Jan O'Sullivan (Limerick East, Labour)

I asked the Minister when the projects will start and when the beds will be available. It is four years and four months since these were announced and the intention was to provide extra beds. Four years and four months later the Minister cannot tell me when the beds will be ready. May I have a clear answer instead of all the waffle we are getting?

My second question was to know which projects are going ahead. The Minister indicated that the four for which agreements have been signed will go ahead and Waterford, Sligo and possibly others, Tallaght in particular. I do not know if the wool has been pulled over the Green Party's eyes but the revised programme for Government states that the Minister will "Proceed with the current programme of co-location limited to already committed projects under the existing project contractual agreements." Contracts have been agreed in only four projects. Is it four, six or seven? Will the Minister be clear and have the Greens been fooled?

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