Galway Bay fm newsroom - Three Galway schools are set to benefit from a hot meals pilot scheme.
It's part of an initiative led by the Department of Social Protection to provide a hot lunch to students on a daily basis.
Bushy park national school in the city is set to benefit.
While in the county, Caltra national school and Gort Na Gaoithe national school in Newbridge are set to receive hot meals.
The Hot School Meals Pilot Project was first revealed by the Social Protection Minister as part of the Budget last year.
It will see hot meals provided to primary school children in 36 schools from September.
It comes after 250 students from Our Lady Of Lourdes National School in Inchicore in Dublin took part in a trial at the start of this year, to assess if the project would work.
The Department of Social Protection says a mix of DEIS and non-DEIS schools in both urban and rural areas make up those which were selected.
