The Department of Education (DE) and Department of Communities (DfC) have announced that families eligible for free school meals will receive payments direct to their bank accounts. The payments will start to be made next week on a fortnightly basis and will continue over the Easter holidays. Families do not need to apply. We will be texting a small percentage of families for whom we don’t hold bank details to direct them to a form on our website. Here, they will be asked to provide their bank details so payments can be made.
