Posts Tagged ‘Fair Deal’
APM 2010 – Motions
Two Emergency Motions were passed at the APM. The first motion called on the Government to address without delay the current dispute in the public services due to the effect it was having on Older People in relation to pensions and other social and medical services. This motion was proposed by the Finglas Division of the ISCP…
Read MoreAnnual Parliament Meeting – 26-27 March 2010
Do you want to hear what Older People think about Ireland 2010? Much, Oh So Much, has changed since our last Annual Parliament Meeting. Come along to the Liberty Hall Theatre and Conference Centre on Friday 26 & Saturday 27 March to hear what our senior citizens have to say about these changes and how…
Read MoreAssistance to Pensioners and welfare recipients
The Irish Senior Citizens Parliament supports the call for Assistance to Pensioners and welfare recipients Action is needed now to ensure that people have heat and hot food. We ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs to make a hardship payment to pensioners and welfare recipients of a sum equivalent to one week’s pension or welfare payment. With weather…
Read MoreIs the “Fair Deal” fair?
The Irish Senior Citizens Parliament calls on the Minister for Health & Children, Mary Harney T.D. to immediately clarify the report in today’s Irish Independent regarding the cost to older people for Long Stay Charges in Public Facilities. We have maintained for some time that the Fair Deal was not fair as basic items which…
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