Mr. Gerry Light:

I will deal with two of the points I picked up from the Deputy's contribution. I am not too sure why the working family payment has been reduced in recent times. I can say, as a low pay commissioner, that when the Department gave us all the statistics and details the number of workers who depended on that payment was surprising. That points to a high prevalence of low pay. The State has to intervene.

Mr. Gerry Light: I will deal with two of the points I picked up from the Deputy's contribution. First I am not sure why the working family payment has been reduced in recent times. One thing I can say as a low-paid commissioner, when we had the Department in giving us all the statistics and the details and the degree of workers who depend on that payment was very surprising. That points again to a very high prevalence of low pay.