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    • School meals

    Topics:
    • Support and development

    More in this topic

    • Nutritional standards
    • Food in schools resources
    • School meals statistical bulletins
    • School milk and meals - background
    • Food in schools policy

    Related to School meals

    Most recent publications

    • Summary Report on the Responses to the Consultation on Proposed Changes to the Review of Free School Meals and Uniform Grant Eligibility Criteria

      Published 3 July 2025

    • Milk and meals arrangements - Education authority, voluntary grammar and grant maintained integrated schools

      Published 7 June 2024
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    Most recent consultations

    • Review of Free School Meals and Uniform Grant Eligibility Criteria

      Published 22 November 2024 Consultation closed

    • Consultation on proposed changes to the School Meals Statistical Bulletin

      Published 7 March 2016 Consultation closed
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    Most recent news items

    • Consultation on review of eligibility criteria for free school meals and uniform grants launched

      Published 22 November 2024

    • Interim change to eligibility criteria for free school meals and uniform grants

      Published 7 June 2024
    See all news in this topic

    Access to information

    How to request information from the Department of Education including Freedom of Information (FOI) and the use of our Publication Scheme. The Department publishes responses to requests for information made under FOI in its Disclosure Log

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