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Wed 10 Oct 2009ESRI calls for 20% child benefit cut and welfare freeze
ESRI REPORT:CHILD BENEFIT should be cut by 20 per cent and social welfare payments frozen, but the package of tax increases in the budget should be limited to €1 billion, the Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) said yesterday.
In its latest Quarterly Economic Commentary, the ESRI also said the poor state of the public finances meant further public sector pay cuts were necessary.
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