10 Amendments of Urmas PAET related to 2019/2003(BUD)
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Emphasises that maximum care should be taken to ensure that the overall budgetary and staffing resources at Parliament's disposal are used in the most cost-efficient way possible to enable the institution and its Members to fulfil their ultimate mission on legislation successfully; reiterates that this implies careful planning and organisation of its working methods and, whenever possible, the pooling of functions and structures to avoid unnecessary bureaucracy, functional overlaps and duplication of effort and resources;
Amendment 48 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18 a. Questions the very high costs of certain proposed developments, namely: the installation of the Atrium building visitors' seminar rooms (EUR 8,720 million), the multifunctional space in the Esplanade area (EUR 2,610 million), the creation of a self-service canteen in the SDM building in Strasbourg (EUR 1,9 million); calls on the Secretary-General to provide the Committee on Budgets with any information relating to these decisions before the Parliament's reading of the budget in autumn 2019;
Amendment 49 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 b (new)
Paragraph 18 b (new)
18 b. Wonders about the opportunity to allocate EUR 2,420 million for the installation of interactive touch-screens at the entrances of a number of small and medium meeting rooms; asks the Secretary-General to explain the elements that led to such decision before the Parliament's reading of the budget in autumn 2019 ;
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 c (new)
Paragraph 18 c (new)
18 c. Is surprised that security cameras are only installed up to the 5th floor of the ASP building; considers that each floor must be equipped with such a camera to allow the "Security Investigations" service of the Parliament to do its work properly, especially in case of theft; considers that the idea is not to make Parliament a “police space”, but rather to guarantee the security of everyone; asks, therefore, to grant the DG safe of the necessary means for the installation of these cameras;
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. BelieveConsiders that further savings canshould be achieved as regards the expenditure on furniture for the offices of Members and their assistants, given the complete refurbishment of those offices at the start of the mandate in 2019;
Amendment 58 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 b (new)
Paragraph 19 b (new)
19 b. Considers that potential savings to the Parliament’s budget can be achieved with a single seat; recalls the 2014 ECA analysis which estimated the costs of the geographic dispersion of Parliament to be EUR 114 million per year; recalls furthermore that due to this Parliament's geographic dispersion, 78 % of all missions by Parliament statutory staff arise and the environmental impact is between 11 000 and 19 000 tonnes of CO2 emissions; calls therefore for a roadmap to a single seat;
Amendment 64 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Considers that the social and pension rights of Accredited Parliamentary Assistants (APAs) should be respected; in this regard, reiterates its call to find a workable solution for those APAs who, having worked for two parliamentary terms without interruption in the end of the current term, will not be entitled to access the European pension rights scheme when they reach pension age, since they will be lacking some time out of ten years' service needed as set out in the Staff Regulations, due to early elections in 2014 and the delays in the validation of the APAs new contracts because of heavy workload during the period after the elections of 2009; calls, therefore, on the Secretary- General to submit new practical and credible proposals aimed at resolving this problem definitively;
Amendment 77 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Requests an examination of the voluntary Members´ Pension Fund by the European Court of Auditors, while ensuring full transparencycalls the Statute for Members which states in Article 27(1) and (2) that “The voluntary pension fund set up by Parliament shall be maintained after the entry into force of this Statute for Members or former Members who have already acquired rights or future entitlements in that fund” and that “Acquired rights and future entitlements shall be maintained in full”; requests, in this regard, the Court of Auditors to investigate the ways to ensure a sustainable financing of the Voluntary Pension Fund in accordance with the provisions of the Statute for Members;
Amendment 83 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 a (new)
Paragraph 28 a (new)
28 a. Questions the fact that there are different scales of unemployment benefits depending on whether you are a temporary agent, a contract agent or an accredited parliamentary assistant; considers that the basic allowance of unemployment benefits for former accredited parliamentary assistants and former contract staff must be aligned to the basic allowance for former temporary staff; asks the Secretary-General to put an end to this discrimination;
Amendment 96 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
Paragraph 32
32. Recommends the greater use of videoconferences and other technologies in order to protect the environment and save resources, in particular by reducing staff duty travel between the three places of work;