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highlights ageism in society.
By COLMAN CASSIDY
The Irish Times, October 2,
2002
Age Action Ireland (AAI) celebrated the
UN'sInternational Day on Age yesterday by handing out copies of the Equality Authority's report, Implementing Equality for Older People, to
passing members of the Oireachtas
and the public outside Leinster
House in Dublin. "We're saying the time has come for discrimination against older people to
stop,"
said Mr Paul Murray of the AAI. As well as lobbying members of the Oireachtas, they have written to
all the churches. Age Action
Ireland is saying old people are
being disregarded and excluded from much of Irish society. This view is backed by the Equality Authority, whose chief executive, Mr Niall
Crowley, called earlier this week for
a comprehensive focus on ageism
and age discrimination.
Age Action Ireland is concentrating on four areas. First, there is the issue of breast checks for
older women. The pilot scheme
stops at 64. The figures for breast
cancer dip around that age, but go up later, said Mr Murray. Secondly, discrimination in the various State "back to education"
programmes. Such diverse
groups as the disabled, the unemployed and single mothers are actively invited to
participate, but the over-65s are
excluded.
The third area being targeted, said Mr Murray, was the exclusion of over-65s from FAS programmes. And
the fourth is that the Equality
Act excludes the over-65s.
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