Harris: Government intends to open 350 more beds for asylum seekers this week

Justice Minister Simon Harris said the Government is working “on an hourly basis” to come up with solutions. File photo: Damien Storan

There are 350 beds for asylum seekers to come on stream this week, it has been confirmed as the Government continued to face criticism over the “chaotic” response to the crisis and the lack of communication with communities.

In the Dáil, Social Democrats leader Holly Cairns raised the fact the manager of Magowna House Hotel in Inch, Co. Clare, knew for three months that asylum seekers would be staying there, but “nobody else was told”.