Govt. reduces road funds to the benefit of disabled children
After days of an “occupation” of Poland’s parliament by the parents of disabled children who are demanding that they receive the equivalent of the minimum wage since caring for their children is a full-time job, Prime Minister Donald Tusk has announced that money will be made available for the funding.
“We have decided to move funds earlier meant for the renovation and construction of local road networks to finance an increase in the amount parents of disabled children receive,” said Tusk. The prime minister said that instead of PLN 700 million, PLN 500 million will now be spent on the road fund this year.
However, while the parents had demanded an immediate increase from the current PLN 820 they receive to the minimum wage of PLN 1,680, Tusk said the increase will be gradual rising to PLN 1,200 by January 1, 2015 and to the national minimum wage by January 1, 2016.
