310 Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will take action on the Report of Findings of the Muscular Dystrophy Ireland National Survey 2009 which found that the majority of persons with muscular dystrophy need to move house or adapt their homes to make them suitable to their needs but that 60% of persons who received local authority grants to adapt their homes state that grants are not sufficient to meet the cost; if he will improve the grant scheme in terms of the amounts available, the numbers of persons entitled and the reduction of unacceptably long waiting lists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5878/10]

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310 Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will take action on the Report of Findings of the Muscular Dystrophy Ireland National Survey 2009 which found that the majority of persons with muscular dystrophy need to move house or adapt their homes to make them suitable to their needs but that 60% of persons who received local authority grants to adapt their homes state that grants are not sufficient to meet the cost; if he will improve the grant scheme in terms of the amounts available, the numbers of persons entitled and the reduction of unacceptably long waiting lists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5878/10]

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