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

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Thank you.

Ye just cannot answer a question on Sweden can ye, it's indefensible nowadays -kryptonite for ye!

Even with the new places - still less than 50% of students studying medicine. 5 years to do Medicine in most of the universities here. Then one year as an intern. Huge numbers are applying but the HPAT and limited places are what’s stopping them from qualifying. The ones who can afford it and are willing to move abroad to study are going to Italy and Poland. It seems very strange that given the huge need for Doctors and Dentists here and being told we are such a wealthy Country that the Government cannot find the money to train them.

What percentage of medical students who start medicine in Irish colleges are foreign born would you say?

A great interview by Cllr. Liam Browne from TippFM today, speaking about the IPAS system

This is local radio, this is echoed across the country while the main stream media bury their heads in the sand.

Last year over €1 billion was spent on IPAS accommodation – €2.7 million per day. That’s a 54% increase from the year before – in 2023 it was €622 million. And since 2019 which is only five years ago its gone up from €129 million to over €1 billion which is a ten times increase for accommodation of IPA’s.

This is absolutely disgusting.

We shouldn't be patting Jim O'Callaghan on the back for his recent comments "too many people” are coming to Ireland seeking international protection who are not entitled to it, where was he and his party for the last 5 years where most of us in this thread been jumping up and down for something to be done?

FFFG have open this can of worms and this country will feel the repercussions for years to come

Countries that are the biggest culprits: Nigeria, Algeria, Georgians and South Africans, all safe countries but yet they keep coming because Ireland has no deterrents.

I think he should be given a chance to see if he can do anything to ramp up deportations.

I'm not very optimistic though that anything will change with the numbers arriving here every week.

This one talking now on the panel is a pain.

Her livelihood and social status are derived from this sham

The holding company which owns the hotel in Dundrum in tipperary was awarded a government contract to house asylum seekers despite the fact they had fauled to file annual returns with the Companies registration office for several years.

Clearly the government department don't do any due diligence on who is getting these contracts but you can be sure if I was self employed and made a mistake in my revenue returns I wouldn't be afford such a lax attitude.