Advocacy

There is a lot of confusion and worry out there about possible changes to waste collection services. Gerry Scully explains what's being suggested.

Last month the Government launched its long awaited consultation on a new statutory scheme for homecare in Ireland.

“I cannot afford either life or home insurance,” she wrote. “I have to go to bed early to save on heating and electricity. My husband passed away last year and I still have not paid off his funeral expenses. We did have life insurance but they cut it because we couldn’t keep up the payments.”

When the Joint Committee on Social Protection adopted its Work Programme in 2016, the issue of pensions was selected as an issue requiring investigation. 

The Galway Glór group recently visited McAuley Place, a former Mercy convent transformed into the renowned housing and intergenerational facility, in Naas Co Kildare. 

I am pleased and honoured to present the Annual Report and Audited Accounts for 2016 to the members not only as Acting Chief Executive but also as the only member of staff who has worked for Age Action for all 25 years of its existence.

We were delighted to have former President of Ireland, Mary Robinson, address our 24th AGM on 27th June 2017: Let me begin with warm congratulations on your 25th Anniversary, which is a significant landmark to reach. You were formed during my time as President, which reminds me that was quite a while ago, and that now I am speaking to you as an Elder!

I am very pleased to write my first blog as Acting Chief Executive because I am the first woman to hold this office. 

Earlier this week the HSE reported that almost 8,000 cases of alleged adult abuse were reported in 2016. But only six per cent of these cases were reported by the alleged victim or a family member. Today, on World Elder Abuse Awareness Day, we must face the reality that we're failing to speak out about elder abuse in Ireland.

EU legislation means Irish patients can go anywhere in the EU for medical treatment – and the HSE must foot the bill.