The issue of spending Pnrr resources certainly "represents a difficulty, especially in the implementation phase, but we are working and there will be results in the coming months": this was said by the Minister of European Affairs, South, Cohesion Policies and Pnrr, Raffaele Fitto, in the Chamber of Deputies.
Fitto recalled that 24 billion were spent in 2021-22 and 21 billion in 2023:
"Overall it is 45 billion, and I invite you to make a percentage comparison with other countries".
For the minister, he then explained that one of the causes of the delay in spending is the Regis system which monitors the progress of the plan and "must be implemented", in addition to the fact that "many interventions still have to be uploaded" to the platform.
Furthermore, "many interventions such as medium-sized works or infrastructures have had a design and tender phase, now it is the start-up phase of the construction sites, so it is conceivable that that spending figure will grow in the coming months".
"Continuing to talk about cuts is not true: in the Pnrr decree we have, with the stamp of the Accounting Office, financed all the interventions that have been moved from the plan or definanced":
this was reiterated by the Minister of European Affairs, South, Cohesion Policies and Pnrr, Raffaele Fitto, in the Chamber, underlining in particular that
on healthcare "there is no cut after the revision" of the plan.
The 15 billion of the health mission remained as such after the review, said Fitto, explaining that there is no cut but "there is a shift" because for several projects that had been included in the plan it was not possible to meet the deadline of 2026. Then they were "moved out of the Pnrr and returned to their original funding".
To keep the amount of the Pnrr unchanged, they were "replaced with two interventions" i.e. 500 million for the telemedicine mission and 250 million for integrated home care.
Furthermore, on the safe hospital project, which included 1.650 million in the Pnrr, "we have identified a portion of resources that return to their natural financing".
For Fitto "it's not a shell game", because the original resources for healthcare, which come from the so-called 'article 20' "still have ample financial availability today".
There is, explains Fitto, "a problem for those Regions that have used all the article 20 resources", and therefore for these situations the government has decided to "guarantee maintenance in the Pnrr or Pnc for the entire coverage of the projects".
The House approved the majority resolution
The Chamber approves with 267 yes votes the majority resolution presented after the communications made by the Minister for the South Raffaele Fitto on the Pnrr.
The document invites, among other things, to continue the discussion with the European Commission to overcome "any critical issues that may emerge in the implementation phase of the Plan".
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