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Post by kj on Sept 14, 2017 16:01:52 GMT
A friend of mine who lives deep in the countryside is adamant that there should either be A) A ban on non-nationals buying large swathes of land, and in particularly purchasing homes that are used only for a month or two a year or B) if that is too much, a massive de-incentivising campaign, such as large taxes or an overall 'wealth tax' as the French do or did have on non-French property owners.
According to him, the fabrics of local communities are being eaten away by foreign absentee-owners and they are also pricing out locals. I have heard this complaint in a number of counties.
Any takers? Or is it a bridge too far for even the staunchly conservative ladies and gentlemen here?
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Post by Maolsheachlann on Sept 14, 2017 16:11:05 GMT
Nope. We know all about absentee landlords in this country. I'm afraid I'm a populist nativist mouth-breather for whom "Ireland for the Irish" is a perfectly legitimate slogan.
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Post by MourningIreland on Sept 14, 2017 16:23:58 GMT
We've had a "housing crisis" in Ireland for the last 20+ years.
Our globalist politicians won't touch this with a 10-foot pole today, but if a MIGA (Economic Nationalist) movement ever arises in Ireland, things will have to have gotten very bad. Rebuildling of much of Ireland's social fabric will need to be done largely from scratch.
To redress the housing issue - which is most certainly at the hub, at least in Dublin - taxation is a powerful tool, and I would support its use.
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Post by cato on Sept 14, 2017 18:20:36 GMT
In theory I think this is a good idea but I suspect to implement it would involve withdrawal from the EU which while desireable personally is economically and politically impossible at present.
Even under Fianna Fail in the 1930s English aristocratic landlords owned large areas and although the land commission bought out many of them out and redistributed the estates it was never compulsory that all Irish land was Irish owned.
What is of enormous concern is the secretive activities of NAMA were huge swathes of property and housing has been sold off to investment funds many of which are based abroad and only exist to make the maximum ammount of profit. This will come back to bite us.
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Post by connacht4096 on Sept 12, 2021 5:01:20 GMT
I say ban foreigners from owning land; you should have to be Irish to own a piece of Ireland. foreigners should be able to rent land though. for the purposes of land law, corporations that are headquartered in Ireland and which a majority of the shares in are owned by Irish citizens should be equated with Irish citizens; and other corporations should be equated with foreigners.
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Post by Seán Ó Murchú on Sept 13, 2021 20:16:13 GMT
I say ban foreigners from owning land; you should have to be Irish to own a piece of Ireland. foreigners should be able to rent land though. for the purposes of land law, corporations that are headquartered in Ireland and which a majority of the shares in are owned by Irish citizens should be equated with Irish citizens; and other corporations should be equated with foreigners. We have had a discussion on this forum a couple of times about what it means to be Irish would you be interested in giving your definition. Might be better on another thread, as this may dominate your land discussion. |
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Post by connacht4096 on Sept 13, 2021 22:28:26 GMT
I say ban foreigners from owning land; you should have to be Irish to own a piece of Ireland. foreigners should be able to rent land though. for the purposes of land law, corporations that are headquartered in Ireland and which a majority of the shares in are owned by Irish citizens should be equated with Irish citizens; and other corporations should be equated with foreigners. We have had a discussion on this forum a couple of times about what it means to be Irish would you be interested in giving your definition. Might be better on another thread, as this may dominate your land discussion. sure, where is that thread? |
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Post by Seán Ó Murchú on Sept 14, 2021 6:36:40 GMT
How about I created one.
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Post by Stephen on Sept 14, 2021 8:15:37 GMT
I say ban foreigners from owning land; you should have to be Irish to own a piece of Ireland. foreigners should be able to rent land though. for the purposes of land law, corporations that are headquartered in Ireland and which a majority of the shares in are owned by Irish citizens should be equated with Irish citizens; and other corporations should be equated with foreigners. I don't think this is radical but sensible and I think might be enacted in other parts of the world. There are a lot of foreign actors from the Russians, Chinese, Gulf states, Americas, buying land all over the world. Irish people should own Ireland's land. I see a conversation is being had in another area of the thread about what it means to be irish. I would imagine this law should be open to all Irish citizens or voters (very broad). That way if you are a Polish family that has lived here for 10 years or what ever you could buy a plot of land and a house.  |
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