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The Minister for Health, the Minister for Education and Skills and the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection today (Monday) jointly launched new Nutrition Standards for the State’s School Meals Programme. These will ensure the programme follows the national Healthy Eating Guidelines. Corporate catering Sydney offers everything you need from simple delivery and set-up of your order to staffing your event with bartenders & servers. The introduction of the new nutrition standards means that only healthy food choices that meet the Standards will be funded for breakfast clubs, school lunches and snacks, afterschool clubs and school dinners. The School Meals programme, which has a budget of almost €50 million, benefits almost 250,000 children across Ireland, with priority being given to those schools in the DEIS programme. The Standards outline healthy and balanced choices for each meal or snack, which align with the revised food pyramid and guidelines. They state that certain foods and drinks high in fat, salt and sugar should be not be offered to children and will not be funded. The Standards also emphasise that milk and water are the best drinks to serve children. Speaking at the launch Minister for Health Simon Harris said “Good nutrition for children and ensuring they are given healthy foods is a key priority for me and the Department of Health. This is important for maintaining a healthy weight for children, as well as supporting healthy growth and development. These new Standards will ensure the provision of regular and nutritious food to all the children who benefit from this very important scheme and will make a major contribution towards their lifelong health. I know that this simple measure will have a huge impact on the health and wellbeing of many children and their families across Ireland.” Minister Doherty said “My Department has increased the funding for the School Meals Programme by €5.5 million this year which will benefit over 250,000 children in the coming school year – this number continues to grow as more and more schools sign up for the School Meals Programme including the recently designated DEIS schools. This is an important Programme which helps encourage better school attendance and educational achievement by children, especially those from the most disadvantaged backgrounds. The introduction of these Standards will ensure that the State’s investment in this important scheme is even more beneficial to children and their families, and help support the broader aims of good school attendance and educational achievement which are key to addressing child poverty.” Also speaking at the launch, Minister Bruton added “I am delighted to welcome these new Healthy Eating Standards. I believe they will enhance the current School Meals Programme, which we as a Government expanded this year to an extra 245 schools, including a further 47,000 students. Tackling child poverty and educational disadvantage is a key priority of mine as Minister. Indeed giving children every possible opportunity to reach their full potential, regardless of their circumstances, is central to our DEIS Plan 2017 which we launched earlier this year. The provision of healthy food is a fantastic contribution to this plan and one of a range of supports provided to DEIS schools.” Minister Byrne said “The health and well being of children and young people is a priority for every Department under Healthy Ireland, and preventing child obesity is a particular priority. We published new Healthy Eating Guidelines and a revised Food Pyramid earlier this year, and these were recently sent to every school in the country. Now having these Standards for School Meals will further support everyone’s efforts to ensure that our children have healthier food choices available to them as the norm, as this is so important to every child having a good start in their health and educational development” The Standards are available on the Department’s website Ends Notes to Editors Nutrition Standards for School Meals The Standards were developed by the Department of Health with the assistance of safefood and the Health Service Executive, in cooperation with the members of the School Meals Programme in the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection and the Department of Education and Skills. The Standards are being published under the auspices of Healthy Ireland. One of the four goals of Healthy Ireland is to reduce health inequalities, and “giving children the best start” is recognised as an objective likely to reduce inequalities in society. This also reflects the priority under the national child policy framework Better Outcomes, Brighter Futures to reduce child poverty. The Standards will be implemented through the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection’s arrangements to oversee the programme. In addition, all schools providing meals and food outside of the State scheme will be encouraged to use the Standards to support a ‘whole school approach’ to healthy eating policies and healthy lifestyle programmes.
