There have been cases of interns with scholarships from the Instituto e do Emprego Profissional (IEFP) who should receive a check for 125 euros intended to mitigate the effects of inflation, but instead qualify for support of 50 euros. euros per person. on data consulted by Dinheiro Vivo.
In September, the Ministry of Labor assured Dinheiro Vivo that these scholarship holders would be covered by the support of 125 euros: “Interns, trainees of the Ativar.pt internship measure, as well as the beneficiaries of the Contract Employment Insertion (CEI) and CEI+ programs are covered by the extraordinary support of 125”.
Yesterday, however, some of these fellows, aged between 22 and 24, consulted the Finance Portal and found that they had been accounted for as next of kin by the Tax Authorities (AT) and that their parents received a check for 50 euros per child. . And in the personal financial account of each beneficiary, on the site “Check whether you meet the conditions to receive extraordinary aid”, there was a notice that they were not eligible for the aid of 125 euros granted by the AT.
The check intended for trainees, who were registered as IEFP beneficiaries in September, is paid by the social security and not by the tax authorities. This transfer will only take place next Monday, October 24. And, unlike the Tax Authorities, it is processed in one go for everyone and not in phases as with the Tax Authorities.
An official source from the Ministry of Labor explained to DN / Dinheiro Vivo that potential beneficiaries can already check whether or not they are entitled to the 125 euros on the direct social security website, simply by going to “current position/receipts/ check their progress”. . Some IEFP beneficiaries found that they had not scheduled payments, while others indicated that they would receive the check on October 24, as scheduled.
When asked about the reason for these failures, the Ministry of Labor offered to analyze the situations discovered yesterday at the end of the day to provide an answer that the editors only reached at the end of the edition.
It is recalled that yesterday Finance started paying aid of 125 euros to those with a gross monthly income of up to 2700 euros, at 14 months, and 50 euros for each child up to 24 years, regardless of the value of the parental income. salary. Next Thursday, the first 500,000 transfers have already been made. The government expects AT to complete the payments due by the end of the month.
According to the decree regulating this aid, 3.1 million Portuguese are covered by this measure: 1.5 million is paid by AT and 1.6 million by social security. This exceptional income support will cost approximately EUR 840 million.
Salomé Pinto is a journalist for Dinheiro Vivo
Source: DN
