Was the government right to put no limit on the amount of Ukrainian refugees in Ireland? Read OP

My post seems to be deleted which responded to this?

You don’t know me and are confidently incorrect.

There are at least 124,000 homes in the US open to sponsoring Ukrainian refugees since you asked. More than Ireland if I’m not mistaken.

Can you post a link then? Should be pretty straightforward.

You are confirming then that the article you posted doesn't contain what you said?

the US has about half the population density and is about 140 times the size of Ireland, could do better tbh

’Full’ is too definitive. However, refugees sleeping on the streets is symptomatic of a country that is reaching the upper bounds of the numbers it can reasonably accommodate.

Earlier someone posted a link that included an interview with one of the ministers in charge of immigration. He denied refugees 'sleeping in the streets.' Is there proof of this? He did say something about 1 case and perhaps there was some mental health issues involved with the individual in question.

I don't think they're sleeping in the streets. Are they?

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Evidence? Every second bar and restaurant in Galway and nearby towns are looking for staff. Two restaurantauers from Galway on the last word the week before last saying its a massive problem in the industry. Restaurants closing for some days in Clifden in July due to lack of staff. Unheard off.

Who said anything about exploiting? You basically made that up. Read before jumping in two footed.

We have a pretty good minimum wage here. Let these people fill the jobs we can't, if they want to. They might be here for 5 years, who knows. Let them earn if they want while theres an abundance of jobs.

However, don't let them in with no accommodation. That's not good for anyone.

Whosh.

So Restaurants... Bars... Accomodations... *opens envelope*

"Business that don't pay worth a damn to anyone"

Willing to bet many businesses offering €30/hr + benefits aren't fretting over a lack of applications or inquiries.

The pledged accommodation idea sounds good in theory but not the answer in reality. It's a huge ask to have people move into your home with all the issues that will crop up .With all of our other domestic problems it was sheer lunacy not to admit we have not the accommodation for all the numbers coming in and would have to sort out the existing people before letting more in .

The vast majority of hotels will do better financially keeping rooms full 24/7 in November,Dec,Jan and beyond on government contracts.

There's currently 25% of hotel rooms taken up with refugees,this number is only going up and I'd wager that it'll be 25% or higher even during next summer season.

I don't blame the hotels,it's just a simple financial decision that's being presented to them by a floundering system.

Obviously I don't blame the Ukrainians either,it's a sh1t situation but this way of dealing with it is going to decimate the tourism industry in Ireland.There'll be a major outcry about this sometime next year when the masses start to join the dots.

There may be an outdated notion that rural ireland depends on farming,the reality is it is almost solely dependent on FDI and tourism (both directly and indirectly)

I dont know what the answer is but it's not what's happening now.

It's hotel beds not rooms, important distinction.

Also because of the pandemic and bloody great big war happening in Europe and the uncertainty in the UK, tourism has not recovered to 2019 levels.

The reality is some of those hotels would have been closing for good anyway, 3 consecutive years of poor trade will do that.

They're gonna pay our pensions from their dole hahahaha.

Kip.

I'll be banned now 🙄

Yeah, so no one sleeping in the streets. Not that sleeping in the airports great, either, but they're not 'sleeping rough.'

Michael Martin says government wasn't expecting the kind of numbers to arrive here.

It was quoted in the Dail that up to 200,000 could arrive.

He just looks ridiculous.