It is “objectively” not fair to say that the government has “failed” on asylum seeker accommodation, Taoiseach Simon Harris has said, adding that no communities in Ireland believe that.
Speaking in the Dáil today, Labour Party leader Ivana Bacik put it to the Taoiseach that his government’s immigration policy has “failed”.
“The clearest evidence of that failure is just around the corner with hundreds of people sleeping in tents and makeshift shelters in desperately unsanitary conditions on Mount Street,” she said, claiming that there are “more and more tents each day” and describing the situation as “inhumane and unsustainable”.
“The government has no accommodation strategy, even while big public buildings like Baggot Street Hospital sit scandalously idle nearby,” she added.
The Taoiseach responded that this description of the situation on Mount Street was “fair”, adding that Integration Minister Roderic O’Gorman is “working very actively” on moving “all those vulnerable people living in tents” to better accommodation.
“Once we clear Mount Street and provide people with a safer setting and access to sanitation, we need to make sure that the laws of the land are applied and it is not allowed to happen again,” he said.
“Because we do not live in a country where makeshift shantytowns are allowed to just develop.”
The Taoiseach later went on to claim that it is “objectively” not fair to say that the government has failed on asylum seeker accommodation.
“I do not think it is objectively fair to say the government has failed on accommodation,” he said, adding: “I do not think there is a community across Ireland who believes that.”
He said that “the scale of challenge” the country has faced and “the amount we have done as a people to provide accommodation in very difficult circumstances” are factors which “need to be acknowledged.”
“There are no easy solutions when it comes to accommodation,” he said.
“All too often in our migration debates in Ireland, we start the migration discussion from an accommodation supply point of view. That is the wrong place to start.
“We need to start from a migration rules-based system and its efficiency in order that people who do not have a right to be here are asked to leave more quickly and that we can stand over the rules that are in place. I believe that is what the people are getting frustrated about right across this country.”
Last week Gript reported how the Mount Street asylum seeker tent city, which just the week prior was estimated to have around 100 tents, had expanded to around 210 tents, doubling in the space of a week.
In an interview with this publication, a Palestinian asylum seeker living in one of the tents alleged that he was struggling to sleep because other asylum seekers in adjacent tents were buying drugs in the middle of the night.
"Big trouble here": A Palestinian asylum seeker living in the IPO tent city on Mount Street has told Gript that he can't sleep at night because as many as "10 or 11" other asylum seekers living in the tents are buying drugs.
He asked to have his face blurred to avoid "trouble." pic.twitter.com/FFo3CtKXTP
— gript (@griptmedia) April 26, 2024
The guy is in way out of his depth and it’s embarrassing we have him in the office of Taoiseach. Massive reset required over the next year in Ireland.
He is, however, useful as an example of how politics is now the province of mediocre non-entities — when it comes to actually doing something, as opposed to spewing media compliant soundbites, it’s immediately apparent that nearly all of them are ‘out of their depth.’
“politics is now the province of mediocre non-entities — ”
You could add Overly ambitious, to the above.
But yes there’s a dearth of rational individuals who have the publics interest as their focus.
Pandering to NGOs seems to be their first reference.
Ah stop, less than 10 min drive from his gaff is the reality that bites in NTMK. The self delusion is impressive.
Listening to him talk about things that took place even 20 years ago is a feckin embarrassment and a cringe that he represents Ireland outside of his own housing estate.
A failed, unelected dropout that needs to go NOW!
“I do not think it is objectively fair to say the government has failed on accommodation,” he said, adding: “I do not think there is a community across Ireland who believes that.”
O my god, is this clown for real. I had to read that statement twice because i thought i read it wrong the first time. And we thought Leo Varadkar was living in cloud cuckoo land. He’s starting to make Leo Varadkar look like he was one percent competent. Next he will be telling us there is no immigration problem in ireland and irish people are happy with the government’s ludicrous immigration policies.
Either he is living on a different planet or we are living on a different planet. Cuckoo
He is simply lying
– Yevgeny Yevtushenko
even more deluded than the last twat before him
At least the last twat got the wake up call from the referenda and scurried off. This lad has this in mind…
– George Orwell
very true
The disconnect with Irish people does seem startling and incomprehensible at first glance.
But then if you look at it from the angle that the Irish government does not see its responsibility as being to Ireland and the Irish people , but rather to EU/WEF/UN it is all to clear that they are not in cloud cuckoo land . They are simply fulfilling what they see as their purpose . It is the smoke and mirrors deception and pretence that they are the still Irish government with a primary duty to the Irish people that makes them look like they are on another planet.
There are plenty of examples in history of puppet governments , usually in occupied territories or de facto satellite states , whose true allegiance lay elsewhere . They look like the genuine article , they are driven in the ministerial cars , they attend they parliament buildings , they give statements and make VIP visits but it is all a charade and they are simply a front for the real rulers and the real masters. That is what Ireland has now and , like all puppet governments, the one thing that will never be officially acknowledged is the reality of the lack of any real authority to make decisions and implement policies that would not have the approval of the actual powers that be.
