Older Persons Focus Group
This Focus Group was initially set up to provide a community input to the “Dublin City Sub Group on Older People”, which includes representatives from a variety of organisations, including Dublin City Council’s Community Development Section, the Health Service Executive (HSE), Age Action, An Garda Síochána, and the Citizens Information Board. Úna Uí Lachtnáin is the Dublin Community Forum representative on “The Dublin City Sub Group for Older people”.
The development of the “Dublin City Sub Group on Older People” was one of the recommendations of the “Lord Mayor’s Initiative on Ageing and Older People”, which took place in 2007 under the direction of Cllr Vincent Jackson, the then Lord Mayor. You can download “Ageing and Older People: Positive Steps” in pdf format below; which includes all the recommendations arising from this initiative.
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The “Dublin City Sub Group on Older People” will initially concentrate on three main themes -
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Transport
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Leisure
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“Seven-day” services
With a view to informing their work, The Sub Group recently met with members of the HSE and the Casino Community Forum who have already carried out a survey of local residents around these issues called “Living in Marino/Fairview – Activities, Support and Services for Older People”.
The Dublin Community Forum’s Older Persons’ Focus Group currently consists of representatives from the following groups/organisations:
- D12 60s Forum
- Finglas Old Folks Group
- Donaghmede Estate Residents Association
- Ringsend Active Retirement Association
- Active Retirement Association
- Active Retirement Ireland
- Ballyfermot Partnership Co Ltd
- Irish Senior Citizens Parliament
- Pobal Chluain Tarbh
The first meeting of the Older Persons’ Focus Group is scheduled to took place in September.
Contact Information:
Older Persons Focus Group
c/o Forum Co-ordinator
Dublin Community Forum
Block 4, Floor 1>
Civic Offices
Wood Quay
Dublin 8
Tel: 01 222 3259
Email: community.forum@dublincity.ie
