Out of a total of 77,762 people who claim disability benefit each week, I am led to believe that approximately 21,000 would have claims for a period of less than ten weeks, which is the time in question. Have the Minister's Department any convincing evidence concerning alterations made in the payment of short term disability benefit in other countries as to whether absenteeism has been reduced as a result? For example, have they researched the figures for short term claims in the United Kingdom? I gather that, for the past year, claims for under ten week's duration have been paid by employers. Secondly, if a decision is taken to change the system of payment of disability benefits involving a duration of ten weeks, will his Department take cognisance of the fact that companies which employ a large number of employees could cope with payments for such claims much more easily than would companies with a small number of employees?