Criticism of the Lower Austrian Covid Hilfsfonds: The lack of a requirement for needs causes excitement

Criticism of the Lower Austrian Covid Hilfsfonds: The lack of a requirement for needs causes excitement

Niederösterreich, Österreich - A explosive topic is the focus of Lower Austrian state policy: The Federal Audit Office (RH) has fulfilled criticism of the country's covid fund in a recent report. According to the report, whose details of OE24 are missed an "overall understandable needs" of the 31.3 million euros were provided for the Lower Austria Covid aid fund. This sum was determined without a well -founded basis, which in question and traceability and reimbursement of administrative penalties characterize as "questionable".

The measures of the black and blue state government were also put to the test. So far, only 4.135 million euros have been paid out, applications were possible by the end of February and the distribution of the funds still available is running until September, emphasized State Councilor Christoph Luisser. The problem is the review of applications for club projects that were suspected that incorrect or misleading content may have been spread there. This is done in view of a wide range of interpretation of the funding guidelines, which have not defined a clear framework for the support. In particular, the funding applications of organizations associated with Corona deniers ensured public criticism, such as noe.orf.at reported.

criticism and defense of the measures

The report as a whole throws a critical light on the decisions and processes in dealing with the fund. The FPÖ rejected the allegations and was behind the initiatives for reimbursement of punitive money by emphasizing the need to "make up for the wrongness that was caused by the other". It is important to give people in Lower Austria their right after the Constitutional Court declared numerous Corona measures as unconstitutional. Luisser also demands an apology from the Federal Government for the strict cuts during pandemic and in favor of compensation for the citizens concerned, which is becoming increasingly important in the political debate of the country.