Should the government provide social welfare benefits to foreigners?
Irish welfare benefits for intra-EU migrants are amongst the highest in the EU in the areas of job seekers allowance, healthcare, old-age pensions, and child benefit. The Irish Examiner recently reported that more than a 20% of unemployment benefits recipients in Ireland are from other EU countries. In Germany, for example, 2.5% of unemployment benefit recipients are from other EU countries.
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Response rates from 4.2k Kildare voters.
67% Yes |
33% No |
35% Yes |
33% No |
25% Yes, as long as they are working and paying taxes |
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6% Yes, but only for refugees and asylum seekers |
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@Adamjnr3yrs3Y
Yes, as long as they are working and paying taxes Or are refugees or asylum seekers.
@9SWH5GD3mos3MO
Yes, for those who work and pay taxes, and yes, for those who are unable to provide for themselves, and yes, for asylum seekers as long as they are working towards getting off welfare so they can contribute to the safety net as well.
@9NPY2296mos6MO
Yes, only for a very short period of time and encourage them to job seek. If no effort is made towards seeking a job then social welfare should be withdrawn from both foreigners and from irish citizens
@9ZC5LS52wks2W
Yes, but only for refugees/asylum seekers who have have come from verifiably dangerous territories and cam ensure they are willing work and learn english
@9ZM3M6D6 days6D
yes, as long as they are working and paying taxes - but also yes, in the case that they cannot work (i.e., disabled)
@9ZM2KZR6 days6D
Should be a tiered system based on lenght of stay in country plus credit earned over this time period
@9ZLTKDM 6 days6D
As long as they decide they want to be a long term resident in the country there should be some regulation but if they are unable to work they should receive benefits as a citizen of the country
@9ZL736Z7 days7D
This is a badly worded question. There are different categories of immigrants - such as refugees, EU citizens, Non-EU nationals on Stamp 4. Different situations apply depending on the category of immigrant you are, and this nuanced should be reflected in these types of questions.
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