Senators and other public representatives will be familiar with the grant systems available through health boards and local authorities for housing and other schemes. However, there is not enough money available in most local authorities to meet the demand. In Kilkenny, the list of applicants for the disabled person's grant stretches a couple of years into the future. Commitments were entered into last year in anticipation of this year's money, which was already allocated even before we received it. People were in urgent need of funding for essential adjustments to their homes. It is disappointing that funding for such a vital scheme was not beefed up to a much greater extent.