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“Currently, Sodra is heavily burdened by current measures implemented during the quarantine period. Furthermore, after the passage of the Accumulation Act, the annuity system must be started before July 1. Accordingly, officials and other people who are provided compensation must calculate and deliver everything by August 1. This is the first time that people can [išmokas] it’s August, “explained the Minister of Social Security and Labor, Linas Kukuraitis, during the Government Hour in Seimas on April 30.
Photo by Irmantas Gelūnas / 15min / Sodra
According to him, it would be even more convenient to pay one-time payments of 200 euros to Sodra in September.
“If it were later, September would be even better, but since you want to pay as soon as possible, it’s August.
This is not an automatic payment for all 910 thousand. people because all deductions related to arrears, etc., are deducted from these benefits, as from others. This is very serious work that must be done, and there can be no mistakes here, “explained the minister.
Ramūnas Karbauskis, the leader of the Lithuanian Peasants and Greens Union, mentioned the same reasons why Sodra was unable to distribute benefits earlier.
“This is a technical solution that Sodra has not been able to implement before. It has to do with programming, etc. We all want it to be as soon as possible, but August is the earliest date. There is nothing we can do in this place”, commented on Seimas on Tuesday.
Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis said the desire to provide lump sum benefits to pension and benefit recipients is unrelated to the election.
“Anyone who wants to find some political implications could begin to blame that this virus has also emerged, that someone in the election [galėtų] posts to strengthen. This is probably completely unrealistic, unreasonable, “the prime minister in parliament said on Tuesday.
We belittle people who can buy a vote for € 200.
“I think linking this benefit to elections is an understatement of almost 1 million. The right of people to consciously and freely decide, to make political decisions according to their criteria. We belittle people who can buy a vote for € 200 As a result, I disassociate myself from this general discussion, “Minister L. Kukuraitis reminded S. Skvernelis.
The Seimas opposition proposed to distribute lump sums to pensioners and other social groups within the four months of June. According to S. Skvernelis, this would not change anything.
Photo by Sigismund Gedvila / 15min / Saulius Skvernelis
“It just came to our attention then. If there was a technical solution, it could be paid immediately. It has nothing to do with lack of money. This is related to technical information technology solutions, which are very clearly justified by Sodra.
“Ask Sodra what Sodra has to do before July 1 regarding previously adopted laws, how to reorganize the pension recalculation, order the annuity system, change the IT service provider and everything in between,” he said.
Sodra: there are other priorities, resources are limited
Can Sodra really not cope with the burden?
According to Julita Varanauskienė, director of Sodra, there are obstacles not only due to the load, but also due to the adaptation of the system to perform a new function. With testing, it can take up to 8 weeks.
Sodra has analyzed the possibility of paying lump sums of 200 euros to the beneficiaries of social security pensions and social assistance benefits in June and does not have that possibility, “he replied. 15min delivered by the Sodra Communication Department, said J. Varanauskienė.
“In order to pay these benefits to beneficiaries who meet the criteria established in the bill, it is necessary to create said function in the Sodra application software system.
This function needs to be created in the Sodra application software system.
We are currently preparing and developing new functions in the Sodra application software system for other priority activities: payment of subsidies to independent workers during the quarantine period, payment of job search benefits during the quarantine period, payment of pensions from July, pension renewal (for older people who worked and gained additional experience). and pension units) from July, reduced annuities and other compensatory subsidies for compensation from August, etc. Said the boss of Sodra.
All changes in applications, according to her, must be tested, the identified deficiencies must be eliminated for the system to work reliably.
Photo by Sigismund Gedvila / 15min / Julita Varanauskiene
“Existing contracts with contractors and other resources, which are limited, encourage all work to modernize information systems to be carried out as planned, taking into account the organization’s priorities and capabilities.
According to Sodra, it generally takes 5 weeks to submit a new task to create new benefit payment features in the Sodra application software system. It takes up to 3 more weeks to test and repair the observed software deficiencies ”, explained J. Varanauskienė.
Furthermore, according to her, until Seimas adopts a law related to the granting of benefits, it will not be possible to take initial measures regarding the application of the system.
“It should also be borne in mind that we cannot prepare and present the terms of reference to contractors until the law is adopted, because the criteria and other conditions for the selection of beneficiaries are not completely clear and precise,” explained the head of Sodra.
R.Šaltis: deadlines are possible, but are they worth implementing?
President of the Rimas Šaltis Programmers Association 15min He argued that the work of IT professionals should not be measured in weeks but in work hours. According to him, the terms of application of the system specified by Sodra are realistic, but it all depends on human resources.
“Terms, like some cosmic ones, are possible,” said R. Saltis. “A team of a hundred people will do it in a week, if it takes two people, it will do it half a year.”
He emphasized that the information systems operating in the public sector are not as good as in the private sector, and the proposed function is specific, as is the Sodra system itself.
If you add a new function, it affects the performance of the entire system.
“It just came to our attention then. In a nutshell, when the system was designed, it didn’t adapt to niche situations, which means it needs to be modified quite a bit. And with a fairly strong modification, it must be tested very well – if you add a new one feature, it affects the performance of the whole system, which means you have to test the whole system. Sometimes testing a large system is much more difficult than installing a new function, “said the representative of the programmer.
On the other hand, he questioned whether it was really worth investing, introducing a new feature if it only had to be used once: everything AND don’t update that system. “
According to the 15-minute evaluation, Minister L. Kukuraitis told the truth, explaining the reasons why it is not possible to distribute payments of 200 euros to their recipients earlier: on Sodra’s priority list – other activities, adapting the system to distribute benefits Selection criteria for beneficiaries.
On the other hand, it might be worth remembering times when computers didn’t exist and looking for other ways to How to distribute the single support? Maybe it would be faster and cheaper?
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