Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 4 October 2016
Committee on Budgetary Oversight
Forecasts for Budget 2017: Department of Finance
11:00 am
Mr. John McCarthy:
While it measures, it does not project. While employment is growing in every region, some regions are growing much more rapidly than others. With the Department forecasting 2.6% growth for this year, it is not a huge leap forward to assume that a large part of that will be in urban areas. There will also be growth in other regions, albeit not to the same extent as in urban areas, which I understand is point the Deputy is making.