The shopping basket speaks for itself. The House should consider the cost of getting sick. A box of the same brand of 12 antibiotic tablets cost €6.60 in Spain, €11.10 in France and €20.50 here. Throughout the whole range of the shopping basket and in regard to residential rents, alcohol, tobacco and restaurants, prices have gone through the roof. People are being ripped off. We are killing the goose that laid the golden egg. If we are trying to achieve recovery of the tourism industry, to have prices pitched at so high a level by comparison with our competitors is extremely damaging. For example, in the year to January 2000, the cost of services provided by the State increased by 15% compared to a national inflation rate of 4.8%.