Mr. Leslie Codd:

There was one unanswered question, asked by either Deputy Pringle or Deputy Penrose, regarding the lower rate of PRSI and the large amount of staff who are on it. I would imagine I am similar enough to the other producers. Last year, our average pay per employee was just under €23,800. Some 10% of our staff would come in under €375 per week but the vast majority of all mushroom producers' workers would be earning well over that amount. The Deputy was doing an addition and a division of staffing numbers compared to 40% of turnover going towards labour, but it equates to only a small percentage of staff working on mushroom units who are earning on the low PRSI rate.