Criticism of the Corona Hilfsfonds: lack of clarity and questionable funding!
Criticism of the Corona Hilfsfonds: lack of clarity and questionable funding!
District Councilor Christoph Luisser held a press conference in St. Pölten in which he informed about the Corona Hilfsfonds. This fund, with a total budget of 31.3 million euros, recorded 8,719 applications worth around seven million euros by March 11. So far, 6,394 of these applications have been granted, which led to a payment of 4.14 million euros. It is particularly striking that almost half of the applications were made for psychological and mental damage to children and adolescents. The application period for the Corona Hilfsfonds ended at the end of February, but the processing of open applications continues. Luisser also explained that there would be an independent evaluation commission to increase the transparency and to take a comprehensive balance sheet, as Criticism of the Corona HilfsfondsThe Federal Audit Office recently criticized the Corona Fund in Lower Austria in a report. According to the report, there was no "overall understandable assessment assessment" for the funds provided. The funding conditions that allow a wide range of interpretation and led to legal concerns were also criticized. A central concern of the report was the reimbursement of administrative penalties, which is considered problematic because it could endanger trust in future legislation. Luisser defended the measures and described the repayments as a necessary step in order to "make up for" wrong "and to help the people concerned. He emphasized that the fund is a reaction to the punishments declared unconstitutional during the Corona pandemic, as oe24.at reported.
This step has caused a heated debate in Lower Austria, and criticism of the guidelines and their implementation remains. The evaluation of the funding guidelines and the decision -making processes is considered necessary to clarify future misunderstandings and legal questions, while working on the processing of the open applications is continuously working.
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