What are your views on Multiculturalism in Ireland? - Threadbanned User List in OP

Your parents losing their medical cards tells us nothing more than your parents lost their medical cards.

Could be for any number of reasons. You choose to blame foreigners, grand, that's your choice, but based on everything I know about the social welfare, it's more likely due to something related to your parents finances i.e. they failed a means test.

You were on here a couple of weeks ago aghast at a cousin being asked to provide financial information and you blamed foreigners for that too. The fact that this is part of the normal process was ignored by you in your rants so its little wonder that you would ignore the actual reason why your parents lost that entitlement and instead try to assign blame to a third party.

I get the feeling that it's always someone else's fault when you encounter a problem.

When I was leaving work today I was told 2 Ukranian women were starting next week. They only arrived in Ireland 2 weeks ago and their kids are already in school. They got PPS and Medical card at the airport. They will now have a wage within 2 weeks. The place I work felt were approached by a local woman who is hosting them, my employers felt they couldn't say no as they rely on local business and good word of mouth. . The Ukranian women will be paid the same as I am .... minimum wage.

Ironically we are within 10km of Mosney Direct Provision Centre, where people have been stuck for 10years on a weekly income of €38 per person, it was €19 when they arrived here many years ago. They are stuck in a system, no houses, no medical cards, no jobs.........because they are not white! That's the reality of this.

My employers said they couldn't say no as they would be called out on it by the local host family who are clients and lose business. They are not happy about it.

Total rubbish.

Asylum seekers are entitled to work and to medical cards. And asylum seekers can be any colour. So, you are either spreading lies or just completely ignorant to the facts.

Do you think asylum seekers should be entitled to everything that citizens are?

So you just totally changed your post. You said they cannot work or get medical cards, which they can.

Also, they can apply for and hold drivers licence.

Bank of Ireland do indeed allow.Asylum seekers to have a bank account. Maybe other banks, I'm not aware.

So, object all you want, but everything you state is a lie. So, your choice.

you have a very aggressive style of posting..... not just with me but with almost every poster on this thread. You seem to have a major chip on your shoulder.

I worked directly with people in DPCentres , specfically helping them access services and entitlements when they left Direct Provision. Most of them were turfed out when they got through the DP system , with no Social worker to help them navigate the outside world, especially getting on the housing list. It was very difficult to see how much they struggled, in many ways DP causes institutionalization. I am remarking how unfair the system is when you see how easy it is for Ukranians to access everything they need. My heart goes out to them, they have been hugely traumatised and displaced.............but so have immigrants from African countries and Syrian refugees too. It beggars belief that Ukranians have been able to jump straight to the top of the queue.

I am not interested in arguing with you. I am simply discussing and debating the huge anomalies in how different nationalities are being treated on their arrival in Ireland. I'll leave you to score point with someone else. Over and out.

To be fair, everything @[Deleted User] was true up to a certain point in time with several of the issues highlighted (DL, work, bank acc) have only been sorted recently. In addition, while they can apply for work, it is a horrific process (I've posted the details in this thread previously) with insane requirements for the AS and the employer

I would suggest that there is a huge amount of social welfare.

there is public transport available to everyone, even the small rural town I spent my teenage years in, have rural lift, public transport now and it is great!

Social housing, no one actually wants to be sorted because people who are not eligible have a massive chip on their shoulder about social housing.

I'm terribly shocked to be agreeing with Bubblypop, but you're talking shite.

Asylum in this country is colour blind. There have been asylum seekers "stuck" in the system from all manner of countries, with all types of races or skin colour involved.

Ukrainians are getting a streamlined affair, because the conflict has been pushed as a "European" conflict. And.. it might shock you to know that many Europeans are dark brown, or even Black. Yup. Even with inward immigration, Spain and Italy both have substantial Black populations of their own, and they're both quite supportive of helping out the Ukrainians. You might also want to check your demographics of Ukrainians.. while Whites are the clear majority, there's also plenty of those with Tartar blood, or mixes with the M.East/Central Asia, so, there's many people who aren't "white".

DP was a shitfest because it was badly thought out, and implemented in an incredibly stupid manner. But then, that's what happens when you pander to the NGOs and social media accounts. The people are "stuck" in DP because of the appeals processes which prevent the quick processing of claims, spreading the resources available, and ultimately blocking the quick resolution of a whole bunch of scammers. All the while, genuine Asylum seekers are made to wait until their turn comes along, and considering the type of claims that have been processed, most are lacking in the documentation to get their claims processed. You really should dig a little deeper, avoiding the need to find something to be outraged over, and you'll quickly come to realise that the Asylum process in this country is incredibly sympathetic, and supportive to those who apply. The problem is twofold... inept administration due to political interference (and the constant interference of the NGOs, our migrant Unions), and the sheer number of bogus claims being made. Even those who aren't obviously bogus are missing documentation, and often resist the investigation process... all the while they stay in DP.

Ukrainians are war refugees. Not Asylum seekers. They might seek Asylum if this government finds the balls to deport them when the conflict is resolved, but for now, you're merging two very different situations...

TBH I'm quite disgusted that you would seek to push the racism angle...