Thank you.
I recall being in Ireland back in 1987, I think. Actually, I'd better be more sure than that because it was my honeymoon. It was 1987. I remember clearly it was 1987. And I remember that the economy was not doing particularly well at that point in time. I think you referenced that year.
I want to make one comment. There are a lot of aspects to battling poverty. One is a good economy. One is the Celtic Tiger. One is investing in education. One is tax reform.
But it's my understanding also that between 1997 and 2006, the basic rate of social welfare payment increased by 99.7%, well ahead of the 34.2% increase in the CPI and well ahead of the increase in gross average industrial earnings.
So it is all those things, but it is also in fact making a determined effort to say we're going to put some resources to this issue for those who are most vulnerable. Is that correct?