Pauline Tully (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Applicants for adaptation grants for homes of people with a disability or a disability acquired as a result of an accident or progressive condition are waiting five or six months for Cavan County Council to even acknowledge the application. They are not even assessed at that stage for priority. There is then limited availability of funding, so only a small number of grants are dealt with. People are being forced to remain in hospital, go into a nursing home, sleep on the sofa or put their bed and often a commode in the living room. That reduces their dignity and impacts the whole family. Can additional funding be made available for this important grant? Can the amount of the grant also be increased to reflect the increase in construction costs?

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