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You are kidding, did he seriously say that, mother of God, aside from the influx is he seriously suggesting this is something new, the man is completely out of touch with reality 😳

I'm gobsmacked, is he aware who opened the flood gates but more importantly there's been feck all private rentals done for Ukrainians, the majority are in hotels , this is just extraordinary.

https://www.oecdbetterlifeindex.org/#/11111111111

Look at the country report for Ireland

"Ireland performs well in many dimensions of well-being relative to other countries in the Better Life Index. Ireland outperforms the average in jobs, education, health, social connections, safety and life satisfaction."

"In Ireland, households on average spend 21% of their gross adjusted disposable income on keeping a roof over their heads, broadly in line with the OECD average of 20%."

"In Ireland, the average home contains 2.1 rooms per person, more than the OECD average of 1.7 rooms per person. In terms of basic facilities, nearly every dwelling (99.8%) in Ireland contains private access to an indoor flushing toilet, more than the OECD average of 97%."

There is your anecdotal perception and there is the reality that life is good for most people in Ireland.

Does anyone else find it galling that a school teacher Martin is still learning lessons?

Well for starters as I have told you on numerous threads I have never voted for Sinn Fein because of their economic policies but at this stage from looking at the alternatives I certainly would not rule them out next time around. Whether you wish to believe that or not is of complete indifference to me.

It is only nuance that the Irish greens have banned all prospecting licenses (bizarrely other than for gold and silver) are attempting to ban LNG and are stonewalling on Barrtroe when we have our own regulator saying our present source of gas is unsecure in the middle of a European crisis that is causing a gas shortage and to you that is only a nuance! You really do post some terrible rubbish.

From memory you didn`t agree with their policy on water charges and now you do not agree with their economic policies either. Other than them being a handy vehicle for your disdain for all things rural, it is difficult to see what you do agree with them on.

No mention of your sharing your self claimed expertise on all things legal on wording a bill which would make it legal to gift or sell turf in a community of 500 people or less, where it would be illegal to do so for a community of 501. Or even how such communities could be defined and mapped for the purpose ?

Take your time, while I am eager to hear, I`m in no rush.

What?

None of that refers to the current mess that the government has created and is in.

The bolded parts....

On average 21% goes to keeping a roof over their heads? I would not be surprised to find out it was higher than that, but in any case, that's average.

2.1 rooms per person, - you are highlighting/quoting housing as a good thing in Ireland? Really?

Indoor flushing toilets? 🤯

WTF nonsense.

As mentioned, nothing there is really relevant at all to the current mess.

Those stats have been widely criticised on boards before, the rooms per person metric is very questionable too. I believe it turned out irish rooms are far smaller than average for starters.

As for things like average disposable income spent on housing, people living at home with their parents because they cant afford/cant find a place to rent are paying 0, and older people with low/no mortgages skew stats similarly. Median average would give a better idea, but OECD metrics for that do not give a median average.

Blanch could get a run out on the govt spin team

Later on in that show , Tom Parland from the CIF interviewed and painted a very Grim picture affecting major public infrastructure projects, essentially saying if current contracts are not renegotiated , civil engineering firms facing ruin or will have to pull out due to increased costs, he also said none of his members will even tender for new fixed priced contracts such is the uncertainty.

This an absolute mess but of course , Minister understands the CIF's concerns and looking into how existing contracts can be looked at. We know what that means, add another few €100 million onto projects like the new children's hospital 🙄

It makes it an FG problem then as he will have fecked off out of the half-taoiseach position in December.

Regards...jmcc

FF and FG TDs expect to get one hell of a kicking at the ballot box over this and it might be the end of their snouts in the public trough for many of them. They probably still have nightmares about the Water Tax.

Regards...jmcc

In all fairness I would not hold it too much against him for lobbing that ball of trouble back to FG and Varadkar with all the attempts at undermining that have been going on.

Yep. He may have more to worry about with FF backbenchers plotting to replace him before then. The FF ministers who lost their jobs while those FGers involved with Zapponegate did not may still be a sore point with some FFers.

Regards...jmcc