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

Personally I can't over the idea that hotel rooms/ beds are the solution for everything. I'm an ordinary Irish citizen and struggle to think when I last stayed in a hotel, could be a dozen years ago at least. The odd B&B here & there and rental houses in summer but hotels??

We should have tented communities by now and war refugees and other international asylum seekers can take it as they find it. Basics - shelter, food and heat. That's all that's needed. The state would also save a fortune in paying all these hoteliers and the domestic tourism business wouldn't be so affected.

..and rural Ireland is also highly dependent on social welfare

Many good people working in those industries. I find that a horrible classiest, superior post.

Not everyone works in IT

You did, was interesting almost every picture was of women and children. And how war seems to have seen equality no longer be seen as important. Surely a woman could fight as well as a man. Even since the start 30 percent of Ukrainian have been male, not that you would know from the reporting. I am not by any way against Ukrainian males (do not in any shape or form want an expanded EU without serious reform)and would be against conscription,but the reporting slant from the media globally is interesting (especially after the interesting slant they had on covid).

I seriously have question marks over strong, healthy male Ukrainians coming here looking for a handout.....

They Should be at home fighting for their country, not over here whinging about a lack of comfort...

I have No problem with women and children from Ukraine looking for refuge here....

Have any stats for that?

Rural Ireland is a catch all term (I used it in this sense) it basically means anywhere outside a city so big towns like Dundalk,sligo, Ennis ,Tralee etc are often thrown in with it.I don't have any stats myself but I don't imagine there's a significant difference between the numbers per capita on social welfare in rural Ireland v the cities.

Open to correction on that but still not sure what your point is.

Do you think any staff will actually do that? It would be straight to the media, and the staff member would be quietly moved.

It's a shame as our light touch approaches to matters will this has massively impacted our ability to handle genuine cases (this is not unique to immigration). We seem to do all we can to avoid hard decisions and instead just throw money at the problem

Summer 2020 and 21 were the busiest we ever had,ask any hotel or guesthouse and they'll tell you the same

I don't have to ask, Bord Failte did though.

For 2020.

6% of open hotels have had more customers than normal this summer, 11% have had the same level, and 83% have had fewer

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It's some deal especially for singles and couples isn't it! You can even get put up in some of the nicest towns in the country if you are lucky.

For families it's tougher but still absolute luxury and on the pigs back with money in your pocket compared to 99% of the world's refugees out there.

I don't have the numbers for it but just from my own observations over the years, many of these villages and towns would not have strong employment opportunities and many of the middle aged and older left there are likely to be dependent on social welfare of one form or the other. You will see them out and about doing some community work or part-time job activation stuff. In general in Ireland a large section of the population are drawing social benefits.