremely important initiative that helps with children’s wellbeing and nutrition. It is also known to facilitate better education outcomes and I know that today’s announcement will be welcomed by many parents and families.”
“The Hot School Meals Programme has been a tremendous success and it is hugely important that it is expanded to include every primary school in the country.”
The full list of schools included in this expansion of the Hot School Meals Programme is available in the below link: https://www.gov.ie/en/collection/937b9-list-of-schools-approved-for-the-hot-school-meals-programme-from-april-2024/
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