66 Deputy Seymour Crawford asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the hardship being caused to elderly and disabled people in County Monaghan as a result of the failure of his Department to adequately fund Monaghan County Council for the housing adaption grants scheme, the mobility aid scheme and the housing aid for older people scheme since the introduction of these new schemes from 1 November 2007; if his attention has further been drawn to the fact that the council has a shortfall of more than €2.8 million versus the value of applications on hand at 20 September 2008 and that old and vulnerable people in the county are being forced to borrow from financial institutions as the council cannot pay out the grants approved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35134/08]

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66 Deputy Seymour Crawford asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the hardship being caused to elderly and disabled people in County Monaghan as a result of the failure of his Department to adequately fund Monaghan County Council for the housing adaption grants scheme, the mobility aid scheme and the housing aid for older people scheme since the introduction of these new schemes from 1 November 2007; if his attention has further been drawn to the fact that the council has a shortfall of more than €2.8 million versus the value of applications on hand at 20 September 2008 and that old and vulnerable people in the county are being forced to borrow from financial institutions as the council cannot pay out the grants approved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35134/08]

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