Who are buying all the new houses?

The problem is land prices, not demand and not construction standards or apartment sizes or wages or material cost.

Land prices have risen astronomically in this country for serviced sites, and there is basically nothing a builder can do other than pay what the owner asks.

Land speculators are essentially middlemen who offer nothing but add a significant extra cost to the process of delivering new housing. It doesnt matter how many or few people come into the country, its a red herring. The prices will always rise to hit the maximum of what buyers can afford because land owners will keep pushing prices, until we either zone so much land that the prices plummet (not a good solution, will cause more tiger era sprawl), OR we reform how development land is zoned, owned, taxed and priced in this country.

 rational and honest national conversation about this issue, and it’s a real shame the same can’t be said for Ireland.

Who is preventing you from doing this?

So far on the thread we have get rid of Non EU Deliveroo Drivers. That's it.

How many people is that? 100? 1000? Do you know?

I didn't ask you to guess.

A simple I don't know would suffice.

You are demanding honest and rational right?

Non EU student visas

No more wealthy Canadians, Americans, Indians, Chinese etc attending colleges or Universities. I presume you would let the Brits attend?

What would you assume would be the negative and positive consequences of that?

non genuine asylum seekers as suggestions to start with

Absolutely, gone and the quicker the better.

Good news though.

Asylum applications in Ireland have seen a significant decrease of approximately 40% in the first quarter of 2025 compared to the previous year

Do you disagree that it’s in the thousands? And actually I quite literally said I don’t know - thanks for misrepresenting again

Honest yep, maybe you try that sometime, second time you’ve misrepresented what I’ve said in as many comments

Yes. We should not be relying on non EU students to subsidise our third level education system. And we have a common travel area with Britain in case you weren’t aware.

Happy to see that trend accelerated further

Do you disagree that it’s in the thousands?

Huh? You admitted the number is a figment of you imagination.

I asked you specifically what the number was, I didn't ask you to take a guess at it.

We should not be relying on non EU students to subsidise our third level education system.

So the net effect will be either more government funding or more expensive fees for students or both.

So what rise in your tax liability would you be willing to take yourself personally for that or how much should fees go up?

Also foreign students are estimated to add 2.5 billion to the economy. Obviously the net effect of that will be job losses, less money for people, etc. Larger social welfare budget and social supports. Again that will need to be funded by us.

Happy to see that trend accelerated further

You are demanding honest and rational debating, you can't even answer a simple question.

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The number is in the thousands like I said, if you have anything to say otherwise please go ahead

You’re only fixated on the specific number (which I said I didn’t know) as part of your usual sea lioning tactics

Yes probably, I don’t think it’s a mad suggestion that government funded education system should be funded by the government. Our universities should be to develop Irish students, not to act as degree mills for people that want to buy a degree - this is an ongoing issue with the masters courses in UCD.

Is that 2.5 billion net? What’s the breakdown of that? How much accommodation do they require on an annual basis? Be exact

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sealioning

Apprenticeships aren’t just for trades.
Accountancy

Insurance

Project management

All professional services that can have apprenticeships as part of gaining experience and a recognised Qualification while earning money.

same diversion. Has anyone proposed “stopping immigration”? No

Ridiculous to even suggest that “maintenance” can employ anywhere near the same numbers of people as actual constructions does.

I think you maybe having that conversation with someone else? If so, respond to their comment. I never said that. Or maybe setup a new thread.

No other way to stop immigration. Free travel area.