“This bill is not urgent, so it will probably be considered at the next session of the Senate,” said Tomasz Grodzki, Marshal of the Senate, when asked why the chamber has rejected the amendment to the law that would allow the 500 plus benefits to PLN 800 at the session starting on Wednesday. The Senate, in turn, will amend the amendment to the law on the Committee on Russian Influence. Even before the Senate debates began, Grodzki announced that the amendment was unconstitutional.
Last Friday, the Sejm approved an amendment to the law on state aid in raising children, according to which from January 1, 2024 the amount of childcare allowance will be increased from PLN 500 to PLN 800.
Parliamentary amendment to higher benefits for families – on the Senate freezer
The Senate began its two-day session on Wednesday. During Wednesday’s pre-session press conference, Senate President Tomasz Grodzki was asked why the chamber would not consider the amendment at the current session.
We work the good old way: committees, consultation and then a plenary debate. We always have (..) 30 days, and urgent care 20 days. This bill is not urgent, so it will probably be discussed at the next meeting
Grodzki replied.
The Marshal of the Upper House pointed out that the amendment provides for an increase in the childcare allowance to PLN 800 by 1 January 2024, “so there is plenty of time”.
500 plus amendment
The change increases the 500 plus allowance to PLN 800 per child. The payment of the first higher childcare allowance is scheduled for February 29, 2024, with compensation from January 1, 2024.
The justification of the draft explains that the extension of the payment deadline is due to the need to introduce technical rules to ensure that the social insurance institution has time to handle all cases efficiently.
In terms of organizational possibilities, ZUS will of course make every effort to ensure that the payment of the childcare allowance in the new amount of PLN 800 is made on a continuous basis, i.e. from the benefit due before January 2024, made in January 2024.” – marked.
The change in the amount of the benefit will take place ex officio, without a supplementary application having to be submitted.
The benefit of 500 plus is paid from the birth of a child until the child reaches the age of 18. Both children living in families and children in foster families are entitled to it.
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Grodzki: Commission for Investigating Russian Influence – Unconstitutional
During the session, the Senate will in turn discuss, among other things: the presidential amendment of the law on the State Commission for the Study of Russian Influences on the Internal Security of the Republic of Poland in 2007-2022.
Tomasz Grodzki, the Speaker of the House, was asked about the Senate’s decision on the amendment during the pre-session briefing on Wednesday.
The legislative committee has worked very carefully on this project. It is still unconstitutional, because you cannot set up a body that is not authorized in the Polish legal system and, moreover, has complete impunity. This is not the case in democracies and the Senate cannot agree to such solutions
said Grodzki.
So ask yourself what the likely fate of this legislation is
he added, turning to the journalist.
Law on the establishment of a commission for the study of Russian influence
On May 31, the law establishing a commission for investigating Russian influence on the internal security of the Republic of Poland in the years 2007-2022 entered into force, which the president signed a few days earlier and at the same time announced that it would be referred to the Constitutional Tribunal.
On June 2, Andrzej Duda submitted a draft amendment to the law to the Sejm, which was passed by the House in mid-June.
According to the amendment, parliamentarians will not be able to sit on the committee for investigating Russian influence, the countermeasures in the current law will be lifted (including the ban on performing functions related to the alienation of public funds for a period of up to 10 years), and the main subject of the contract will be the acknowledgment that the person does not guarantee the proper performance of activities of public interest; the decision of the commission must be appealed to the Court of Appeal in Warsaw.
Last Thursday, the Senate Legislative, Human Rights, Rule of Law and Petitions Committees voted to reject the amendment to the law on the State Committee for the Study of Russian Influences.
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Source: wPolityce