Aideen Hayden (Labour) | Oireachtas source

Professor McHale has expressed his reservations about medium-term issues. Perhaps he might extrapolate further down the line in terms of longer-term concerns, such as pension provisions and the ageing population, both of which have been alluded to. At the moment, we are taking a bit of a holiday with what is happening in relation to the oil market and so forth. Where do we stand in terms of issues like energy provision in the longer term? What is Professor McHale's view on what the longer-term concerns for the economy might be?