Minister Burton faces difficult choice over reform of child benefit

I GET €732 a month.

I have four children, including twins. For some reason, each twin gets one and a half times the usual child benefit every single month.

I have great use for it all. And it’s come down. Back in last days of the Celtic Tiger, in 2006, I got over €13,000 into my paw, tax-free, because three children qualified for the early childhood supplement.