Council leader Joe Cullinane said: "Sanitary products are a necessity, not a choice.
"I wish for no women or girl here in North Ayrshire to find themselves in the embarrassing and often degrading situation of having to use improper sanitary protection simply because they cannot afford it.
"After all, periods are not exempt from poverty - they don't take account of what is in your pocket or purse. Therefore, it is absolutely right that we should look at ways in which to tackle this gendered inequality."
Do they offer free toilet paper as well? That strikes me as something equally important that the poor cannot live without.