6 Amendments of Piernicola PEDICINI related to 2015/2258(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Highlights the strong correlation between disability, which touches about 13 % of the EU’s population, and ill- health, with difficulties and barriers in accessand deplores the fact that barriers in access to health services persist, leading to thean inadequate or unmet provision of healthcare services to people with disabilities;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Stresses the need to provide for a uniform system of sanctions throughout the EU to punish any behaviour, wherever it might be, that involves unequal treatment on grounds of disability;
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Calls on the Commission to refrain from supporting austerity measures which are likely to produce widespread adverse effects across the EU on adequate health standards for persons with disabilities.
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4 b. Calls on the Member States to refrain from cuts on disability-related benefits, community-based services and health services that deteriorate the health and wellbeing of persons with disabilities and of family caregivers;
Amendment 39 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Urges the Commission and the Member States to evaluate the Cross-Border Healthcare Directive and its effective implementation from the perspective also of the needs of people with disabilities and their right to know, and effectively avail of, the provisions and instruments contained thereinprovided for by said Directive, awareness of which is low even among the general population;
Amendment 54 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Urges the Commission and the Member States to properly acknowledge the key role of family caregivers and to ensure that they also have appropriate access to health services in view of the impact that caring for persons with disabilities has on their own physical and mental health and well-being;