The objectives of the social welfare package are to increase or maintain the value of all rates of payment in real terms, to give additional increases to those aged 66 and over, in particular those on widow's and old age pension, to continue to increase pensions in line with the programme for Government commitment to increase the State pension to €200 by 2007, to increase or maintain the real value of all qualified adult rates of payment and to ensure that they do not fall as a proportion of the associated personal rate and to make significant progress in our programme of increases in the level of child benefit.