State spent €1.43bn on accommodation for asylum seekers and Ukrainian refugees in first 9 months of 2024

by badger-biscuits

22 comments

  2. Clearly nowhere near enough to provide proper supports for those who arriving and need help.

    It baffles me that the state could declare an emergency during Covid and an endless pot of money was suddenly available. Where is that here?? Why aren’t we building homes for refugees and AS who’ve come here?

    It can’t be that difficult!!

  3. Most of the money is not going into their hands; it goes into the hands of people housing them. For people housing refugees with ARP this seems like a good thing.

    I’m not taking the payment because I don’t need it, but I’m sure it’s helping loads of folks.

  4. That’s a lot of money. Once again, those who own property creaming it big time. Is there any other way

  5. another colossal transfer of public money into private coffers.

  7. I mean if you put that into relation of what they spend on security shelters and bike racks it suddenly seems frugal

  8. If your margins are tight operating as a Hotel why would you ram it full of refugees.

    Government contracts are the most secure investment

  10. Wow. It’s worth remembering that asylum accommodation costs were only €191 million in 2021. That’s more than a 13X increase in costs.

    And it keeps increasing dramatically year on year. Idiots.

  13. It’s been tweeked into the perfect racket for the ffg cartels friends

  14. And idiot Irish people, voted for these people again, it’s no wonder the services are all broken, housing , health, transport , education, infrastructure..

  15. But we were assured that the eu would cover all costs

  17. I guess when you pay full Airbnb fees for a whole year for thousands of people this is what you get

  18. Don’t worry , I’ve been re-assured that we’ll get it all back when they all become doctors and engineers.

  20. Imagine that going towards a metro in any Irish city? 

  21. Almost a third of that surplus that everyone was fantasising about.

    Amazing, truly amazing. Just too much money.

  22. A lot of businessmen have closed legitimate businesses and went this route. Devastating for the local economy.

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