Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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Question 171: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the savings which would be made in 2009 if social welfare rates were maintained at their 2008 levels. [5477/09]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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Budget 2009 provided for improvements in all weekly personal, qualified adult and qualified child rates of payment as well as improvements in family income supplement, back to school clothing and footwear allowance and the national fuel scheme. The amount provided in Budget 2009 for these improvements was €503 million.