Madrid, July 22 (EFE) .- The General Committee today approved an increase of 1.51 per cent of the budgets of the Chamber for 2016, which They will reach more than 85.51 million euros and expected as a rise in the remuneration of officials and perhaps also of deputies matter to be decided later.
This is the second consecutive year which increases the budget of the Congress, after increasing 0.3 percent in 2015, but suffered a cumulative reduction of 16.4 percent since 2009.
Speaking after participating in the table of the House, the president of Congress, Jesus Posada, explained that the increase of 1.51 percent of the budget is “in line” than in previous years.
The slight increase is due , according to Posada, in the coming year will have to pay the salaries of new staff, legal and technical personnel mostly have passed examination of the House last year.
On increase remuneration of officials, Posada has been reported that the accounts approved already have a budget for this section, although it will be provisions in the Ministry of Finance for all public workers.
Congress President foresees that the State Budget to be approved by the Cabinet on July 31 and reach the House on August 4 for the start of parliamentary procedure.
As for salaries of deputies and senators, Posada said that a budget is expected to decide “whatever we” but will be a next joint board of Congress and the Senate to take the decision, “whether it’s up, as if kept frozen wages. “
The salaries of deputies returned to be frozen in 2015 for the seventh consecutive year, which added to cuts implemented in the year 2010.
the fact that Congress takes accumulated a surplus of EUR 87.2 million corresponding to the surplus year after year in their regular budgets are given.
In fact, only in 2014, Congress stopped spending something more than EUR 7 million, according to the budget execution report released last May.
With these remnants, the Chamber has been facing a deep rehabilitation of its facilities and, especially, the Palace the Carrera de San Jerónimo, despite the difficulties caused by the economic crisis in the whole administration.
By 2016, Congress expects some staff costs 36.08 million euros, an increase of 1.42 percent, and the chapter of current expenditure on goods and services has an amount of 35.27 million euros, 1.60 percent more than in 2015.
chapter of current transfers, for eg the functioning of the parliamentary groups, has a budget of 10.68 million euros more- -1.07 percent, while investment has a value of 3.47 million, an additional 2.91%, due to the renovation of the audio system of the rooms, and miscellaneous expenses on computers.
Financial expenses, which included last year for the first time have been reduced 4,000 euros, to suit the actual view of the interest charged as a result of the requirement of the Bank of Spain to pay the account balances held by public sector entities game.
On Meanwhile, the budgets of the Parliament, approved today by the joint tables of Congress and the Senate, is equipped with 53.57 million euros, an increase of 3.94 percent.
Personnel expenses experienced an increase of 4.13 percent by the addition of new officials to the Parliament, as well as the goods and services -2.27 million and 3.46 percent -.
According to a statement, this increase to higher spending is in the concept “newspapers, magazines, books and other publications.”
Finally, the chapter of current transfers also increased to 3 39 million euros, 1.65 percent more than in the 2015 budget
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