May 14, 2015:

Active Retirement Ireland reaffirm call on the Government to address future pension and health demands

Active Retirement Ireland reaffirm call on the Government to address future pension and health demands

 

13^th May, 2015: Active Retirement Ireland today reaffirmed its call on the Government to address future pension and health demands. In April 2013 the government launched the National Positive Ageing Strategy which is a comprehensive plan to address the trend of increasing numbers of older people in the Irish context.

 

This strategy recognises the population growth and the need to plan effectively to ensure that the growth in numbers of older people is planned for across all departments. Two years on we are still waiting for the implementation of this strategy.

 

CEO of Active Retirement Ireland, Maureen Kavanagh, today stated: “The lack of implementation of the National Positive Ageing Strategy continues to impact the pensions and health performance in Ireland. Irish people cannot plan effectively to ensure that as we age we are not a burden. Our most senior policy makers are not committed to dealing with this changing demographic so getting older will effectively become the time bomb being talked about.”

 

ENDS

 

For more information contact:

Maureen Kavanagh, ARI, T: +353 1 01 8733836

Fiona Murphy, FleishmanHillard, T: +353 1 618 8470 M: +353 87 819 4464

 

Notes to Editor

Active Retirement Ireland is a national network of over 550 local Active Retirement Associations with over 24,500 members. ARI believes that older people have the right to be full and participative members of our society and combats ageism through the reality and everyday work of the self-organised local associations and the regional councils. ARI has a large voluntary base with local, regional and national voluntary committees. The purpose of Active Retirement Ireland is to enable retired people to enjoy a full and active life and to advocate for them.

For more information: T: 01 8733836, E: info@activeirl.ie , W: www.activeirl.ie

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