asked the Minister for Social Welfare if he will give details of the school meals scheme for necessitous children in Limerick City.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - School Meals.
Under the Education (Provision of Meals) Acts, 1914-1930, school meals were supplied during the financial year 1953-54 in 14 schools in Limerick City. The average daily number of children receiving meals was 937; the total number of meals supplied was 182,459; the cost of the meals was £3,837 14s. 1d., and the cost of administration was £473 12s. 1d. The meals supplied consisted of a half-pint of milk with bread and butter.
One-half of the cost of food is recouped to the local authority by the Exchequer.