orlared: 300 new homes needed every week for population growth of 1000 per week in Ireland
Ossian Smyth, Green Party Councillor for Dún Laoghaire, says the the population is increasing in Ireland by 1000 people per week. As a result he says that 300 new homes need to be built every week to accomdate this population growth. That's 15,600 per year - the same number as the population of Leixlip.
More than two-thirds (61,900) of those who arrived in Ireland in the 12 months to April 2018 were foreign nationals.
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"In the year to April 2018, 61,900 non-Irish nationals arrived to live in Ireland and 28,000 non-Irish nationals emigrated abroad. Therefore net inward migration among non-Irish nationals remained strong and was estimated to be +33,900 in 2018." -James Hegarty, a Statistician with the CSO
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"We must start planning on being an island of 10 million people, including bringing people in as refugees in scale, not just 200 people, but a much larger number and managing it." - Eamon Ryan, The Green Party
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'Largest population growth is from migrants but how do we get them into Irish politics?'
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https://www.invidio.us/watch?v=vfPJwajL9Gc
480 people from 68 countries became Ireland's newest citizens today
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58%: Percentage of households of foreign origin which are on Local Authority waiting lists for social housing in 2011 in North Dublin
44%: Percentage of households of foreign origin which are on Local Authority waiting lists for social housing in 2011 in South Dublin
37%: Percentage of households of foreign origin which are on Local Authority waiting lists for social housing in 2011 in Galway
42%: Percentage of households of foreign origin which are on Local Authority waiting lists for social housing in 2011 in Ennis
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Figures taken from environ.ie
https://www.housing.gov.ie/housing/statistics/housing-statistics
In 2011, 50.5% of those on housing list in north Dublin were non-Irish nationals (4,108 of the 8,144 applications).
29% were of non-EU nationality (2,362 of the 8,144 applications).
The number on Fingal's housing list was up 22pc on the 6,691 the year before.
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Stats from a David Quinn Irish Independent article:
In 2015, 17% of people living in Ireland were "foreign-born".
In Britain, the equivalent percentage is 13%.
Aside from tiny Cyprus and Luxembourg, no country in the EU has a higher percentage of migrants from other EU countries (10%).
35% of rent supplement is paid out to non-Irish EU nationals and non-EU nationals as of February, 2015.
This means immigrants are over-represented in the figures by two to one.
The Percentage of Fingal County social housing stock occupied by non-EU nationals is 12.75%
Percentage of Fingal County social housing stock occupied by non-Irish EU nationals: 2.25%
The Percentage of people on the social housing list in Fingal who are Irish citizens (some might be naturalised immigrants) is 61%
The Percentage of people on the social housing list in Fingal who are citizens of other countries is 39%, with 16% from outside the EU.
The percentage of non-Irish people who are in the private rental sector, as distinct from being homeowners is 70%.
Between 2012 and 2014, "the proportion of residents born in other EU member states decreased by one percentage point from 11% to 10%".
Over the same period the proportion of residents from non-EU member states has almost doubled from 4% of the population to 7%.
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Broadcast: The Pat Kenny Show | Newstalk | 10th September 2018
https://www.invidio.us/channel/UCgzyycFR6PEv-B90rAiFsQg
