CAMPAIGNING & POLICY
Lobby your TD or Senator ahead of the Budget
Age Action is urging its members and other people who are concerned for the welfare of older people to lobby their local TD and Senator ahead of the December '09 budget. It is vital that the needs of older people are not ignored.
We have already submitted a detailed submission to the Government. After consulting our members we have identified three issues which we now want to focus the Government's attention on for Budget day. They are; income, carbon tax, fuel poverty and rural transport. We have drawn up these two-page briefing document on each to help inform members when they meeting their local TD or Senator.
We request that members provide us with feedback on their meetings with their local politician.
"The Poor Can't Pay" Campaign" Age Action has joined a number of other leading charities and trade unions to campaign against the proposed cuts to basic social welfare payments and the national minimum wage. For older people, “The Poor Can’t Pay” campaign aims to challenge the threat to State pensions and the Christmas payment.
Campaign supporters currently include Barnardos, CORI, EAPN, Focus Ireland, INOU, Mandate, National Women’s Council of Ireland, SIPTU and the Society of St. Vincent de Paul.
Age Action is urging other older people’s groups, charities and non-party political organisations to join the campaign. To get involved and learn more about the campaign log on to www.thepoorcantpay.ie.
