Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour) | Oireachtas source

In regard to my concerns about families who are on low incomes or are unemployed, the budget contains €200 million of spending. I am happy to say this includes the restoration of the Christmas bonus on a partial basis and the payment to the kinds of family to which Deputy McDonald referred, and all the other families in Ireland, of a small but significant sum of €5 per month in child benefit.

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