10 Amendments of Inés AYALA SENDER related to 2015/2161(DEC)
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Expresses concern at the size of the savings made by the Ombudsman in the budget headings of translation (EUR 190 000) and communication (EUR 60 000), which were passed on to the heading of Ombudsman staff; stresses that the Ombudsman should ensure equal treatment and opportunities for all EU citizens of the Union and, in this connection, ensuring quality and linguistic diversity and maintaining its communication policy should remain pillars of the institution;
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Notes a particular increase of commitments in 2014 with the Membersstaff of the institution; asks the Ombudsman to give a comprehensive description of these amounts in the next follow-up report to the discharge;
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Notes the creation of a new post designated as "own-initiative inquiry coordinator"; finds the justification for that creation general and vague; invites the Ombudsman to indicate whether this is part of a broader structuring and to identify clearly the coordinator's tasks; points out, however, that the Ombudsman's priority should be to address complaints from citizens within a reasonable time frame and that under no circumstances should own-initiative inquiries infringe on this objective;
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Points out that the structure and organisation of the Ombudsman's office described in its annual activity report (AAR) does not correspond to the organigram displayed in its website; asks the Ombudsman to clarify how is the office currently organised and to ensure that its website is updated regularly and accurately reflects the organisation chart of the institution;
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Is concerned at the Ombudsman's recruitment policy, that has involved running emergency procedures to directly employ former trainees on short-term contracts; deplores the fact that three temporary staff were been hired in 2014 without passing any selection procedure; calls on the Ombudsman to bring, as a matter of urgency, its staff selection criteria into line with the European civil service's standards of quality, transparency, objectivity and equal opportunities;
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Welcomes the progress made by the Ombudsman in 2015 in gender equality; stresses, however, that the available data for 2014 still shows great disparities, particularly in AST posts (21/9) and management positions (9/2), and emphasises the importance of setting medium-term objectives to achieve the necessary balance, and of continuing to work actively in this direction;
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Stresses that the number of complaints falling outside the Ombudsman's scope of activities remains very high, especially from citizens of some Member States such as Spain and Poland, which undoubtedly creates a great deal of frustration among citizens regarding the EU institutions in general and the Ombudsman in particular; calls on it, therefore, to improve its information and communication policy and to forge stronger links for smooth and regular cooperation with the European Network of Ombudsmen and national and regional ombudsmen to remedy this problem;
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Asks the Ombudsman to include in the AAR a table of all human resources broken down by nationality, gender and grade; also calls on it to answer questions raised by Parliament and the other institutions on pensions;