Billy Kelleher (Cork North Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I move:

"That Dáil Éireann:agrees that Irish society should protect the rights of older citizens and solidarity between the generations;

accepts that services for older people should be protected to allow them to live independently and with dignity;

agrees that older people are more anxious now about services being removed from them which will lead to isolation and illness;

concurs that older people do not want to be pressurised about means tests and application forms for health care services;

agrees that the elderly should not be used as just economic statistics; andcalls for:

-- all public services to be maintained for older citizens in a fair and progressive manner; and

-- the Government to reaffirm Ireland's agreement to the Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing while working towards a new UN Convention on the Rights of Older People.”

I wish to share time with a number of other Deputies, as outlined.

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