Máire Hoctor (Tipperary North, Fianna Fail)

It is very difficult to say when we will have enough beds but that was a new development from 1 January of this year. Funding was provided by transferring fair deal money for both the installation and continued upkeep of those beds. The original fair deal funding figure was €110 million, a portion of which was allocated for the opening and upkeep of those additional beds.

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