evidence: Fermanagh has highest % of over 65 with income below poverty matrix. [...] Co. Fermanagh has THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF UNFIT HOUSING. 50% of all unfit housing occupied (NIHE House Condition Survey 2001).1 The NIHE’s Housing Condition Survey in 2001 noted that it is the most vulnerable who are at greatest risk of experiencing housing poverty. Within this group, they found a relationship between older people as head of household and high levels of unfit housing. Those aged over 75 were more likely to live in unfit homes than other age groups (NI House Condition Survey 2001). The linkages between older people in housing poverty and the downward cycle of deprivation around ‘poor health’; ‘isolation’ and ‘lack of access to information’ are well recognised. [...] The table below shows PUBLIC TRANSPORT POVERTY IN FERMANAGH. IT SHOWS HOW DIFFICULT IT IS FOR PEOPLE TO ACCESS THEIR GP AND HOSPITAL APPOINTMENTS VIA PUBLIC TRANSPORT.