Same as in the US or any other modern welfare state.
You are controlled by the State. Don’t advance beyond your caste or there will be repercussions.
First they get people addicted to the benefits. Then the people become lazy slobs, dependent on the government. The the government controls speech and thought. Then the government changes to totalitarian and fascist. Then the few people who still have a mind ask how it happened.
While the Irish play around with being a welfare state they forgot to ask: if everybody is goofing off, who’s making the money to pay the tab?
Tall Poppy Syndrome.
We don’t want any of you getting too far ahead of any of the others. Cause that would be unequal and, UNFAIR!