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Cigarettes and alcohol are set to escape budget rises.
A 5% cut to all welfare payments, bar pensioners and the most vulnerable.
Child benefit being slashed by €10 a month per child, and double that for the third child.
The controversial €10 air travel tax will not be scrapped, but it will be cut to just €2.
Public sector pensioners will face a 4% cut in their pensions, one of the two Government jets will be sold.
Many of the ministerial cars will also be sold off and replaced with a car pooling system, while TD and ministerial pay and pensions will also be cut.

third-level registration fees will be increased to €2,000 annually. Families with more than one child in college will pay a reduced fee of €1500 for the second and subsequent children.
There could be a 4c increase in petrol.

No reduction in state pension
Taoiseach's pay will be reduced by over €14,000, with a €10,000 reduction for Ministers. Presidential salary limited to €250,000
10% reduction in pay for new entrants into the public sector will apply to judges.
There will be a €10 reduction in child benefit.

Minister for Finance Brian Lenihan and Fine Gael's Michael Noonan will be live in studio on tonight's Prime Time at 2140.