(1) Subject to this Act, a person who is qualified for child benefit shall, so long as he remains so qualified, be paid out of moneys provided by the Oireachtas a monthly benefit of the amount set out in column (1) of Part III of the Fourth Schedule in respect of each of the first 3 qualified children and, in addition, the amount set out in column (2) of that Part in respect of each qualified child (if any) in excess of 3.
(2) Notwithstanding anything in this Part, the monthly benefit payable to a qualified person in respect of a qualified child whose birth was part of a multiple birth of 3 or more children of whom not less than 3 remain qualified shall be double the benefit that would have been payable if this subsection had not been enacted.
(3) Subject to this Act, a person who is qualified for child benefit shall be paid a grant in accordance with subsection (4) in respect of 2 or more qualified children where the birth of each child was part of the same multiple birth.
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