Brian Lenihan Jnr (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)

——and will be halved for that group to €83 per month from 1 January next. However, welfare recipients, including those on family income supplement, will be compensated through appropriate adjustments to their support payments. Early child care supplement will cease at five and a half years of age. The full details of these savings measures and the off-setting factors to assist welfare recipients are set out in the summary of budget measures.

The Minister for Education and Science has announced that he is undertaking a review on the appropriate student contribution to the substantial cost of third level education.

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