Immigration to Ireland - policies, challenges, and solutions *Read OP before posting*

Perhaps the government should take into account these protests. If there are too many protests, then move the immigrants elsewhere.

But the funds for development and maintenance which would have gone towards facilities in the area, whether directly or indirectly in support of the IP people should follow them elsewhere. If the people in Ballyshannon or wherever don't want immigrants sent up from Dublin, then we'll have to assume they don't want funds sent up either. If the migrants end up in Athlone, then put Athlone up the priority list for funds - because they will need them. Bump Ballyshannon down. There will be a point at which practical financial considerations will override other issues.

(But I definitely think there should be a two stream process for those with documentation and those without)

This will likely continue to be a permanent holding site if they are to be moved to permanent accommodation .The cost of providing this free housing .The effect this will have on Irish citizens looking for paid or rental housing. ! The numbers are unreal .

You wouldn’t fancy canvassing in Kerry as a govt TD… Brendan Griffin FG not running and he’s only 41…. Leo must be getting huge pressure but all he’s prepared to do is waffle. Why they stick with him is becoming very hard to understand.

It's quite an outrageous position - basically we'll beggar your town if you don't take this lot. If any politician dreams of uttering this, they should be politely but firmly told to leave this island.

Except as many Irish people are returning to live here as are leaving. Net migrant of Irish people is nearly zero.

It's amazing though how Housing was never an issue for FF/FG until the war in Ukraine.

In fact their Housing policy prior to that was nicely summed up by Leo Varadkar over a Zoom meeting with US Vulture "investors" with "stick with us". AKA - Come and buy up huge amounts of estates and properties, rack up the rent, rip off the Irish people and we'll support you 100%. Their Housing policy was exactly like their immigration policy - a blank sheet of paper with nothing on it.

Then along came the Ukrainians and others and suddenly modular homes were being built, ads run on the radio for available rooms, tax free incentives, etc....

28,900 returned and 27,600 left.

Eh, no. It's common sense. Money goes to where it is most needed. Send the money (and the associated jobs) elsewhere.

Why on earth would a location get allocated money from the refugee budget if it has no refugees? What sort of an eejit would think "We want X percent of the national budget for Y, but we aren't going to have any Y here to spend it on"

If your two-room school with falling numbers out the back arse of nowhere is a bit draughty then you are not going to be as high a priority as the town with 400 new immigrants of child bearing age.

Not at all. All these IP people cost money. Wherever they are put.

You can't expect to get a share of the associated expenditure if you don't have any in your area. That would be a bit silly -"Yeah, we're not accepting them here, but we still want the money that would have been spent on them here if there had been allowed. There would have been a million spent on here for 100 of them and a million spent down in Ballygobackwards for another 100. What we want is to get that million into our pockets for nuttin', and for Ballygobackwards to take in 200 of them on their million"

But it's not good for business owners. This is proven.

It's good for whoever owns the accommodation, yes they are getting a guaranteed contract, full occupancy at a great rate for a year or two or three. But these refugees aren't spending much and there is less tourists. So vast majority of businesses are seeing a big drop off in sales and letting staff go.

In that video from Ballyshannon, a business owner said he is down 70% in sales. Tourism is one of Ireland big sources of income, but if the tourists have nowhere to stay, they can't come and spend money.

Ah well there's 5 more on the living abroad side of the equation for the next lot of statistics.. Sometime when I have time I'd like to dig down into those statitistics re indigenous Irish and naturalised Irish included under the "Irish national" heading

You don't need to share your own imagined fantasies about what all those young men do or what they are qualified in. That's personal to yourself. Far be it from me to interfere with anyone else's fantasy, regardless of how relevant or irrelevant (as your is) to whatever discussion is taking place. I will however point out that it has nothing got to do with the concept of priortising funds for X for the locations which will be dealing with X.