On 6 October, European Alzheimer’s Alliance (EAA) Co-Chair, Nina Carberry MEP (EPP, Ireland), spoke during European Parliament Plenary Debate on intergeneration fairness and older persons. The debate was opened by the European Commissioner for Intergenerational Fairness, Youth, Culture and Sport, Glenn Micallef, who outlined the Commission’s plans for a Strategy on Intergenerational Fairness. During her intervention, Ms Carberry MEP highlighted that as people age, they are more likely to be affected by dementia and cited the numbers of people living with the condition in Ireland. She further highlighted that dementia is the third leading cause of dementia in Europe and the seventh globally, as well as highlighting that dementia costs Europe EUR 392 billion per year.
Ms Carberry MEP additionally noted that dementia research was comparatively underfunded and noted the commitment of the budget Commissioner to take the idea of a dementia-focused research mission back to the College of Commissioner and reiterated her call for the Commission to deliver such a mission. The full intervention of MEP Carberry is available at: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/plenary/en/vod.html?mode=unit&vodLanguage=EN&internalEPId=2017041470350&providerMeetingId=20251006-0900-PLENARY#