(1) The Principal Act is amended by the substitution of the following section for section 228 (amended by section 5 of the Social Welfare and Pensions (No. 2) Act 2009):

"228. Subject to this Act, an allowance (in this Act referred to as 'family income supplement') 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, €511,

(b) in the case of a family which includes 2 children, €612,

(c) in the case of a family which includes 3 children, €713,

(d) in the case of a family which includes 4 children, €834,

(e) in the case of a family which includes 5 children, €960,

(f) in the case of a family which includes 6 children, €1,076,

(g) in the case of a family which includes 7 children, €1,212, or

(h) in the case of a family which includes 8 or more children, €1,308.".

(2) This section comes into operation on 7 January 2016.