We should be able to call a true government a National Government but if you try to say that out loud nowadays it sounds bizarre and archaic and out of place , which shows how far things have moved away from that concept.
omg Eamonn.
That is the proverbial nail on the head.
It’s truth pushed to error.
It almost hits the mark but never can.
The shadow reality that “far right” and “conspiracy theorists” are obliged to endure.
And so, because they are labelled, so then are we.
It makes me sad.
And fucking angry.
Quislings
People that do not have a right to be here be “asked” to leave more quickly..We are frustrated because you are “asking”.
Simon Harris is all talk,trying hard to ramp up the votes with McEntee by his side.She only said last week that by voting for the Lisbon treaty we voted for migration and by exstension the migration pack. Really can’t trust any of these swines.To turn around 20 years later and hit us with that!.Dangerous bunch of liars and all in election mode.Trying to remove the triple lock will be like the Lisbon Treaty remark in 20 years when there is a European army.
Hopefully we can vote in a few from the freedom party and national party to Europe.I wonder would Ireland follow a more center right governing european parliament or would they start using existing irish laws convienently and when it suits their left leaning braindead woke minds
Exactly correct- the government are SWORN to uphold existing Irish law but CHOOSING NOT to do so – they have no intention of carrying out deportations or preventing people from flooding into this country – REGARDLESS of which mode they are using to enter the country.
Easy solution : stop the 80% of asylum seekers coming from safe countries in the UK.
Government have created this mess by allowing asylum seekers to enter from the UK for years and years.
You will see exactly what communities think of you and your party come election time.
The government did not fail on asylum seeker accomodation. The bogus are all housed. Those in tents are awaiting their housing. The government has failed on accomodation for the Irish. The govt continues to bull the migrants into housing over the heads of the Irish who have been on the waiting list for years. Many had to flee the country due to the savage housing crisis for the Irish. The bogus pass the Irish homeless sleeping in doorways, on their way in from the airport to accomodation that is specially prepared for them. There is a deluge of them across our open borders because Ireland offers them the best welfare rates in the world. They do not require a passport, not even a fake one. When the Irish protest, the govt put balaclavas on the builders for migrants, who build at night, protected by the Garda riot squad, who baton and spray Irish dissenters to the forced immigration policy. Some Irish got injured by them recently. There is a savage housing crisis for the Irish, the few available are priced out of their reach. No crisis for the illegals, all in free housing. There has been massive demographic change. This govt has stolen our Ireland. The friendly Irish are missing in Dublin and in many towns. I want them back. If we change govt we hope to reverse this. Deputy McNamara’s forensic questioning of McEntee revealed that she is stubbornly refusing to deport. She is prancing to sign us into the EU migrant pact which will keep the floodgates open, with increased numbers pouring in forever. We vehemently object to what she wants and does. We have slipped out of democracy into brute tyranny. If we get nationalist leadership in govt, we will deport the illegals and the Irish can get the empty housing. We welcome our exiles home. Our homeless must be housed. Illegals out, Irish in. No surrender.
Just look at what these fools have done to our country. Every hotel full of these wasters. The tourist industry destroyed. A relentless attack on farming for the last three years. A poor child dying while lying on two plastic chairs in a hospital casualty department with one doctor on duty for 190 patients. The Guards batten charging peaceful protestors. A censored media. I could go on but this cunt thinks we are not being fair. I would dearly love to see this dog turd given all that he so richly deserves by the Irish People. This think has the brass neck to talk about ”Fair”. He ought to have balls of migrant shite rammed down his throat.
He can pick them up handily on mount street.
They are all responsible. Their families must be so ashamed of them.
seriously guys have a listen it gets worse
need to post these to simon harris linkedin
Can you provide a bit more info. I don’t like clicking on links unless there’s a bit of background info
Simon Harris gave a promise to children with scoliosis that they would not wait longer than a year for treatment.
A promise he made as Minister of Health to the most vulnerable and most needy.
As Minister of Health he has the information to calculate it was reasonable possible to achieve this promise.
He did not fulfil that promise;
Therefore I think he lied and knew it was not possibly.
Think of making that promise to one child ? Then multiply to all children suffering with scoliosis.
It’s inconsistent with logic he has a heart nor compassion.
He is in a position of more power now ! And yet still fails these poor kids.!!!
Simon Harris if you’re reading this …… F#ck off, just f#ck off.
