Budget 2013 Social Protection: Elderly hit with cuts to power and phone supports

Savings in services and schemes for the elderly announced in the budget will see cuts to medical as well as household package supports.

Elderly people with certain incomes will also have their supplemented access to medical treatment limited while amounts given to pensioners for electricity will be reduced.

Social Protection Minister Joan Burton said she hoped that reductions in service funding for the elderly would be offset by suppliers offering better value deals.