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Prime Minister-designate Ingrida Šimonytė presented the new government’s program to the Seimas on Tuesday.
Farmer Tom Tomilin asked the new cabinet what awaits the boy’s money. For his part, I. Šimonytė assured that the boy’s money would not change in the coming years.
“There has been a lot of speculation here that someone is going to destroy something here. Surely nobody will destroy anything. What was adopted by the Seimas last year will apply. As far as I know, everything is planned in the budget and it will be as is, ”assured I. Šimonytė.
However, it emphasizes that the further increase in the universal child benefit opens a large hole in the budget.
“It just came to our attention then. There can still be a lot of different things. I think we went too far with the boy’s money to make another revolution. <...> The universal benefit has a great disadvantage, that a significant increase requires a lot of additional funds, ”said the prime minister-designate.
He added that “many things can continue.”
“There may be a discussion about what the program offers: matching the child’s money with the NPD. <...> We will see all this. It is now clear that the commitments that have been accepted will be honored, ”said I. Šimonytė.
It is impossible to pay everyone and a lot
The portal tv3.lt recalls that, as a candidate for prime minister, Ingrida Šimonytė hinted that, in the long run, Lithuania will have to choose how to act for the child’s money. According to her, it is impossible for all families in Lithuania to receive large amounts of money for children.
I. Šimonytė believes that a child’s money is a good financial instrument for those families who need financial help, for example, single parent families. However, the high universal benefits would be too onerous for the state budget.
“It just came to our knowledge then. And if we want to help those families whose incomes are more modest and who need more help, that differentiation will continue to be inevitable and the statement that in the beginning all children are equal will not be fulfilled,” he said. I told BNS in an interview Šimonytė.
Therefore, he has no doubt that in the long run the State will have to differentiate the money and benefits of the child for a part of the families.
“It is now that we are at a stage where our options are: to distribute small amounts of money to a wide range of children or to focus resources on those families who need more financial support,” said I. Šimonytė.
The designated minister reassures
It is true that the designated Minister of Social Security and Labor, Monika Navickienė, assures that next year the parents will receive the money provided for the child.
“The child’s money, as planned, the decisions as made by the previous government, will have their own continuity. And even though the budget has been returned to the current government for review, we really do intend to leave the child’s money, a benefit as it is, universally, ”Ms. Navickienė said earlier.
It is true that he did not mention what the child’s monetary prospects will be in the coming years, he only said that no changes are planned this year.
“We are not going to reduce or change the principles of child money now,” he said.
From 2020 January 1 the universal child benefit is 60 euros. Next year it will grow to 70 euros. More than 500 thousand children receive child money in Lithuania. children.
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