(1) The Principal Act is amended -

(a) in section 221 -

(i) by the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (1) (amended by section 8 of the Act of 2012):

"(1) Subject to this Act, a qualified person shall be paid a monthly benefit of €135 in respect of each qualified child.",

and

(ii) by the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (2) (amended by section 17 of, and Schedule 3 to, the Social Welfare Law Reform and Pensions Act 2006):

"(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) a multiple birth of 2 children, of whom 2 remain qualified, shall be 150 per cent of the amount specified in subsection (1), or

(b) a multiple birth of 3 or more children, of whom -

(i) not less than 3 remain qualified, shall be 200 per cent of the amount specified in subsection (1),

(ii) not less than 2 remain qualified, shall be 150 per cent of the amount specified in subsection (1), or