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Pensions, he said, will increase, and parents who will have to care for their children at home due to pandemic restrictions will face the same benefit arrangements they had in the first wave of the coronavirus in the spring.
“The budget will be balanced. There will be sufficient funds for pensions, pensions will be raised in accordance with indexation laws,” said the minister.
According to M. Navickienė, what will happen to the child’s money and other benefits has not yet been discussed, but it is clear what the procedure will be for parental benefits after the educational process is over.
“The possibility of the disease will definitely be for those parents who will have to take care of their children due to the restrictions of the pandemic, as they were during the first quarantine. If a child goes to kindergarten, there is no compensation, ”he explained.
The minister did not specify what amounts are provided for sickness and unemployment benefits in next year’s budget. It also identified potential additional costs for benefits related to managing the coronavirus pandemic. According to M. Navickienė, the funds will be taken from budget grants.
“We are just talking about how much extra money will be needed for that part of COVID, we are planning about 120 million here. Additional costs,” explained M. Navickienė.
Sodra boss: there will be enough income for expenses
Julita Varanauskienė, director of Sodra, says that next year’s Sodra budget will be balanced.
“With the latest macroeconomic indicators and our current assumptions about morbidity next year, in 2021, we should have a balanced budget. There will be enough income for expenses. All the while, pensions account for almost three-quarters of expenses, which they will be the same next year as well, ”J. Varanauskienė told reporters.
According to her, the budget will be similar to this year.
Similar proportions, because the costs depend on the demographic and economic situation. Assessing that unemployment trends will be similar to those of this year, and the demographic situation will not change, we are talking about small changes in the total amount, “said the head of Sodra.
“As for indicators, sickness benefits, if we do not take into account the benefits related to the pandemic that were reimbursed this year, the premiums for this type of insurance would be balanced, the contributions are sufficient for the benefits. Maternity is a system here where the cost of maternity insurance is higher all the time than the income. And pensions will be positive, which means that more pension contributions will be collected than pension benefits, ”he continued.
According to J. Varanauskienė, he is planning to spend the same amount on sickness benefits next year as this year.
“This year, during the first wave, we spent almost 120 million in benefits for pandemic disease. It is also possible to put the same number in the forecast for next year, with the same condition to look for possibilities to reimburse them from the state budget, to that are not expenses reimbursed by the insured and insured of the social security ”, said J. Varanauskienė.
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