Michael Harty (Clare, Independent) | Oireachtas source

On a slightly different tack, what is the Professor's view on the lopsided economic recovery and the lopsided development of our major cities vis-à-visrural areas in the context of the housing problem? People are moving to cities because jobs and investment are concentrated there. The problem is most acute in Dublin and it is contributing to the current housing difficulties. Mr. John Moran, a former Secretary General at the Department of Finance, argued last week that if we wanted to use our resources to benefit the greatest number of people, we had to concentrate the population in cities where broadband, roads and public transport infrastructure, housing, schools and so forth could be provided more easily. He argued that investing in rural Ireland was not the way to go, that it was not economically viable to maintain rural Ireland. What is Professor Drudy's view?