VIDEO It’s final: Matovic and his 300-euro bonus succeeded! Vaccinated seniors will get better, Hlas – Topky.sk has also joined

VIDEO Deputies voted on a bonus for vaccinated seniors:

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• Parliament has been dealing with the remuneration of vaccinated pensioners for more than a week now, with 97 members in favor of the proposal
• of the 500-euro vouchers, after all, “only” 300 euros is in cash
• the debate dragged on, with a number of opposition MEPs
• the proposal was also supported by opposition deputies from Hlas-SD

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Key change in parliament: the agreement was born a long time! Matovic defends 300 euros for seniors, analysts are wrong

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Updated 14:28

Prime Minister Eduard Heger (OĽaNO) welcomed Thursday’s approval of an amendment to the law, which will make people over the age of 60 entitled to a financial contribution for vaccination against COVID-19. He is glad that the protection of public health has won. He appreciated that the votes of opposition deputies also contributed to the approval.

Source: Government Office of the Slovak Republic

“We know that the vaccine is the greatest protection, and that is why we need the citizens of the Slovak Republic to choose this path, because we are on the tail, and that is why it is catching up with us.” the prime minister said it was the last chance to get out of the pandemic.

According to him, the financial contribution is also the last challenge for citizens to decide to do a good thing for Slovakia. “It’s catching up with us in terms of lockdown, which is detrimental to the economy and also to the mental health of citizens, so we need to get out of this as soon as possible.” said the prime minister. The question of what the situation will look like if a new variant of the coronavirus omicron appears in Slovakia is still left to the evaluation of experts.

Updated 13:45

Opinion of the OĽaNO club. Matovic specified that contributions to retirees would be made by post in the form of checks.

Updated 11:42

The proposal was also supported by the entire Voice-SD staff, led by former Prime Minister Peter Pellegrini. He explains why.

Below is a list of non-attached Members who supported the proposal:

Source: NRSR

Updated 11:38

The Ministry attaches detailed information to the approved bonus.

The one-off financial assistance will be paid to a person who has reached the age of 60 by the end of 2021, has a permanent or temporary residence in Slovakia and at the same time has been vaccinated against Covid-19 in Slovakia:

– The third (booster) dose vaccine by 31 December 2021 or has been registered for such vaccination by that date and 300 eur so will every senior who has been vaccinated by the end of the year or will only be vaccinated with three doses.)

Source: Topky / Vlado Anjel

– Second dose vaccine from 30 June 2021 to 31 December 2021 or has been registered for such vaccination and by 31 December 2021. In this case, the 200 eur. (If a senior has been vaccinated with a second dose by 29 June 2021, he or she will only be entitled to financial assistance if he or she has been vaccinated with a third dose by 31 December 2021 or registered and subsequently vaccinated by 15 January 2022 – in this case the senior will be vaccinated with all three doses of the vaccine and will receive financial assistance of € 300.)

– The first dose vaccine from 25 November 2021 to 31 December 2021 or has been registered for such vaccination and by 31 December 2021. In this case, he will receive 200 eur. (If a senior has been vaccinated with the first dose by 24 November 2021, he or she will only be entitled to financial assistance if he or she has been vaccinated with the second dose by 31 December 2021 or registered and subsequently vaccinated by 15 January 2022 – in this case the senior will be vaccinated with two doses of the vaccine and will receive financial assistance of € 200.)

– Single dose vaccine by 31 December 2021, if by 1 March 2022 she had been vaccinated with a second (booster) dose of vaccine. In this case, he gets 200 eur.

Updated 11:32

The proposal to reward pensioners has passed the parliament. There were 97 deputies, which means that part of the opposition also joined him.

Source: TV NR SR

Source: Topky / Vlado Anjel

Updated 11:30

Anna Mierna’s amendment “changing” cash vouchers was approved.

Updated 11:04

At any moment, the long-awaited vote on the seniors’ bonus will begin. But first, MEPs will also have to accept Anna Mierna’s amendment on the details of these remuneration, namely that it will be cash instead of the vouchers previously announced.

Before that, however, the chairman of the opposition Smer, Robert Fico, asked for a club meeting in 10 minutes.

Source: Topky / Vlado Anjel

Updated 9:38

The rapporteur, Mierna, announced that the law would be put to the vote at 11 am.

Updated 9:20

The debate at second reading ended. Matovič speaks in the closing word.

Source: Topky / Vlado Anjel

Updated 9:01

Parliament’s Vice-President Milan Laurenčík (SaS) opened the sitting. The debate, in which Anna Mierna MEP (OĽaNO) had joined. It proposes an amendment that changes the substance of the law from cash vouchers in the amounts of 300 and 200 euros.

Source: Topky / Vlado Anjel

Turbulent debate and change “fast”

Members of the National Council (NR) of the Slovak Republic closed the tenth day of the 51st meeting on Wednesday evening by discussing the financial contribution for vaccinations for people over the age of 60. They continue from this morning, when Anna Mierna (OĽaNO) should present the proposed amendment. He should convert the original 500-euro vouchers into a contribution of 300 euros in cash.

Source: Topky / Maarty

The amendment is already published on the website of the National Council of the Slovak Republic. According to him, a financial contribution of EUR 300 should be provided for seniors over the age of 60 who have been vaccinated with a booster dose or who have registered and are vaccinated by the end of this year by 15 January next year.

The € 200 allowance should be provided to seniors who have been vaccinated with the second dose since 30 June this year or who have registered for the second dose by the end of the year and will be vaccinated by 15 January 2022.

Source: Topky / Maarty

It should only apply to seniors who are vaccinated in Slovakia

The financial contribution of EUR 200 should also apply to seniors who have been vaccinated with their first dose since 25 November or who have registered by the end of this year and have been vaccinated by 15 January 2022.

In the case of a single-dose vaccine, if a senior could be vaccinated by 31 December this year and receive a booster vaccination by 1 March 2022, he or she should receive a contribution of EUR 200. The financial contribution is in line with the notified amendment concern seniors who have been vaccinated in Slovakia. Data from the database of vaccinated persons maintained by the National Center for Health Information (NCZI) could be used to provide financial assistance.