Covid-19 (Health): Statements Dail Éireann — 2020-05-27 ============================================================ Simon Harris (FG), Wicklow Exactly, and 24 in Croom. The short answer to the Deputy's question is "Yes". We will need all of the additional capacity we can get. I will give the Deputy a commitment that it is the intention of my Department to ensure those beds are fully funded and can open as quickly as possible. Of the 48, 24 are due to be ready to be opened in June and the other 24 in July. I will look into the opening of those in Croom. --- Source: Houses of the Oireachtas. Licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). The Official Report is revised after first publication; the fetch timestamp below identifies the version quoted. Record URI: https://data.oireachtas.ie/akn/ie/debateRecord/dail/2020-05-27/debate/main Retrieved: 2026-08-14T04:48:19+00:00 Sitting date: 2020-05-27