More than two years after its approval and with a slew of regulatory changes behind it, the IMV remains entangled in a regulatory tangle that chokes off its access to the neediest homes in our country. Absent a month to close the 2022 balance, budget execution data for what promised to be the coalition government’s star gauge shows the aid fiasco: of the 2,966.13m earmarked in the full-year budget, until November 2,300.7 has been paid out. 77%. The amount of payments made in November alone was 227 million, a sum that has remained fairly stable in recent months, indicating that by the end of the year about 700 million of the budget had initially been allocated to this benefit, which had already been reduced by 354 million, and it is assumed that it will be allocated for other aid. This isn’t the first time this has happened. Already in 2021, Social Security left a billion earmarked items unspent. The aid, which was to be the star of the coalition government’s benefits to fight poverty in Spain in times of the pandemic, therefore does not finish curdling. The Social Security Minister has had to change up to a dozen times the allowance for an adult of 565 euros, and in the case of four adults and a minor to 1,243 euros per month after it increased by 15% this year. Born at a time of maximum social expectations, as well as maximum tension within the coalition government, the administration of this aid has been a street-level disappointment. IMV’s management numbers are still a long way from the goals the executive set itself with the launch of this support. Last November, the social security benefit reached 549,670 families, benefiting 1.5 million people. Minister Escrivá’s initial plans included reaching 850,000 households and benefiting 2.3 million people. Today Social Security rejects eight out of ten minimum income applications and more than 100,000 are stuck and waiting to be resolved due to a shortage of troops. The 8.5% increase in pensions this year has encouraged many civil servants who are close to retirement, because the increase has allowed them to avoid early retirement penalties. The situation has left molds very market. More union protests “There are 9,000 officials missing,” denounced the unions that last November took to the streets to protest against understaffing and overwork. On the 27th they will take to the streets again, this time in Seville, to denounce the same situation. UGT, CC.OO. and CSIF’s warning that the IMV management problem is generating a bag of files waiting to be processed has prompted the INSS to adopt urgent measures under its so-called “intensification plan”. They recall that this plan consisted of offering the team extra time to release the stopper, but that it was null and void. Officials reported that management offered ten euros for each resolved IMV file outside of their office hours, but without any success. “Nobody wants that, considering it takes an hour of work to solve one of these files,” they explained. Relevant news Record No This is the aid you can ask for in 2023 if you’re going to have a baby ABC The government is considering a series of benefits for both first-time parents and those deciding to expand families Employee protests have intensified in recent months. Employees deplore the conditions of the workforce, given increasingly “workloads” and “fewer staff”, but they also claim to advocate for a good public service on Social Security, which they warn is already being lost. Officials warn that being careful to manage a minimum income undercuts the rest of the benefits, which are also vital to those who need them and which continue to accumulate. They add that “exhausted seniors and Social Security employees are not sufficient to address the system’s benefits package, which is beset by delays that interrupt income.” Criticism of Jabelondo The Ombudsman joins union protests over troop shortages while reprimanding Social Security for not “insufficiently” caring for citizens. The Foundation for the Defense of Citizenship run by Ángel Gabilondo has asked the administration run by José Luis Escrivá to resolve delays in granting appointments in the various offices for the administration of key benefits such as pensions or maternity and paternity leave. The authority considers that the measures taken by the Ministry to resolve this situation are “insufficient in order to obtain effective and effective care.”
