Aguiló defends social policies, because “the welfare state is one of the great triumphs of Europe

PALMA DE MALLORCA, 15 (EUROPA PRESS)

Socialist Deputy Conxa Obrador criticised during the Balearic Parliament House that the 10 euros Islands citizens must pay to acquire health insurance card is “a co-pay naked face and without complexes”, in reference to a measure that is included in the budgets of 2012 and which has also been criticized during the plenary session by the parliamentary and exconsejero of health and consumption Vicenç Thomàs.

Speaking, Obrador has regretted that citizens are “more than worried,” because their rights will depend on the money in the possession and has argued that the needs of the people “can be subject to orthodoxy”. “Their needs are above market and cannot wait for private enterprise to provide welfare,” added Mrs.

This, the financial Vice President, promotion business and occupation, Josep Ignasi Aguiló, has stressed in a resounding and between applause from his colleagues that there is no expected “any social cuts”, to defend that “the welfare state is one of the great triumphs of Europe and to make it viable policy is needed an Orthodox, other than in the past few years”. “At the time the crisis was not recognised and present defaults are the result of not admitting the reality”, has been riveting.

In this context, Aguiló has called for work on economic recovery although it has been apostils shall not be so employed public money “because there is no and sold out”, in response to the honourable Member of PSIB Joana Barceló, who has considered “core” public commitments with the reactivation as well as the momentum of “reforms”, while all of this “falling into private hands”.

, The Vice President has affected the need to balance the accounts, bet on administrative simplification, reforming the energy and education system “to make it more solid” and supporting small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).

For its part, the Minister of health, family and Social Welfare, Carmen Castro, pointed out that the entities of the third sector (associations) do “an essential job” and has complained that these associations carried over a debt of the Government at the end of 2010 and 2011 and that amounts to a total of EUR 5.1 million. This situation has been pointed out that on 31 October the Government made a payment of more than one million euros while that at the end of this month there will be another subscription.

Health budgets

With regard to the overall budgets of his Department, has been “moderately satisfied” amounting to more than 1.3 billion euros and account for 35 percent of the accounts of all the ministries. This will enable, he has emphasized, increase funding for the Servei Balear of health (Ib-Salut), strengthening public health programmes and bet on protection systems social.

However, Thomàs has branded the accounts of “unrealistic and inadequate,” after which Castro has asked: “do you have not done anything wrong or are going to do an exercise in self-criticism?” “They should show a little humility”, has espetado counselor.