Coulter calls for Campaign against Ageism
Rev Dr Robert Coulter, the Ulster Unionist Party Assembly member for North Antrim and UUP Stormont Commissioner, has called on the deputy First Minister to implement a campaign to combat ageism in Northern Ireland.
Speaking at Stormont, Dr Coulter asked: “Does the deputy First Minister envisage that an action plan will be produced by the Office of the First Minister and the deputy First Minister to proactively deal with ageism, which is prevalent throughout society, both in the economy and in social and political life?
“In his response, the deputy First Minister assured me the review into the case for an older people’s commissioner, which is currently under way, would make a mighty contribution to tackling the issues that I identified.
“I welcome the deputy First Minister’s assurances that there is as much duty and responsibility to older people as we have to our children.
“I also welcomed his pledge the Assembly must do everything in its power to ensure that the approach that it adopts is comprehensive and meets the needs of older people who, surely, deserve as much as the Assembly can deliver,” said Dr Coulter.