Social media users have been reacting extremely negatively to the fact that the Department of Justice and Equality have given the go ahead to 110 migrants being prioritised and given houses in Co Laois by the end of 2019.
Ireland now has some 10,000 people homeless and no one is offering them houses, yet people who have never lived here before are actually been given free houses over the next six months.
The Department of Justice and Equality has advised the Laois local authority that 110 refugees have been allocated to Laois County Council for housing in 2019.
A number of Laois residents have voiced major concerns to the local representatives citing the fact that a large number of Laois natives themselves are homeless.
It comes on the back of what is described as part of the Irish Refugee Protection Programme which was established in 2015 where “Ireland agreed” to accept four thousand refugees under the UNHCR Resettlement and EU Relocation Programmes.
It must be stated that no referendum was held to see if it’s what the Irish people themselves wanted, however, and judging by recent social media posts, it’s certainly not favourable.
A total of 22 Syrian families will arrive in the small county of Laois where the Council will be obliged to provide seven 2-bedroom houses, eleven 3-bed units and four 4-bedroom houses in the County to house the migrants.
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