Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 20 November 2019
Committee on Public Petitions
Decisions on Public Petitions Received
Lynn Ruane (Independent) | Oireachtas source
I thank Deputy Cassells. I agree with everything he said. In regard to life expectancy, if we look at some cohorts of people, whether the Traveller community or the long-term homeless, their life expectancy is so much lower and they should be able to access retirement and packages that come with care, including nursing home care. It is an area I have been looking at in other committees.
In regard to this petition and the role of our committee, I recommend that we forward a copy of the response we received from the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection to the petitioner and that when this is completed, we close the petition. Is that agreed?
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