NWCI congratulates Older & Bolder
Don’t Pick on Pensioners – action group appeals for no cut to state pensionThe National Women's Council of Ireland (NWCI) congratulates Older & Bolder for its magnificent and successful campaign to protect the State Pension in Budget 2010.
By mobilising thousands of older people across the country, they sent a powerful message to government to leave the State Pension alone. Currently 96% of older people living alone are at risk of poverty and the government's decision yesterday to maintain the payment, will be important in reducing the risk of poverty for older people.
Older & Bolder will over the coming days be carefully assessing a range of different measures announced yesterday - including the reduction in funding for health services as well as the introduction of prescription charges, water charges, the Universal Social Contribution, property and carbon taxes - to see what impact they will have on older people.