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

And as previously claimed that's a lot of high paid well educated Asians competing for an already crisis supply of housing. Irish people being housed is way down the the priority list.

There will be no shortage of Pakistani immigrants looking to arrive now either after India just ordered every single Pakistani national to leave India this month.

There is no need for the vast majority of these IT workers. It's a failing of the government we can't up skill people to fill these jobs. But even without this these should be filled within the EU.

Is your argument that because for example an Indian is working for more money in Ireland than India that therefore there's no downward pressure on wages within Ireland due to the influx?

And by coming here they are adding serious competition to the housing market.

If we decide we want these guys we need to reduce the numbers elsewhere. A refugee policy similar to Denmarks would be a great start. Also deporting foreign criminals on mass.

Designating a large proportion of new builds to ethnic Irish would be another good policy.

https://www.rte.ie/news/crime/2025/0424/1509294-prison-overcrowding/

The prison population across Ireland now exceeds 5,000 in a system with bed capacity for over 4,600, leaving the Prison Service operating at 14% over capacity".

About 17% of our prisoners are foreigners. Could solve the overcrowding by deporting them alone.

I'd still support a new prison being built so judges can hand down proper sentences to pedos and violent criminals.

I'm very close to not even bothering with responses anymore.

You know full well the discussion was on south East Asians because they make up a large portion. Might even you that first mention the term but that doesn't matter.

All issues raised with mass immigration from SEA apply to skilled migrants from ANYWHERE.

The issue is well paid immigrants are coming in their droves from everywhere and they are competing with ethnic Irish for a tiny pool of housing. It's directly making the housing crisis worse for Irish people.

Well we don't need them as life will go on without but we definitely want them.

The main issue is the housing crisis and Irish people facing increased competition. The government don't give a **** though and as long as those tax euros keep coming in they'll kick the housing bucket down the road.

The Multinationals hired 1000 extra people in 2024 between them. We issued 150k new pps numbers to immigrants last year. God knows what percentage will be able to Pay their rent without government assistance.

but, but , but we need these people for highly skilled jobs paddy hasn't the skills for!

In reality the homeless n refugee industry needs these numbers arriving, they are their lifeblood.

You can see also in that article the complete disconnect of IBEC with what is going on in the country. Adding 15,000 jobs is fantastic if you have high unemployment like we did in the 80s. But in a time of full employment and a housing crisis, adding 15,000 jobs involves bringing in 15,000 people, making the housing situation worse for those already here.

It's self explanatory and boards is a forum to give your opinion. You're welcome.

I am talking about those who migrate and live and work in Ireland also.

Almost 2,000 Indians have been arriving in Ireland a month since January 2023. In October 2023 over 1,000 a week arrived. Source: PPSN registrations by year, month and country. https://assets.gov.ie/270081/13290610-9fc8-440b-892c-87ae866da8a5.csv

Ask anyone that works in IT and they will tell you the number of Indian workers joining their ranks over the last few years has surged massively. Also historically Irish companies like Bank of Ireland, AIB & Eircom have outsourced their entire IT departments to Indian companies based in Ireland at the cost of local workers jobs. It usually for short term gains and never works out, but I won't go into anecdotes as they aren't allowed here.