Michael Noonan (Limerick City, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The ESRI switch model was used to come up with the figure of 15,000. This information can be accessed by the Deputy. I am sure he has accessed it already. I did not suggest in any way that low-paid workers worked less hard than middle income people. As a matter of fact I said that I wanted to use the approach to reductions-----