Jack Wall (Kildare South, Labour)

Will the review be made available to Opposition spokespersons or will it be placed in the library? Deputy Ring mentioned grants for disabled people. In Kildare, €3.5 million was committed to that scheme, although €5 million was not committed to in respect of senior citizen grants. The grant in question must be dealt with positively in the forthcoming budget. People in our communities have a fear now that was never there before. Due to the banking crisis, some of them are hoarding their money at home and this is creating major problems. As Deputy Ring did, I ask that this scheme be underpinned in the forthcoming budget to provide funding for all organisations interested in having these facilities implemented.

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