Asked about France Bleu on Friday September 3, Olivier Véran reframed the words of his counterpart from National Education, who deplored that school allowances are sometimes used to "
buy flat screens
".
"
Imagine that it is my ministry which ensures the payment of the education allowance and which manages the question of precariousness in our country
", first recalled the Minister of Health at the microphone of Wendy Bouchard.
“
Maybe there is a part of the allowance ... that is not just used to buy supplies for the children.
So what ?
He said, saying he was "
not shocked
" by this.
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Last Sunday, Jean-Michel Blanquer had for his part created the controversy over France 3. “
We know very well, if we look things in the face, that sometimes there are larger purchases of flat screens in September than at other times,
”he said, sparking an outcry on social networks.
Echoing this, Olivier Véran recalled a survey according to which "
95%"
of families who receive the allowance say they use it for the start of the school year, before invoking a logical explanation: while the allowance only arrives in the month. of August, some buy the satchel from the "
month of July or June
", on "
other money
".
In addition, these families in a situation of "
precariousness
", who receive "
less than 1500 euros net per month, with children
", do not systematically replace the schoolbag, but buy it "
only if it is worn or broken
", recalls the Minister. For these families, this allowance is then useful “
in its entirety
”. "
I am not shocked
" that these families use the aid to "
pay a lingering electricity bill, take a little more gasoline to go on weekends or refuel
" to "
enhance family meals
" , affirmed Olivier Véran.
Thursday, however, the Head of State, visiting a school in a popular district of Marseille, had supported the words of his Minister of National Education. "
We would be blind or naive to think that all of what each household receives in back-to-school allowance is donated to buy supplies or children's books
," said Emmanuel Macron, recalling that "
there is, like everywhere , people who do things right, and there are always people who [don't] do things right
”.
