Age Action has described today’s HSE service plan as very disappointing, saying it will do little to assist older people who need long-term care and support.
Age Action has called for the abolition of mandatory retirement ages ahead of a meeting with the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Equality and Defence this afternoon.
Margaret Mullett, a retired science and chemistry teacher in her early seventies from Rathgar, Dublin, is this year’s overall winner of the Silver Surfer Awards 2015.
Age Action has reacted to today’s budget announcement, welcoming the first increase in the State Pension in seven years and increases in other income supports. But the organisation also highlighted the lack of progress on home supports and the failure to cut prescription charges.
