The scheme is to include 2 and 3-year-olds for the first time.
4,461 families in Kildare are to benefit from an Extended Back-to-School Clothing and Footwear Allowance.
The scheme is to include 2 and 3-year-olds for the first time.
Around 37,000 additional children will qualify for the allowance this year.
It comes as €60.4 million is being provided nationally for the scheme this year.
More than 109,000 families will automatically receive the allowance in July.
Applications are now open for the scheme, but the majority of payments will be paid automatically with no application form required.
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