84% of Respondent’s in a recent Irish Times Poll say there is a limit to the number of asylum seekers and Refugees Ireland can cope with.
An Irish Times-Ipsos poll published today finds 84 per cent of respondents say there is a limit to the number of asylum seekers and refugees that Ireland can cope with.
The poll was conducted among 1,200 adults at 120 sampling points across all constituencies between February 19th-21st. Respondents were interviewed at their own homes. The accuracy is estimated at plus or minus 2.8 per cent.
Seven out of 10 (70 per cent) say protests should not be permitted outside direct provision centres.
79 per cent say Ireland should “live up to its international obligations to protect people who are at risk”.
The poll shows public concern at the scale of refugee arrivals.
More than two-thirds of voters (68 per cent — up from 60 per cent last year) say they are “concerned that too many asylum seekers and refugees might come to Ireland”, while 84 per cent agree “there is a limit to the number of asylum seekers and refugees Ireland can cope with”, a figure identical to last July’s.
More than seven in 10 voters (71 per cent) favour a cap on the number of Ukrainians Ireland accepts, a slight decline from last year.
A majority (54 per cent) oppose giving military assistance to Ukraine, with less than a third (32 per cent) in favour.