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Working family payment
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9. (1) The Principal Act is amended by the substitution of the following section for section 228:
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“228. Subject to this Act, an allowance (in this Act referred to as ‘working family payment’) 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, €765,
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(b) in the case of a family which includes 2 children, €866,
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(c) in the case of a family which includes 3 children, €967,
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(d) in the case of a family which includes 4 children, €1,058,
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(e) in the case of a family which includes 5 children, €1,184,
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(f) in the case of a family which includes 6 children, €1,300,
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(g) in the case of a family which includes 7 children, €1,436, or
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(h) in the case of a family which includes 8 or more children, €1,532.”.
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(2) This section comes into operation on 1 January 2026.
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