Róisín Shortall
Ceist:145 Ms Shortal l asked the Minister for Social, Community and Family Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the hardship and distress which has been caused to many older people by the reduction in grants from 90 per cent to 64 per cent in relation to the scheme of community support for older people in view of the savings made in his Department in 1999; if he will restore the 90 per cent grants; if he will extend the pilot scheme in view of the many elderly people still in need of assistance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3020/99]