Noel Ahern
Ceist:74 Mr. N. Ahern asked the Minister for Finance whether a married man with one child on a wage of £167.50 per week, with a tax free allowance of £174 per week, whose employer wishes to give him an increase in line with other employees, will be worse off in view of the fact that he feels the increase of £20 will result in him coming into the tax net of 40 per cent, the loss of his family income supplement of £15 per week, the loss of his medical card, a reduction in the rent subsidy currently available to him on his shared ownership loan, the loss of his £3 fuel allowance, thus leaving him £15 to £20 worse off per week. [9389/97]