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Family income supplement (new weekly rates).
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5.— (1) The following section is substituted for section 228 (as amended by section 4(1) of the Act of 2007) of the Principal Act:
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“228.— Subject to this Act, an allowance (in this Act referred to as ‘family income supplement’) shall be payable out of moneys provided by the Oireachtas in respect of a family where the weekly family income is less than—
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(a) in the case of a family which includes only 1 child, €500,
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(b) in the case of a family which includes 2 children, €590,
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(c) in the case of a family which includes 3 children, €685,
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(d) in the case of a family which includes 4 children, €800,
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(e) in the case of a family which includes 5 children, €920,
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(f) in the case of a family which includes 6 children, €1,030,
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(g) in the case of a family which includes 7 children, €1,160, or
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(h) in the case of a family which includes 8 or more children, €1,250.”.
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(2) This section comes into operation on 1 January 2009.
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