Mr. John McCarthy:

I am working off the top of my head. I said in my opening statement that profits were up by 7%. Employment rose by 2.9%. We do not have figures for earnings per capitayet. They will be published in the national accounts in July and will probably run at somewhere between 2% and 2.5%. Off the top of my head, the wage bill probably rose by between 5% and 5.5% and profits by 7%. There have been slightly stronger growth rates for profitability. The point the Deputy is making is correct. In 2015, profits rose much more.