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

It’s the only other logical get out for the government.

they won’t be just added to council lists, the likelihood is they’d have to be added and fast tracked to the very top of it….

Then again…. where does the government find the stock from… ? there is a significant volume of empty private housing stock in private ownership but not public.

not like the government can bully homeowners to make them available…wait…. Unless there is some emergency legislation brought in ? 😏

Ahhh the VHT ( vacant homes tax ) that is being introduced…. So they may have a list of all vacant homes !

still convinced we exist in a democracy ?

nice white space in the middle of our tricolour for I dunno, say ‘some other symbol’ ? reflecting the change in status of this republic ?

From the IT:

However, 61 per cent say they are concerned that there are “too many refugees coming here”, with 34 per cent disagreeing. And more than half of voters (56 per cent) disagree that Ireland should continue to accept refugees from Ukraine “no matter how many arrive”, while 36 per cent agreed.

And more than half of voters (56 per cent) disagree that Ireland should continue to accept refugees from Ukraine “no matter how many arrive”, while 36 per cent agreed.

Did the 36% not understand the question or what?

I mean it's a pretty daft question anyway. But still.

Those blackouts are likely to happen with or without refugees in Ireland, owing to the fallout of the energy crisis from the war.

More people means more energy usage, have the government or suppliers sourced enough energy and confirmed it?

Perhaps couples should file an application with the ESB to get approved for more energy rations to have a baby

Begs the question where are to supposed to prepare their meals?

Will the hotel let them cook, I doubt it.

While one source said “we will not see people go hungry”

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egg on me, cheers.

Its the shortage of gas that may cause the blackouts. Winter is not here yet. It will probably be January before we know if we have a problem. Also, has this plummeting gas price caused a plummeting electricity price? Or even gas bills to crash?

Martin told reporters “there was a reluctance, for example, for quite a number of whom are in hotels to move out into housing”.

Sorry but where are all these houses Ukrainians are reluctant to move into?

They can pay for meals with their full dole entitlements

If the hotels do in fact provide meals.

Can imagine ones "dole" going very far if you had to "eat out" constantly.

Need to build 70,000 houses in a year to stand still.

It’s likely because hotels are and will be seeking to kick them out.

Address the housing and homeless crisis by NOT inviting tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands of people looking for housing and taking up a lot of other financial and social resources that all boils down to money, tax revenue that can’t be returned to help our taxpayers.

its not a good thing, because what next, a tax on unused motor vehicles… ohh and it’s not a tax, might be in name, but in practice it’s a fine, a penalty.

you don’t want the place to go to rack and ruin you start by control your borders…and putting limits on the amount of help and how many people receive it.

That would require a change in the law. They are entitled to the exact same social welfare as an Irish citizen, I imagine if feasible there will be means tests, it has been stated these will soon happen in regards medical cards.

The directive states we need to provide them with "access to suitable accommodation". No where does it say AFAIK give them free accommodation.

The problem is if you cut meals from hotels which are not suitable to begin with, they become wholly unsuitable and you are possibly in breach of the directive. Which O'Gorman has eluded to.

The Cabinet for some unknown reason came out of their meeting this evening pretending we had a shítload of housing that Ukrainians could move into and if they don't they are on their own as we have fulfilled our obligations, they can't even manage the pledged accommodation, which actually would alleviate some pressure.

It's fantasy stuff which has been purposely done I imagine on the Friday of a bank holiday weekend.

Such is the bureaucratic disarray in allocating refugees to pledged homes, weeks after Tetiana and Vova had settled into Mary and Paddy's home they got a call from Kildare County Council seeking to assess their home to take refugees. They were unaware that Mary was already hosting

There was the group in Killarney who were unwilling to move to Westport. And the local charitable spokespeople and business people rowed in behind them. Now Westport is a fine spot but if I had a nice place to stay in Killarney.. no way would I want to be moving. Great spot with an abundance of beauty all about. I'd happily go on family holidays there but it's a bit expensive for ordinary Irish citizens.......