asked the Minister for Health the date on which he commissioned consultants to carry out research on the potential of technology to meet the needs of dependent elderly persons living alone and when it is expected that he will have the report of the consultants.
Written Answers. - Communications Network for Elderly
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The research project on the identification and assessment of communications networks for the elderly is being carried out by the Social Research Centre in the National Institute for Higher Education, Limerick. It was commissioned in May 1985. The consultants are now finalising the report and I expect to have it within a month.