Providing school meals during holiday period may present ‘logistical complications’

Leo Varadkar has said that extending the Hot School Meals programme into school holidays would involve logistical complications (Ben Birchall/PA)

There may be “logistical complications” to rolling out the State’s hot school meals programme to children during the holiday period, the Taoiseach said.

Leo Varadkar said the government would examine the proposal, but that other extensions of the scheme would be prioritised.