David Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

This was a big announcement. I acknowledged at the time it was a significant number of beds to deliver in 2021. We were then told we would see more in 2022, 2023 and 2024, yet here we are with no additional beds beyond the figure of 1,228. It has taken us four years to deliver beds that were funded in October 2020. That frustrates me because I have a genuine fear we will get to winter next year and the 207 beds that will come in this year, which were funded back in 2020, will not cut it. People will ask where the beds are, what was done in the months from April to October and what beds were delivered beyond what was previously committed. The answer to that last question is "Zero".