Dr. Frank O'Connor:

We have heard those concerns during the campaign. People have already contacted us with exactly the same question the Deputy is asking. From our point of view, the most sustainable option is to focus, like we said, on villages, towns and cities. These are the areas where vacancy and dereliction predominate. From the point of view of transport and access to schools, as well as all of the other amenities, it makes a lot of sense. As Ms Sherry said, the details are very vague the moment, but the key issue is that we cannot wait for two years to enforce a new tax when we failed for 35 years to enforce the last one. We must use the data we have, get the enforcement going from January, focus on high-density areas such as towns, villages and, obviously, cities, and get people back into those areas. It would be a huge transformation.