The PSD faction sent a series of questions to the Minister of Territorial Cohesion about compliance with the decentralization agreement, as there is a “situation that distorts everything that has been agreed with the mayors”.
“The government signed a cooperation agreement in the field of education and health with the National Association of Portuguese Municipalities (ANMP) in July 2022, assuming, within the framework of the general framework, that the issue of decentralization did not work and that it is necessary to would be to quickly correct the entire legislative and financial edifice, risking disastrous consequences for the municipalities and for the country,” the report writes.
In presenting the questions, the PSD believes that there is a “public discomfort of many mayors with the decentralization process, and also in the areas of education and health, areas where the municipalities are moving forward with more money than was foreseen. , without this differential recovery”.
According to the Social Democrats, “in addition to the financial issue, many issues have resulted in the municipal councils not assuming any powers in the field of health”.
For example, the PSD intends to know when the regulation on the proportions of non-teaching staff in education will be published, the formula for financing the equipment of school buildings and the expenditure on school transport will be defined, in addition to also inquire about how many municipalities had submitted the reports of the respective monitoring committees at the end of last year and how many reports have already been validated by DGEST/DGAL.
Of the eight questions sent by the PSD deputies, there is also the question of how many have already received the missing amounts or reimbursed the overpaid amounts and when the recovery program for the Health Centers will be taken over by the municipalities that have already taken over the delegation. competences in this area will be presented, as well as when the regulation on the ratios of non-teaching personnel in the field of health will be published and when the regulation on vehicle ratios will be published.
Source: DN
