Ukrainian refugees in Ireland - Megathread

You may be referring to group Medical cards (Homeless service's) or perhaps those in Direct provision (Fixed address) an emergency medical card is very different than a personalised MC issued to a named individual and without a GP stamp. Put simply issuing a MC in the circumstances laid out is utterly pointless when the reality of the immediate situation is, these refugees will likely get no access to GP services and more likely (Actually its happening) they'll end up in A&E departments. How a Hospital services card , letter couldn't have been considered is a mystery and besides, as I've said few if any of these magical MC have actually materialised.

prioritising them over hundreds of thousands of Irish people on waiting lists for health and housing

Jaysus thought this figment was dealt with, but in your time could you back up where Ukrainian refugees are been prioritised for health and housing waiting lists?

theres some seriously fcuked up people on this thread, ranting and raving about folks coming from a war zone, and being treated with respect by gaining access to public services! fcuking hell!

oh theres no question there has been, and will be major mistakes made, but some folks seriously need to get over themselves, our critical sectors, housing, health care etc, were long fcuked before these folks came here, we allowed them to get fcuked up, the problem is us, not them!

They absolutely did not put any measures in place for Quarantine, in essence offered advice which people could adhere to or ignore. Pets did get vaccinated and chipped but the department only acted after the influx started, not at the start.

How a Ukranian refugee or indeed any refugee could adhere to Quarantine rules for their pets given the nature of their accommodation situation is beyond me.

So just to be abundantly clear, No Quarantine measures were or have been put in place by the department. Some might see this as trivial in the over all context of things, perhaps it is but yet another over sight in this governments handling of this farce.

The Ukrainian refugee thing is going to be a complete calamity. Giving medical cards but no GPS available for them.

The State will eventually admit there needs to be a cap once it's popular to say so.

It is already a calamity but few want to admit it 🙄

I don't have a An Post bank account but i am in the centre on the mornings the post is delivered. It's then left in an in tray for the residents to collect. From speaking to these people as the collect their post they open their post there or in the reception so you get to see what they have. The same with the MC.

Plus these people aren't prisoners so they are free to come and go as they choose. We get requests from them to forward their post on and that could be to Dublin, Cork, Galway etc if they have left a forwarding address and for others it's just bundled together and returned to sender if no forwarding address is available.

Oh look. more virtue-signalling wailing of the "think of the children refugees" variety!

All the feelz and good intentions in the world won't change the fact that we are a country that struggles to provide those services to people as it is, let alone to tens (hundreds?) of thousands more. We are a small island nation of the edge of Europe with a population less than most major cities and a steadily eroding tax base on top of that. There is only so much we can practically and sustainably do!

There's nothing "fcuked up" in recognising that and expressing legitimate concerns as a result. What is "fcuked up" is the notion that we should and can continue to add to these problems without the resultant worsening of the provision of those services.

We have to pay 3k for private medical insurance so stop talking shxte about not wanting to pay 100.

We're your getting an analogy to prisoners is baffling, I'm referring to any MC holder having to have a fixed and verified address in normal circumstances.

I find it quite astonishing your able to freely observe refugees open their mail .

I'm also very Curious how these refugees are actually opening an post bank accounts. There was an absurd, join the bandwagon press release from someone in an post a month ago offering "Assistance" in opening accounts, it did not say "Open" bank accounts.

Notwithstanding an post money is entirely separate from An Post, how rules can be circumvented with regards to opening any bank account seems extraordinary. An Post smart accounts are also not free and a month into this, there's zero mention on their website of any support, free banking or special allowance being offered to anyone opening an an post bank account.