Extend hot school meals to all primary schools

What this means

• The Irish government has committed to extending the Hot School Meals programme so that every primary school child can get a hot meal each school day.[source]
• This commitment is part of the 2025 Programme for Government, first stated on 23 January 2025, and is currently in progress with no fixed end date set.[source]
• The Department of Social Protection is responsible for delivering this commitment, with Minister Dara Calleary leading the work.[source]
• The programme aims to reach all primary schools in Ireland, meaning no child at that level should miss out on a hot meal during the school day.[source]
• Accountability matters here because no delivery deadline has been published, making it important to track whether the rollout reaches all schools as promised.[source]

Direct impact (2)

• delivery owned by body
  Department of Social ProtectionBody
• delivery owned by officeholder
  Dara CallearyOfficeholder

Indirect impact (9)

Two-hop relationships traced through the entity above. Useful for spotting downstream knock-on effects.

• delivery owned by officeholder → holds role: Teachta Dála2-hop via dara-calleary
  Dáil ÉireannBody
• delivery owned by officeholder → holds role: Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht2-hop via dara-calleary
  Department of Rural and Community DevelopmentBody
• delivery owned by body → owns statutory mandate2-hop via dept-social
  Provision of social welfare income supportsMandate
• delivery owned by body → responsible for commitment2-hop via dept-social
  Maintain the State pension age at 66Commitment
• delivery owned by body → responsible for commitment2-hop via dept-social
  Significantly increase the Carer's Allowance income disregardCommitment
• delivery owned by body → responsible for commitment2-hop via dept-social
  Introduce pay-related jobseeker's benefitCommitment
• delivery owned by officeholder → member of party2-hop via dara-calleary
  Fianna FáilParty
• delivery owned by officeholder → responsible for commitment2-hop via dara-calleary
  Expand Local Link rural transport servicesCommitment
• delivery owned by officeholder → responsible for commitment2-hop via dara-calleary
  Target balanced regional population growthCommitment