The following motion was moved by Deputy Billy Kelleher on Tuesday, 22 October 2013:"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.”

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