Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe rejects the view of economist David McWilliams that Ireland’s immigration rate will have to be “halved at least” in order for infrastructure to keep up with population growth, arguing that population growth has instead bolstered the economy.
The latest housing figures show that a clear majority of those entering emergency accommodation in Dublin are foreign nationals, reports FATIMA GUNNING, with only 42% of housed individuals being Irish nationals.
‘Not feasible’: Taoiseach Micheál Martin explains why Ireland doesn’t check to verify whether people served deportation orders have left the State: “We don’t have exit checks between Northern Ireland and the Republic, nor is it feasible to do so.”
Gardaí from the Organised Prostitution Investigation Unit encourage those who are being sex trafficked in Ireland to come forward after brothel keeper jailed
Jason and Maria disagree about Ryanair’s crackdown on the “scourge” of oversized luggage in the wake of the news that the airline’s staff are receiving bonuses for catching out passengers with overly-hefty bags.
Innovation Minister James Lawless says he “absolutely couldn’t agree more” with the idea that Ireland needs to cut regulation, saying that “one of the cons [of Ireland’s system] is we’ve become a very highly regulated environment” and that means “we take too long to do things.”
Tánaiste Simon Harris says he would like to see planning exemptions for IPAS centres eventually “phased out”, but that it is not “possible” to do so now.
“If we’re to manage the immigration system, we need to have knowledge of who’s here”: Ministers Sean Canney and Noel Grealish say that the Government should have checks at the border to ensure that individuals who are given deportation orders do, in fact, leave the State.
Ben and Jason discuss a report from Extra.ie this week, which revealed that the National Treasury Management Agency was scammed out of €5 million through a sophisticated phishing scam.
“We have an enormous amount of regulation in this country”
Domestic Violence Disclosure Scheme
On this week’s episode of The Long Game podcast, Ben and Jason discuss the Irish Government’s mixed signals on whether or not they will revisit the hate speech bill.