https://facebook/AgeActionIreland The older people’s charity highlighted the scale of the challenge facing older people, especially those living alone on low incomes, at today’s forum. In doing so, it stressed the need for a number of increased supports including: · a €5 a week increase in the State Pension (which has been frozen since January, 2009); · the restoration of the Christmas bonus (abolished in 2009); · a €3.80 per week rise in the Living Alone Allowance (which has not increased since 1996); · a reversal in the fuel payment cuts and changes made in recent budgets. “On the one hand, older people have been hit by a series of cuts in recent budgets and increased charges in recent years, ranging from the abolition of the telephone allowance, and cuts to fuel supports,” Mr Timmins said. “On the other hand, they have faced a five-fold increase in prescription charges, the loss of Medical Cards as income limits have come down, soaring prices and a range of new taxes and charges, all of which must be paid from their fixed incomes.”
Posted on: Fri, 04 Jul 2014 08:42:08 +0000
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