Last week's budget allocations towards older people are treating the symptoms of the financial crisis affecting pensioners and not the cause.
That's according to local woman Anne Curbelo Lang, who addressed a public meeting of Age Action Ireland this morning.
Three in 10 people aged 66 and over rely on social protection for 90 per cent of their income.
A new Age Action report shows many can't cover new costs linked with older age, in health, transport and housing, which is causing distress.
A fifth of older couples and two fifths of older people living alone could not cope with a once-off expense of over 1 thousand 200 euro.
Speaking before the event today, Anne told the Joe Finnegan Show that recent government budget increases are simply putting a plaster on the wound:
