Ireland running out of accommodation for Ukrainian refugees due to surge in non-Ukrainian refugees?

While Roderick O'Gorman is "looking into the causes of" increased demand on "international protection" he might want to take a look in the mirror at him sending of a global invite for own door accommodation in Ireland written in multiple languages including if I'm not mistaken Albanian and Georgia n.

I'm normally against conspiracy theories but actions like this either show low IQ or Mal intent.

From Georgia and Algeria, not at war last I checked, why did they leave?, dont know, dont care, why did they pass through or fly over war torn France/UK and not stay?, dont know dont care. Are they taking away resources from more deserving cases, the lesson seems to be dont know, dont care

This is half the issue. The supposed lovers of "democracy" have no care for a pure democracy, where the peoples voice truly matters. It's an inconvenience, or even a danger to them. They tell us all the time how the majority is with them, yet all the same they aren't willing to bet on it and that tells us a lot.

Next Govt will be almost certainly be a coalition.

SF or FG/FF will most probably need the support of a smaller party.

Both the Greens and Aontu have their religious Ideologies (fervors) of sorts but Aontu are the only ones questioning mass immigration. The greens seem hell bent on it.... They'll be getting my vote to keep the others in check.

Yes but the point being made was that if Aontu left the religion stuff out of their policies they would have more success getting the right leaning voters to back them -

I think if Renua and Aontu left the religion bit out of their policies they would have more success getting the right leaning voters to back them.

My point was that it’s not the religion thing that puts right leaning voters off, it’s the fact that they’re nuts.

Besides, I wouldn’t support their policies on immigration either, and I think that was the basis of Galwayguys argument to increase their popularity with right leaning voters. It assumes right leaning voters are opposed to immigration. They’re not. Right leaning voters are fully in favour of cheap labour in a free enterprise market capitalist economy. They get that with FG. Why would they vote for any other party? FG’s policies with regard to immigration are entirely in their favour.

Well to be fair, it’s no wonder he didn’t believe you, I don’t believe you either, because there was nothing in the invitation about anyone having their own gaff within four months, it was only ever own-door accommodation.

There was nothing about ownership, and even then he was only parroting the idea which had been floated a year earlier, proposing own-door accommodation within three months under a HAP style scheme -

https://m.independent.ie/irish-news/asylum-seekers-would-be-given-own-door-accommodation-after-three-months-under-ambitious-direct-provision-proposal-39651296.html

The whole point of the exercise wasn’t to invite immigrants per se, it was simply to make it appear as though the Government was doing something to dismantle Direct Provision. Their timing was impeccable really, means they now have a legitimate excuse as to why it’s totally going to take longer than expected to dismantle Direct Provision, but in the meantime they’re planning on giving landlords tax breaks -

https://m.independent.ie/business/personal-finance/property-mortgages/tax-relief-for-landlords-on-fridges-in-bid-to-halt-exodus-from-rental-market-42258493.html

Here we are indeed. I can already hear the landlords - “Get in!” 😂

The white paper on ending Direct Provision is unworkable aspirational nonsense. Nearly 200 pages of things we'd like to do, but have absolutely no chance of doing.

The reality is successive governments have kept DP as a deterrent for people seeking asylum, with basic rights having to be forced by the courts.

On a separate note, this did make me laugh.

Can you imagine the state of the Karen that whipped up that frenzy. Jaysus.

Leo is way ahead of you, answered that one back in 2019 -

“Too often, the sad reality is that the alternative is what happens in France and Greece and Italy which are camps and containers and I am determined we never reach that point in Ireland.”

https://m.independent.ie/breaking-news/irish-news/direct-provision-is-imperfect-but-alternative-is-camps-and-containers-varadkar-38666801.html

Compared to tents and containers DP doesn't seem much of a deterrent

A better deterrent would be to put the word out there they will no longer have free access to the health service or courts and will get no money at all no matter how small.

Anyone acting the bollix showing up with nothing to prove who they are won't be let in.

Georgians and Albanians will no longer be accepted into this country.

People need to look back to why DP was first introduced. Ireland was becoming a very popular destination for asylum applications as we were giving out own door accommodation to all comers. From the mid 90s the numbers arriving was steadily increasing and it was becoming unsustainable.

Funnily enough, when direct provision was introduced the number of applications for asylum suddenly dropped... I can't figure out why....

I've no issue with people needing help for genuine reasons such as war in Syria and Ukraine. We need to speed up the processing of applications and boot out those who are chancing their arm as quickly as possible.