Kate O'Connell (Dublin Bay South, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

We often hear about the squeezed middle and the average industrial wage. We are told it is more likely that women will fall into this category. Do we have data to show whether this is the case? I think the average industrial wage is €37,500. Does Professor Barrett have graphs showing the distribution of pay between men and women as they move up the pay scales? Does he have such data? When we are looking at various things like reducing tax or tweaking the USC, is there a way of targeting specific groups of people who for some reason are being discriminated against, for want of a better word? Does Professor Barrett get where I am coming from?