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Family income supplement.
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7.—(1) The Principal Act is hereby amended by the substitution for sections 232B and 232C (inserted by section 13 of the Act of 1984 and amended by section 5 of the Act of 1988) of the following sections:
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“Entitlement to family income supplement.
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232B.—Subject to this Part, an allowance (in this Part 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 one child, £140, or
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(b) in the case of a family which includes two children, £160, or
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(c) in the case of a family which includes three children, £180, or
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(d) in the case of a family which includes four children, £200, or
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(e) in the case of a family which includes five children, £225, or
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(f) in the case of a family which includes six children, £242, or
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(g) in the case of a family which includes seven children, £259, or
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(h) in the case of a family which includes eight or more children, £276.
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Weekly rate of family income supplement.
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232C—(1) Subject to this Part, the weekly rate of family income supplement shall be 60 per cent. of the amount by which the weekly family income is less than the amount appropriate in the particular case under section 232B.
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(2) In calculating the weekly rate of family income supplement pursuant to subsection (1), any fraction of £1 shall be treated as £1 and where the weekly rate so calculated is below a prescribed amount, the supplement shall be payable at the prescribed amount.”.
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(2) This section shall come into operation on the 25th day of July, 1991.
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