Irish Government spends €808k on Ukrainian pets
The Government has spent over €800,000 on Ukrainian pets brought to Ireland. I asked why.
The Government has spent over €800,000 on Ukrainian pets brought to Ireland. I asked why.
The Government is throwing money at providers of accommodation for asylum seekers (€1.88m/day), and Ukrainian beneficiaries of temporary protection (€3.3m/day), but has little, if any, oversight of how many persons are ever actually in the accommodation centres for which it’s paying.
Anyone earning €35k-55k has no hope of securing a home on their income alone even though a large number of public and private sector workers are in this pay bracket.
My opinion piece in The Sunday Independent on 31st January 2024.