Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

That is very true. I was looking briefly at the statistics in terms of a drawing a comparison on spending per capitabetween Ireland and the OECD. Spending per capitais the best way to draw comparisons because spending as a percentage of GDP is a distorted figure because of the nature of Ireland's GDP. When one looks at spending per capita, my understanding is that we are one third above the OECD average and seventh highest in the OECD at €4,706 per annum. Is that a fair assessment of where we are placed on the international comparators?