Seymour Crawford (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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Question 125: To ask the Taoiseach the number of people over the age of 70 living here in 1997; the number who are over 70 years of age in 2007; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29288/07]

Tom Kitt (Dublin South, Fianna Fail)
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The following statistics are compiled from the Quarterly National Household Survey. In 1997 there were 290,200 persons aged 70 years and over living in the State, the comparable figure for 2007 was 333,800.