41 Deputy Seamus Healy asked the Minister for Social Protection if, in view of the findings of research on fuel poverty and older people by the Dublin Institute of Technology and the Institute of Public Health funded by Centre for Ageing Research and Development in Ireland and due to be published in the coming weeks, showing that during the winter of 2006/7 there were 1,281 excess winter deaths and that of these, the vast majority were older persons, 1,216 were aged over 65 years, she will accede to the petition sponsored by an organisation (details supplied) which states that hundreds of older people die each winter here because they cannot afford to keep themselves warm and that could be saved if she reversed her decision to cut their electricity and gas units; if she will reverse the cuts to the free gas and electricity units available under the household benefits package in view of the increased hardship it will cause for older persons on low incomes. [36205/11]

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41 Deputy Seamus Healy asked the Minister for Social Protection if, in view of the findings of research on fuel poverty and older people by the Dublin Institute of Technology and the Institute of Public Health funded by Centre for Ageing Research and Development in Ireland and due to be published in the coming weeks, showing that during the winter of 2006/7 there were 1,281 excess winter deaths and that of these, the vast majority were older persons, 1,216 were aged over 65 years, she will accede to the petition sponsored by an organisation (details supplied) which states that hundreds of older people die each winter here because they cannot afford to keep themselves warm and that could be saved if she reversed her decision to cut their electricity and gas units; if she will reverse the cuts to the free gas and electricity units available under the household benefits package in view of the increased hardship it will cause for older persons on low incomes. [36205/11]

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