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Clár na mBéilí Scoile Oibríonn an Roinn Coimirce Sóisialaí Clár Béilí Scoile a sholáthraíonn cistiú chun seirbhísí bia a sholáthar do leanaí scoile faoi mhíbhuntáiste trí dhá cheann de scéimeanna: - Scéim Uirbeach na mBéilí Scoile ar scéim reachtach í le haghaidh bunscoileanna a oibríonn údaráis áitiúla agus a pháirtchistíonn an Roinn Coimirce Sóisialaí. - Scéim Béilí Scoile na dTionscadal Áitiúil a sholáthraíonn cistiú díreach ón Roinn Coimirce Sóisialaí do bhunscoileanna, d'iar-bhunscoileanna agus do ghrúpaí agus d’eagraíochtaí deonacha áitiúla a oibríonn a dtionscadail béilí scoile féin. Buntáistí Chlár na mBéilí Scoile Féachann Clár na mBéilí Scoile le bia rialta cothaitheach a sholáthar do leanaí nach bhfuil ar a gcumas, ar chúiseanna easpa bia shláintiúil, lántairbhe a bhaint as an oideachas a chuirtear ar fáil dóibh. Tá sé léirithe ag taighde go mbíonn tionchar chun donais ag cothú neamhleordhóthanach ar chumas leanaí dul i mbun foghlama agus tairbhiú den oideachas. Is féidir le dea-chothú feabhas a chur ar chumas leanaí díriú ar ábhar, iompar suaiteach a mhaolú agus leanaí a mhisniú chun teacht ar scoil. Comhpháirt thábhachtach is ea Clár na mBéilí Scoile de bheartais a fhéachann le tinreamh agus gnóthachtáil scoile a fheabhsú i measc leanaí, go háirithe iad siúd ar ó chúlraí faoi mhíbhuntáiste iad. Scéim Uirbeach na mBéilí Scoile Rialacha Cúlra Tugadh Scéim na mBéilí Scoile isteach den chéad uair sa bhliain 1914 ar feadh tréimhse dhá bhliain mar bheart roghnach sealadach i ndiaidh Stailc Mhór na bliana 1913. Baineadh an uasteora dhá bhliain agus aistríodh rialú na scéime ar deireadh ón Aire Rialtais Áitiúil agus Sláinte Phoiblí chuig an Aire Leasa Shóisialaigh sa bhliain 1947. Reachtaíocht Cumasaíonn Ailt 273 go 279 den Acht Leasa Shóisialaigh (Comhdhlúthú), 1981 do chomhairlí contaebhuirge, comhairlí ceantair baile agus coimisinéirí baile socruithe a dhéanamh chun béilí a sholáthar do leanaí a fhreastalaíonn ar bhunscoileanna ina limistéir agus, i gcásanna áirithe, lasmuigh dá limistéir. Níl aon oibleagáid dlíthiúil ar údaráis áitiúla an tseirbhís seo a sholáthar. Ról na Roinne/Cistiú Níl aon fheidhm ag an Roinn maidir le cláir bhéilí scoile a thionscnamh sna scoileanna. Is é ról na Roinne Coimirce Sóisialaí údaráis áitiúla a athchistiú agus rannpháirtíocht sa scéim a cheadú. Féadfaidh údaráis áitiúla aisíocaíocht a fháil de 50% dá gcaiteachas ar sholáthar béilí scoile do pháistí cáilithe. Clúdaíonn údaráis áitiúla na costais riaracháin ar fad. Conas iarratas a dhéanamh/Eolas breise Cuir glao ar Rannóg na mBéilí Scoile nó ar d'údarás áitiúil chun tuilleadh eolais a fháil. Scéim Béilí Scoile na dTionscadal Áitiúil Soláthraíonn Scéim Béilí Scoile na dTionscadal Áitiúil cistiú díreach le bunscoileanna, meánscoileanna, grúpaí agus eagraíochtaí deonacha áitiúla, i gceantair uirbeacha agus tuaithe araon, a oibríonn a dtionscadal béilí scoile féin. Bunaíodh an scéim chun cabhrú le tionscadail béilí scoile atá ag feidhmiú lasmuigh den Scéim Béilí Scoile Uirbeach reachtach . Rialacha Cé a cháilíonn le bheith páirteach? Caithfear tionscadail a dhíriú ar cheantair faoi mhíbhuntáiste nó ar leanaí a bhfuil riachtanais speisialta acu. Tugtar tús áite ó thaobh cistithe de i láthair na huaire do scoileanna atá mar chuid de thionscnamh na Roinne Oideachais agus Scileanna do scoileanna faoi mhíbhuntáiste, “Comhionannas Deiseanna sna Scoileanna a Sheachadadh” (DEIS). Ach níl aon teidlíocht uathoibríoch ar chistiú agus breithnítear gach iarratas i bhfianaise an bhuiséid atá ar fáil don scéim. Ní chuirfear cistiú ar fáil ach do thionscadail atá ann cheana féin agus a bhfuil inmharthanacht leanúnach léirithe acu. Cad a chlúdaíonn an cistiú? Is do bhia amháin an cistiú a chuirtear ar fáil faoin scéim seo, agus ní mór don bhia sin a bheith ar chaighdeán oiriúnach agus luach oiriúnach cothaithe a bheith ann, agus é réitithe agus ite i dtimpeallacht chuí. Is iad grúpaí áitiúla agus scoileanna a oibríonn na tionscadail a chinneann cineál agus raon na mbéilí a chuirfear ar fáil, chomh maith leis an modh ar a n-ullmhófar iad agus an tslí a chuirfear na béilí ar fáil. Rátaí Bunaítear an cistiú faoi Scéim Béilí Scoile na dTionscadal Áitiúil ar ráta íocaíochta in aghaidh an bhéile, in aghaidh an linbh, sa lá. Seo a leanas na rátaí reatha íocaíochta: Conas iarratas a dhéanamh Cathair ar chóir iarratas a dhéanamh? Ar bhonn scoilbhliana a chuirtear cistiú ar fáil. Ní mór iarratas a dhéanamh ar chistiú gach bliain. Níor mhór iarratais a chur isteach roimh thús na scoilbhliana. Conas iarratas a dhéanamh Ní mór iarratais ar chistiú a dhéanamh ar fhoirm iarratais na Roinne Coimirce Sóisialaí do Scéim Béilí Scoile na dTionscadal Áitiúil. Ní mór iarratas a dhéanamh maidir le gach club bia atá i bhfeidhm agat. Mar shampla, má tá club bricfeasta agus club lóin ag scoil, ní mór dhá iarratas ar leith a dhéanamh. Déan Teagmháil Linn Béilí Scoile Rannóg SWA An Roinn Coimirce Sóisialaí Bóthar an Choláiste Sligeach