From the Seimas – good news for the elderly – Respublika.lt

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At the end of his term, the Seimas will receive a proposal for all beneficiaries of social security old-age pensions and social assistance pensions to pay a supplement to the old-age pension once a year, that is, the thirteenth pension. Photo by Dainius Labutis

In December of each year an additional supplement of 200 EUR would be paid.

Zbignevas Jedinskis, a member of the Lithuanian Polish Electoral Action Union of Christian Families (LLRA-KŠS), intends to submit to the Seimas on Thursday a draft amendment to the new version of the Single Payment of Pensions and Benefits Act of the Social Security.

If approved by the Seimas, people residing in Lithuania who have declared their place of residence or who are included in the accounts of people who have not declared their place of residence and receive old-age pensions from social security (anticipated old age, pension for old age for the disabled) is received by persons residing in Lithuania who have declared their place of residence social security disability pensions; social security widowhood and orphan pensions.

This supplement would also be available to people receiving survivors’ pensions; retirement pensions; compensation for special working conditions; old-age welfare pensions; social assistance disability pensions; social assistance pensions for the care of the disabled at home; social assistance orphan’s pensions; social pensions; welfare compensation.

The authors of the bill believe that if passed, older people would have the opportunity to spend extra money on a larger Christmas and Christmas festive table, that is, for domestic consumption, so the money would certainly go back to the budget state otherwise.

Vanda Kravčionok, the senior of the LLRA-KŠS faction in the Seimas, and Z. Jedinskis, a member of the faction, say that this supplementary annex model also works successfully in other countries, in Greece, Spain and Poland.

According to V. Kravčionok and Z. Jedinskis, the implementation of the bill will require around 180 million. budget during the first year of validity, the amount may change thereafter.

After evaluating the project, the Legal Department of the Seimas Chancellery considers that at the same time a draft reform to the Law for the Approval of Financial Indicators of the State Budget and Municipal Budgets for 2020 should be presented. In the opinion of the lawyers of Seimas , the conclusion of the Government should also be obtained.

S. Skvernelis on the 13 pension proposal: it is necessary to see if there are sources for this

At the Seimas on Thursday, intending to present a proposal for the payment of 13 pensions, Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis says it will be necessary to see if there will be sources to do so.

“I have no doubt that it will be approved after the presentation. (…) After that, there will be a government conclusion and the government will find the source or not,” S. Skvernelis told reporters in the Seimas on Thursday .

“There are different ways to help a social group. (…) This may be through indexing, but if there are opportunities for such additional benefits (for ELTA), it is worth doing. But I repeat, it is necessary to look at the sources, “added Skvernelis.

The prime minister stressed that the amount needed for this step is not small, but the situation with the public debt is under control.

“The debt in Lithuania will not be drastic, the situation is manageable, stable after this year, but we will present next year’s budget at the government meeting on October 14 and present the budget according to the principle we follow: responsible finance. , spending planning, revenue collection, “said the prime minister.

Zbignev Jedinskis, a member of Lithuania’s Polish election campaign faction, the Union of Christian Families proposing the amendment, said 120 million would be needed to implement this proposal. euros.

“There will be more than 120 million euros, we offer a source of financing – in the Seimas there is a drawer for the taxation of bank assets. According to calculations, it is this tax that would cover the costs of a single pension,” Jedinski said.

According to the parliamentarian, this benefit would amount to 200 euros and would be paid in December of each year.

Ramūnas Karbauskis, the leader of the “peasants” of the year, said that the economic situation in Lithuania allows such a benefit.

“Some countries of the European Union 13 have a pension. Our economic situation is such that we can really have this in law and allow ourselves the pleasure of paying 13 pensions ”, said R. Karbauskis.

According to the drafters of the proposal, this additional supplement model exists in Greece, Spain and Poland.