Brian Lenihan Jnr (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)

That is why we are making the following targeted changes: for new applicants, the rate of job-seekers allowance and supplementary welfare allowance for persons aged 20 and 21 years of age who have no dependent children is being reduced to €100 per week and for those aged between 22 and 24 to €150 per week; and for all other cases, the rate will be reduced to €150 per week where job offers or activation measures have been refused.

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