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Immigration and Ireland - MEGATHREAD *Mod Note Added 02/09/25*

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  • #11432
    Charles Babbage
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,979 ✭✭✭Charles Babbage


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123956450#Comment_123956450

    The solution is reducing the benefits, but provide an opportunity for people to show that they are from Donetsk and offer them more help on a discrimination basis.

    In general, the commentariat are not coming to grips with this. On the radio this morning they were talking about needing immigrants in construction, which is fine but only 5% of visas go to construction. Then you get healthcare, which is also fine, but how many exactly are involved there. There are highly qualified people who support tax paying multinationals and pay a lot of income tax themselves, these too can be justified but what about the rest?



  • #11433
    sekiro
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 399 ✭✭sekiro


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123957186#Comment_123957186

    It makes sense if we need immigration to fill constructions jobs then we should invest in overseas advertising and recruitment. It should be the same for any urgent job shortages.

    There should also be at least some kind of investment or incentive for locals to get trained up and into these jobs.

    It's complete madness to allow nobody knows who from nobody knows where to enter the country without documents, offer accommodation and pocket money at the taxpayers expense and then hope that some % of those arrivals will want to work jobs in construction.

    The biggest sticking point in these debates seems to be people not being able to distinguish between people arriving here looking to contribute and people coming here looking to take.



  • #11434
    0ph0rce0
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,223 ✭✭✭0ph0rce0


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123956450#Comment_123956450

    It'll make no difference. Still costs us a fortune. They get 30 days and 38 quid a week.. Then they walk out of state accommodation. Get someone to give them a room for 600 a month on the ARP or move in with a mate and stroll straight into the dole office and get put on 240 a week.

    If we have "legal obligations" to give them money it should be 38 euro and that's it.



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