One measure of the scale of recent immigration into Ireland is the sheer scale in the increase in spending by the Department of Social Protection on the so-called “daily allowance” paid to people living in direct provision centers in Ireland. These figures were revealed last week in an answer provided to Sinn Fein TD Eoin O’Broin by the relevant Minister, Heather Humphries.
The figures show that expenditure on daily allowances for those in the international protection system have more than doubled over the past three years from €13.05m in 2020, to a projected €27.24m to date in 2023. The Minister indicated that the figure would rise again in 2024, to hit almost €40m by the end of next year, which will mean that the expenditure will have tripled over a four year period:
It should be noted that, in the context of the state’s annual budget, these figures are a fraction of a fraction of a per cent: They amount to little more than about €8 per person in Ireland per year, out of a total Government budget which comes to about €19,000 for every man, woman, and child in the country.
In part, this is because the amount of the “daily allowance” is tiny: Because residents of direct provision centres have their meals and accommodation provided for them, the state’s spending on allowances is intended to amount to little more than pocket money: €40 per week for an adult, and an extra €30 per week for a child.
However, since these allowances are paid on an individual basis to individuals and their children, and since the amount of the payments has not increased substantially over the time period from 2020, the massive increase in outlays can only be explained by an accompanying massive increase in the numbers of people in the International Protection System.
And this increase in spending tallies almost perfectly with the officially recorded numbers:
Latest figures show that as of March 5th, 20,001 people were in accommodation provided by the International Protection Accommodation Service (IPAS) – almost double what it was at the end of March 2022 and almost four times the figure in June 2018.
The latest figure also includes 4,096 children.
By any measure, this is an extraordinary increase in the demand on the asylum system in a very short timeframe. Which again poses a basic question: Is concern over immigration rising as a result of the increased influence of the so-called “far right”? Or is the influence of the so-called “far right”, rather, increasing as a result of growing concern over immigration?
The figures suggest the latter. While the political class continues to be convinced – in public, at least – of the former.
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The whole of the Irish establishment has veered so far to the left that anybody who even queries the rationale of government policy is automatically to the right.
And then it is just a short step to using the by now meaningless term ‘far right.’
All Ireland needs, in order to stop tarnishing its citizens with this intended to be derogatory term, is an opposition party in the Dail. Ireland does not have one and consequently it is left to ordinary non-political people to fill the void , which then creates tensions within society when the whole of the establishment lashes back against that.
Zero opposition is not a unifying thing , it is a terribly divisive thing. The people peacefully challenging the establishment narrative are actually the ones upholding democracy. It is a disgrace that this vital function is left to them. It is a disgrace that they are denigrated for doing so.
>All Ireland needs … is an opposition party in the Dail.
I spoke about the need for an AfI (Alternative for Ireland) in comments here:
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Two not unrelated recent stories from Germany: worst PISA results ever for ‘German’ students (increasing numbers of whom are not German at all of course), and the AfD is polling at record highs.
The political opposition are now the people who voted this lot in to power last election. Our political class all agree on just about every issue. The only thing that’s at issue with them is how much money they will spend on what they are already agreed on.
They use the same tactic of slandering and demeaning their opponents that they used to use against each other in the Dail before they all reached agreement in principle on just about everything. The problem is that the people who they are using the old tactics on are their own former voters.
I look with total astonishment at their antics. Do they really think that there are votes to be had by championing and throwing money at thousands of foreign freeloaders while simultaneously denigrating their own voters, or am I the fool who still believes in democracy and does not realise that these boys are working to a completely different agenda ?.
They gave the vote to ‘the thousands of foreign freeloaders’ for the local elections. They knew what they were doing. SF are a totally useless opposition party. With all of the big parties woke and pro migrant, there is no opposition. Some great opposition from independents, though, and Aontú.
Too many of our politicians are green, not like Green Party but have little experience of life or a particular job that relates to their political work or appointments. Elderly people and their views are often denigrated in favour of the vacuous opinions of young people. I recently read of a retired man who after more than 40 years of extraordinary service in Ireland was shamefully treated for holding dissenting views. I would like to name this wise man but he has received enough slander. I hope he lives long enough to see his detractors shamed. It is people like this that should be our heroes and role models.
Yes. The chilling effect, of which the hate speech law is intended to be part of , is spreading its icy hands across the nation.
Did you see that in the UK a group of retired policemen have all been found guilty of sharing jokes in a private WhatsApp group? Suspended sentences and community service.
They all had impeccable career records and the group chat was only set up after they retired and was private to themselves and none of the content was disseminated wider than the group.
Now they carry the stain of their convictions for the rest of their lives along with any associated consequences.
That and worse is coming to Ireland . If it is bad now there is a lot worse to come.
This is peanuts. The real cost is providing housing. Average cost of house 330000 x pick a number.
I do wish that people would stop calling them migrants, they are illegal immigrants. Changing the name of them does not make them legal. The term was there to differentiate between people who entered the country legally or illegally. Just because the pollical parties decided to run the largest illegal immigration cartel in the history of this country and break our laws which were incidentally designed to protect us against such nefarious works, does not mean that the individuals entering the country are not illegal. What irritates me the most about it is that the native population are suffering so much as monies being diverted to this UN and RCC project is taking away desperate finances for people in such desperate need. This is being felt across the bord from the irish homeless, disability services, low income individuals etc… which is being purposely being ignored for the globalist agenda. I can only hope that people can forget there egos next election and see the damage these political parties are doing and make a point not to vote for any of them. Although we cant prove the fact due to lack of financial auditing for politicians, deep down we all know they are benefitting financially from this which is disturbing.