Parents say children want food 'the way it was before’ as confidence in hot school meal programme wanes

Some 78% noted that their children did not enjoy the variety of the food. File picture

Over half of parents have said that they plan to drop out of the hot school meals scheme, as a damning new survey reveals deep dissatisfaction with the programme.

The survey found that just 43% of parents who took part planned to continue to avail of the hot school meal scheme in its current format, with 57% of parents saying they would not.