15 Amendments of Inés AYALA SENDER related to 2018/2167(DEC)
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Deplores the fact that no action has been taken in response to some of the recommendations in Parliament's resolution on discharge for 2016, and that the discharge follow-up document does not provide any justification for this;
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Calls on the Secretary-General and all responsible DGs to work together to draft a comprehensive overview of reductions in staff numbers implemented from 2014 onwards, including moves by staff from administration to political groups and among institutions; underlines that this practice of staff rotation raises the question of whether job descriptions are appropriate; is strongly concerned that excessive staff reduction leaves Members and Accredited Parliamentary Assistants (APAs) with an additional administrative burden, which is to the detriment of the actual legislative work that Members and APAs are supposed to fulfil; underlines that a paperless office and the proper use of digital technology such as digital signature, two-step- verification and electronic files would lessen the administrative burden for all parties involved; draws attention to the reality of 'paperless' parliamentary committees, which simply means that the task of printing all documentation has been passed from committee secretariats on to Members' offices;
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Points out that the Bureau examined a proposal by the Secretary- General to improve the current legal framework governing trainees employed by Members that currently lacks certain safeguards; underlines that it is every Member’s prerogative to provide trainees suitable remuneration in line with the legal framework; supports the Secretary-General in his effort to draft a comprehensive and balanced proposal to review this situation; regrets that this proposal did not provide, as requested by Parliament in its resolution on the 2016 discharge, for the establishment of a legal instrument or framework within the Directorate-General for Finance (DG FINS) to arrange a scheme for direct advance payments to such trainees prior to missions – although such arrangements are in place for all other staff – given the fact that, for obvious reasons, they can barely afford to pay these expenses up front out of their own pockets; calls on the Secretary- General to include such arrangements in the proposal to be submitted to the Bureau;
Amendment 65 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 46
Paragraph 46
46. Notes that DG PERS’s lead indicator in 2017 is time to deliver; notes with satisfaction that targets and methods of data collection were refined with a general positive assessment of the results; notes with concern that objectives to improve the procedures for recruiting APAs and for admitting children to the Parliament’s kindergarten were not met, but that the difficulties that had been encountered were resolved in 2018; stresses that the recruitment procedure for APAs may thus prove problematic at the beginning of the next parliamentary term; calls, therefore, on the SG, in the interests of Members and assistants, to put in place all the technical and staffing arrangements necessary for avoiding problems and delays, with particular emphasis on avoiding the problems that arose in 2009 and 2014;
Amendment 75 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 49
Paragraph 49
49. Acknowledges the sensitive situation of APAs who have worked for two parliamentary legislative terms without interruption - but without completing the ten years’ service needed due to the early elections in 2014 - and are therethe delays in the first wave of recruitments in 2009 with the entry into force not entitleof the statute, meaning that these APAs will be between one and two months away from eligibility for the European pension rights scheme; notes with appreciation that the Bureau has discussed the issue and is putting in efforts to find credible optionsworking together with DG PERS and the APAs' representatives to find solutions; asks that these solutions avoid, in as much as is possible, changes to their contractual arrangements that would cause them to lose entitlements accrued upon their recruitment in 2009;
Amendment 77 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 49 a (new)
Paragraph 49 a (new)
49a. Calls on the Administration to provide, as early as possible in the next parliamentary term, training courses and/or publications especially for new assistants, including in practical/administrative matters (mission orders, medical examinations, accreditation, parking stickers, groups of visitors, exhibitions, etc.) in order to avoid systemic errors hindering the smooth running of administrative procedures that affect them;
Amendment 88 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 53
Paragraph 53
53. Notes the Parliament’s zero tolerance policy towards sexual harassment adopted in 2017; noturges also thate Parliament to fully implement the several agreed initiatives were and are beinghich will be put in place to deal with harassment practices, in particular an updated roadmap for the adaptation of preventive and early support measures to deal with conflict and harassment between Members and APAs, trainees or other staff, as well as between peers, including an external audit of the Parliament’s internal practices and procedures, the creation of a network of expert confidential counsellors, and the organisation of a public hearing with experts the introduction of mandatory trainings among Members, APAs, trainees or other staff, the recomposition of anti- harassment committees by merging them into one sole committee with a variable composition depending on the case under examination and including experts on preventing harassment in the workplacefrom the legal or health sectors as standing members of the committee; and the regular organisation of public follow-ups by the FEMM Committee (reports, hearings, workshops etc.); expects the results of the external audit to be communicated without delay, once available;
Amendment 104 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 55
Paragraph 55
55. Notes that the creation of Europe House in several Information Offices has been approved by the Bureau and is being implemented throughout the coming years; calls for detailed information on the progress of works be included in the DG’s annual activity report; calls on the SG to submit the various projects adopted by the Bureau, justifications for them and the budgets allocated to them to the Committee on Budgets and the Committee on Budgetary Control before the forthcoming European elections;
Amendment 106 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 57
Paragraph 57
57. Recalls that most of Parliament’s buildings were not designed and constructed taking into account the Eurocodes requirements for structural integrity, as those norms did not exist at the time of their construction; acknowledges that this means that building policy will gradually move away from acquisition and towards renovations and maintenancee need to renovate and maintain Parliament's current buildings;
Amendment 110 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 59
Paragraph 59
59. Notes that in 2017, EUR 75 000 were committed to the pilot installation of innovative furnishing and office equipment models for Members; notes also that the refurbishment of Members’ offices and corridors in the Louise Weiss building, which was the only Parliament’s building undergoing works in 2016 and 2017, totalled EUR 1 157 975 (compared to EUR 840 260 in 2016); calls on the SG to inform to the Committees on Budgets and Budgetary Control before the end of April 2019 on how and in what timeframe this refurbishment (reconfiguration) of the Members' and their assistants' offices both in Brussels and in Strasbourg will be carried out and how much the planned works will cost;
Amendment 112 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 59 a (new)
Paragraph 59 a (new)
59a. Stresses how important it is for any change in the furniture of Members' offices to be duly justified and explained to Members, who must be free to accept or refuse such changes;
Amendment 119 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 61
Paragraph 61
61. Is concerned that the cost/benefit assessment of prices and quality of the food in Parliament’s self-service canteen remains unbalanced; is disappointed at the difference in quality between canteens serviced by one and the same service provider; is of the opinion that this aspect needs closer monitoring and therefore calls for a user satisfaction survey to be launched; welcomes the fact that the catering services in Strasbourg have already started to provide food suitable for gluten-intolerant staff, calls for the range of such options to be expanded and adopted as soon as possible by the caterers in the other places of work;
Amendment 121 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 61 a (new)
Paragraph 61 a (new)
61a. Expresses concern at the impact of diversification in the catering sector on the continued employment of Parliament's current catering staff; calls for appropriate measures to be taken to ensure that Parliament's current catering staff keep their jobs;
Amendment 122 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 61 b (new)
Paragraph 61 b (new)
61b. Notes that trainees are entitled to a discount of EUR 0.50 on main dishes in all the self-service restaurants in Brussels and Luxembourg and EUR 0.90 in Strasbourg; considers, however, that, taking into account their average pay levels and the high prices charged over the last three years, these discounts are not sufficient to have even a minimal impact on their finances; reiterates once more its call on the Secretary-General to grant price reductions in line with their earnings;
Amendment 163 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 72
Paragraph 72
72. Calls on the Secretary-General to ensure that a decision is taken by the Bureau without delay in order to improve the sustainability of the fundNotes that some proposals from the Secretary-General to improve the sustainability of the Fund were adopted by the Bureau on 10th December 2018;