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Fine Gael leader Enda Kenny has said he would not support a cut or a tax on child benefit in next month’s Budget.

Speaking on RTÉ’s Marian Finucane radio programme on Saturday, Mr Kenny said he believed the way to tackle the crippling public expenditure on social welfare was not to adjust the rates but to get people back to work.