What this misses, Aris is the fact that Ireland is today dominated by a very different kind of thinking that is described nowhere better than here in this short article that would have some resonance in 🇦🇺 and 🇳🇿 too: Goodboyism: An Irish Political Neurosis
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Ireland is granting Somalis citizenship at rates that are ...
2 x the rate of 🇧🇪🇨🇭
3 x the rate of 🇬🇷
4 x the rate of 🇩🇪
5 x the rate of 🇫🇷
7 x the rate of 🇪🇸 🇮🇹 (Italians used to rule Somalia)
41 x the rate of 🇵🇹
Work permits issued to Somalia are so low they're not listed.
"Why should we care any more than the numbers for the UK or the United States?"
This is why:
The likely future net cost to the state (using Dutch data as an approximation) over the lifetime of the 1,500 already granted citizenship is likely more than a billion euro. That's the lifetime tax contribution of almost 3,500 Irish workers on median income.