Age Action wants pension increase

A weekly rise of €5 in State pensions; a reversal of cuts made in 2012; and an increase in home help hours are among the demands being made on behalf of older people by Age Action.

In a pre-budget submission, Ireland’s leading advocacy organisation for older people is calling on the Government to restore the incomes of pensioners after years of cutbacks.

Publishing its top priorities for Budget 2018, the organisation also highlighted the need to invest in home help services and “reablement” — a programme of intensive support for people with disabilities and those who are frail or recovering from an illness or injury.