Asylum Seekers Being Provided Facilities To Self Isolate If Required

650 beds have been made available in three locations.

Asylum seekers will be able to cocoon or self-isolate in over 650 beds that have been made available across the country. 

The additional capacity is in Galway, Dublin and Cork following concerns that HSE guidelines were not being followed in the facilities.

More than 5,500 people are awaiting asylum in the country's 39 centres.

Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan says the centre's managers are working to ensure social distancing is taking place:

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