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

Does anybody else get a feeling that we are in austerity?

Why is that, we are told our economy is great and we have all this surplus revenue.

The state building houses isn't a solution. Any houses they build will just get filled up quickly and we'll be right back to the same problem. What is needed, is a plan to create a functioning housing market, this is a different animal and not one of the left parties have any competency in that.

But, but... but it's the 'far right' who are opposed to immigration. How does FG / FF/ etc fit in there with your views above?

A very good question, and I suspect we'll start hearing about that after the general election, whenever that is.

Quote from Gavan Reilly on X

"And then there were nine: Wexford’s Paul Kehoe is the latest Fine Gael TD to opt out of the next general election; that’s over a quarter of the party’s 2020 TDs (35 elected) who have now decided not to contest the next one"

Rats are jumping ship, they've read the room and completely rightly so are not contesting at the absolute shitshow they've run the country into.

They're "not contesting". I'd imagine they are not running all together unless any one of nine decides to run IND?

"For context, FG are still likley to be in govt after the next election."

I really hope not, the most arrogant group of people that'll sell this country and it kids future to the best bidding vulture fund.

I think it is just a normal cycle really. FG have been in government since 2011 and it is going to take a toll. In fairness Kehoe has been in the Dáil since 2002. In my opinion we should have limits on how long someone can serve as a TD to keep the Dáil from going stale both in government and opposition. Micheal Martin has been there was decades now and we can see how out of touch he is, but this is for another thread.

Im not an FG voter, but the current govt have helped deliver one of the strongest economies and job markets in the world, relative to population.

Thats a success in anyones book.

over 30k homes were built last year and likley over 35k this year.

That is equal to building Galway City every 12 months...We are not building nothing, though more can be done.

SF would likley reduce the number of new builds, as they are anti investment funds, whom finance the majority of developments.

If you want to see more homes being built, SF is the last party you should be voting for.

What's a shift to the right going to do, let the bodies pile up in the Mediterranean?

I'd also advocate that any reasonable solution to migration should involve tackling the push factors.

I believe we should be using our voice internationally to push for a UN mk2. One with the power economically first, then militarily, to tackle violent regimes and stop people fleeing war and persecution.

This UN mk2 should also be able to tackle the biggest polluters, provide safer refugee camps closer to home when wars do occur, clamp down on tax havens, and bring significant consequences to western businesses who engage in corrupt or inhumane practices in the global south.

It's a big ask, but I believe that's the long term direction we should be taking to tackle the worlds immigration problems.

Two Ukrainian men late 30s/early 40s were arrested last August in letterkenny for selling cigarettes out the back of their car. When arrested they had over 8000 counterfeit cigarettes and €5,395 in their possession. The case concluded yesterday, they were both giving suspended sentences.

They are currently residing in Bundoran in separate apartments compliments of us mugs . I stayed in one those apartments mentioned a few years back, lovely balcony and sea view. They’re both also on the dole. So you can come here and sponge the fck out the place and engage in criminality and not only face zero consequences but still get your life completely funded for free. We’re absolute idiots.

But a large majority are bogus. Roderic O Gorman said 60% are economic migrants, which makes them bogus as they shouldn't be abusing the asylum system in that case. Is Roderic O Gorman racist to you? Also, the reality is very likely to be much higher than 60% are economic migrants, probably closer to 95% or 99%, based on the fact there is no war or civil strife in majority of major countries of origin.

"What's a shift to the right going to do, let the bodies pile up in the Mediterranean?"

Do you always call racist and or emotionally manipulate in every comment you post here.

It's always they're racist or now "let the bodies pile up in the Mediterranean".

Have you investigated whats actually happening with the Mediterranean crisis - Human traffickers are making a huge amount of money putting people on rubber tubes into the Mediterranean. If we continue to facilitate war-ship pick ups a few miles off the African coast the more the crisis continues.

Human traffickers are the problem with the Mediterranean crisis.

"believe we should be using our voice internationally to push for a UN mk2. One with the power economically first, then militarily, to tackle violent regimes and stop people fleeing war and persecution.

This UN mk2 should also be able to tackle the biggest polluters, provide safer refugee camps closer to home when wars do occur, clamp down on tax havens, and bring significant consequences to western businesses who engage in corrupt or inhumane practices in the global south."

I agree with some of the ideas. The UN is completely toothless, a talk shop, I wish otherwise.

When you have the likes of Iran and S.A on the UN Human rights council, all trust is lost with the UN!

They can increase Visas to cover all roles, but obviously staff from the EU can come visa free to take up posts in construction.

I wouldnt decrease visas for IT, Pharma etc though. That is just going to make us unattractive to the MNCs.

There is no reason why FFG cant put more funding into housing but also no evidence of how SF or SD would do things any differently.

As you say, they havent explained nor costed what they would do differently, so at the moment, their case is nought.

Remember that 35k homes will be built this year. Thats the equivalent of building all the houses in Galway City from scratch. No mean feat.

Almost the same number was achieved last year at 33k.

The needles are moving in the right direction, but there is more to do.