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News At One: Fionnan Sheehan, Irish Independent, says it now seems unlikely that Child Benefit will be changed to a tiered system in next week's Budget
He said the Budget will have to be debated and that there would also have to be a social welfare bill to bring the decisions into operation.
The Budget will be delivered next Wednesday, 9 December.
Meanwhile, the Tánaiste has told the Dáil that significant employment growth is not expected next year.
Mary Coughlan said the Department of Finance pre-Budget outlook forecast unemployment in 2010 to average 13.75%.
