@EoinLenihan@MichaelC_IND_TD Its simple maths, Ireland's population increased 78k last year (59k net migrants).
Unless immigrants start arriving like turtles or snails with homes on their backs, ๐ข๐๐ they're only making the housing crisis worse.
Slash inward migration, the crisis eases overnight
@griptmedia My biggest takeaway from this? Simon Harris is officially watching Gript videos ๐ Looks like heโs finally starting to notice the shifting mood across the country. Keep it up @Ben_Scallan
Nick, its getting worse very fast!! The 4 Dublin councils have budgeted โฌ432m between them for Homelessness in 2026. Dublin usually accounts for around 70% of the total spend on Homelessness for the country, so nearly inevitable to spend over โฌ600m this year. Going by the Department of Housingโs own official reports, roughly 50% of adults in emergency accommodation are non-Irish, so looking at around โฌ300m spent on non-Irish Homelessness this year. So for approx 8,500 non-Irish, we will spend at least 35k per person just for 2026!!
๐ Students from outside the island of Ireland in Higher Education (via HEA Statistics):
โข 2018/19: 27,615
โข 2019/20: 28,190
โข 2020/21: 25,040
โข 2021/22: 29,980
โข 2022/23: 33,480
โข 2023/24: 38,715
โข 2024/25: 42,950
โข 2025/26: Not Released yet
โข 2026/27: What will this year bring...??