'Onus on individual schools' to ensure coeliac children catered for

One Tipperary mother said she had chosen to deliver hot food to her six-year-old daughter so she was not left out.

Government departments have defended the provision of coeliac-safe food as part of the rollout of school meals, saying it is the responsibility of individual schools "to ensure every child is catered for".

The comments were made following concerns raised by the Coeliac Society of Ireland. Parents have told the society that children with coeliac disease were being offered just fruit, or all meals on offer were marked “may contain gluten”.