John McGuinness
Ceist:122 Mr. McGuinness asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government if his Department will review the disabled persons grant scheme which is proving to be inefficient and cumbersome to operate and replace the scheme with a more user friendly grant scheme; if he will have an investigation made into the delay experienced by a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny in relation to a grant application in this regard; the number of people on the waiting list in County Kilkenny as a result of the lack of a report from the South Eastern Health Board; his views on whether the system is causing hardship for the families of those involved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16368/98]