The elderly are among the casualties of the Celtic Tiger economy, according to a pressure group made up of old people in sheltered accommodation in Dublin.
Dublin Corporation's policy of phasing out the system in which resident wardens live in sheltered accommodation complexes is an example of this, says former Labour Party councillor, Mr Billy Keegan, who is secretary of St Helena's senior citizens' voluntary committee.
Community wardens, who each service several complexes, are being appointed when resident wardens retire but are unable to maintain the same level of contact with tenants, says Mr Keegan.
He argues that the corporation's centralised alarm system, which allows people in some sheltered accommodation to call for help, is of no use when the old person collapses out of reach of the alarm.
He and his group are calling on Dublin Corporation to restore the resident warden system when it meets next Monday to decide its estimates for next year.