(1) The following section is substituted for section 228 (as amended by section 4(1) of the Act of 2007) of the Principal Act:

"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, €500,

(b) in the case of a family which includes 2 children, €590,

(c) in the case of a family which includes 3 children, €685,

(d) in the case of a family which includes 4 children, €800,

(e) in the case of a family which includes 5 children, €920,

(f) in the case of a family which includes 6 children, €1,030,

(g) in the case of a family which includes 7 children, €1,160, or

(h) in the case of a family which includes 8 or more children, €1,250.".

(2) This section comes into operation on 1 January 2009.