Skilled temporary work visas are usually given to foreign scientists, engineers, programmers, architects, executives, and other positions or fields where demand outpaces supply. Most businesses argue that hiring skilled foreign workers allows them to competitively fill positions which are in high demand. Opponents argue that skilled immigrants decrease middle class wages and job tenure.
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Response rates from 187 Intake voters.
60% Increase |
22% Decrease |
57% Increase |
16% Decrease |
3% Increase, our economy relies on businesses hiring the highest skilled workers at the lowest cost |
4% Decrease, and the government should provide more incentives to prepare our citizens for these jobs |
3% Decrease, companies are currently taking advantage of this program to decrease wages |
Trend of support over time for each answer from 187 Intake voters.
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Trend of how important this issue is for 187 Intake voters.
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Unique answers from Intake voters whose views went beyond the provided options.
@9HXKX561yr1Y
Increasing high-skilled immigration workers only in industries that need it and cannot find good enough talent locally or eu wide.
@9ZT3FBC1mo1MO
Satisfied with the current amount, but the government should provide incentives to prepare Irish citizens for these jobs.
@9ZMSDTX 2mos2MO
The current amount suits but I think they should be monitored as companies use this as an excuse to lower wages and higher cheaper labour, making working conditions awful for some.
@9ZJKR5H2mos2MO
Decrease. Focus on retaining and hiring your own citizens who are paying for college education to enter roles in this companies, rather than ignoring applications from citizens and forcing them to emigrate when they don't particularly want to leave.
@9ZHTJJR2mos2MO
I am currently satisfied with the current amount but the amount of paper work that current immigrat workers have to do to keep working here and the cost of it is ridiculous.
@9JD7NJC12mos12MO
The right of naturalised citizens to hold a second or more passports should be cancelled , any person not giving up their second citizenship should have their Irish citizenship cancelled and be deported
@9J6SMBC12mos12MO
Personally believe we should stop being so greedy and looking to constantly expand to a late stage capitalist country , we should be happy with what we have and live quality lives . We are 100 years most freedom where our culture was washed out for 700 years yet people use Ireland for financial reasoning , I don’t feel like we have much culture or we had much time to recover our culture
@9HM7ZJW1yr1Y
Based on whether they are illegal or legal migrants. They need to have full documentation from the company they will be working in and also, no criminal records.
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