Many county councils have run out of money for the disabled person's grant and are currently, instigating reviews of the scheme, if they have not already done so. This means that people with disabilities are disadvantaged even further. What is happening is a blatant failure of the Government to cater for and properly manage facilities for our elderly and disabled. Carers are expected to work around the clock taking care of elderly or disabled relatives while the Government has the audacity to means test the carer's allowance. We were promised that allowance would not be means tested yet it remains so. To allow this to continue is a shame on society. In a country experiencing cutbacks across the board, many of which impact on the elderly, is it not obscene that a steel spire has been erected at a cost of €4.6 million? Where are our priorities? In a damning indictment of the Government – allied to the lack of care for the elderly and disadvantaged – that, seven days a week, there are more homeless people in Dublin than in London. Homelessness is at an all time high, with 6,000 people on the homeless list. Eradication of waiting lists is a priority.