I have abandoned Ireland for Australia.We do not have an illegal immigrant problem here .On arrival they are immediately sent offshore and are advised they will never get residency,Difference our politician’s have balls
Australia has had record levels of legal mass immigration since they stopped the boats. You may not be aware, but many Aussies are not happy with the situation
thks 4 Video.B ,if you were sitting the Leaving again and an off the head essay to write , b priceless
their a very popular evening walk in my locality and rumor has it that the amount of local men and women has increased by many since certain ladies arrived from cold east,ii asked the woman if she felt safe going down their she said yes sure their uniformed types with hoodie’s on down their. it probalay 50/50 with harris on this issue with some.
In fairness he is correct, it’s not correct to say that, the government has failed on everything and intentionally so too at that which is more apt I think. I see the green communists came out in support of removing triple lock too to send our lads to the EU army. If they came out with legislation to shoot every man woman and child, the Greene’s would support it. I thought the greens would be against war but then again they are not really green are they.
Demented freaks is a better description of that political aberration collective.
Lol… It would definitely be more accurate, I tried to stay polite for once.
– George Orwell
ok, the last day in April…
2+2=5, freedom=slavery, war is peace, all hail the uniparty!
Interesting and perplexing that so many dystopian quotes are attributable to this shower since covid aye…
“objectively not fair” What universe does this Amadan inhabit?
“I do not think it is objectively fair to say the government has failed on accommodation,” he said, adding: “I do not think there is a community across Ireland who believes that.”
Really?!?
Mr. Harris… Your proctologist called. They found your head.
The Irish political class and their woke progressive EU pleasing act has now left Ireland as the hub of choice for every economic fakugees world wide, they have absolute no handle on the issue and have allowed the security and safety of the State and every Irish citizen to be compromised, this will not end well, massive social unrest en route. Prepare accordingly
>The Irish political class
Yes, this is your problem — Orban has shown a responsible, steadfast government makes all the difference — Irish politicians must be relentlessly pressed on this.
This can’t be for real. Any way of verifying? https://youtu.be/pbK2VP2PMA0?si=zhI24PftN1oMtu1n
oh thats real the guy filming is the guy that exposed alot of them by asking about the illegals storys and how they got here
This looks like the development that was in the papers in the last week. If it’s the same one, it was built without planning permission.
My guess is the owners were banking on the fact that if they managed to get asylums seekers into the finished houses that no court would force them to evict them and demolish the houses. There are other cases of houses that have been built without planning permission that have been taking years going through the courts so it’s not inconceivable that they could drag it out for a very long time and get retention eventually. All the while getting handsomely paid for accommodating them.
Anyone have a link to the newspaper article?
Yes it is real all done without planning permission,all being done by the same chancers that Dr Tracy has been exposing
This is the newspaper article I was referring to. It does look like the same development. Maybe someone who knows can confirm.
Built without planning permission according to the article.
Ireland’s asylum policy was bound to collapse under its own weigh. Just saying, “Irish people emigrated in the past”, was a good slogan, but a crazy way to run an immigration system in the twenty first century. The people arriving in Ireland are not, “fleeing war”. Most are coming from safe countries and all pass through several other countries before arriving in Ireland.
Now I think it’s objectively fair to state your comment is entirely correct.
“I do not think there is a community across Ireland who does not believe that”
To paraphrase he/ him Harris.
>Ireland’s asylum policy
Unfortunately it is more than just a ‘policy’ now, it is an industry, with a great many parties with a strong vested interest in it, often with deep pockets — they will attempt to influence the government as well.
Well, he isn’t lying when he says it’s not fair to say the government has failed on immigration. From the governments point of view, it hasn’t. They’ve successfully kept down most uprisings against it, and they’re being patted on the head by their EU puppet masters.
He’s lying or ignorant about everything else he said, but on immigration, everything has been going to plan – they still have jobs.
>FAILED ON ASYLUM ACCOMMODATION
What does that mean? — who cares anyway — the government has ‘failed’ by allowing so many asylum seekers that it is now an existential issue for Ireland, one that is dividing the nation.
The single men can sleep in tents and use portable toilets for all I care — they’re supposedly fleeing danger or persecution, right? — if that’s true, what’s the problem with camping out? — at least they’re safe — if the government did that as a matter of policy, and gave priority to housing women and children, there would likely be enough space for the women and children, and you’d have far fewer single men.
My God, his statement ““I do not think there is a community across Ireland who believes that.” What planet is he on, is he just ignoring what is happening across each village in Ireland. He’s deluded just like the rest of them. I think he think’s if he says it it becomes true. Bring on the elections. These people haven’t a clue what’s going on or they are simply believing their own bullshit!
>He’s deluded
He’s a typical politician in that he generally will not state uncomfortable truths publicly until it is obviously safe to do so, meaning in terms of how the media will react — you’re getting there though, the popular discontent about migration is now impossible to ignore, you need more authority figures to openly state the obvious: those in government who refuse to back down on migration are clearly not following the will or serving the interests of the Irish people.
No it’s not fair to say they have failed on just Asylum accommodation, it’s fair to say they have failed on everything. They have failed t irish people on everything. They have infected every part of society with their failure.