(1) The Principal Act is amended by substituting the following for section 228:

"228. Subject to this Act, an allowance (in this Act referred to as 'working family payment') shall be payable out of moneys provided by the Oireachtas in respect of a family where the weekly family income is less than -

(a) in the case of a family which includes only 1 child, €465,

(b) in the case of a family which includes 2 children, €510,

(c) in the case of a family which includes 3 children, €565,

(d) in the case of a family which includes 4 children, €630,

(e) in the case of a family which includes 5 children, €705,

(f) in the case of a family which includes 6 children, €775,

(g) in the case of a family which includes 7 children, €845, or

(h) in the case of a family which includes 8 or more children, €905.".

(2) This section comes into operation on 5 January 2006.