Agency for Restructuring and Modernisation of Agriculture pays direct subsidies, despite the problems with the computer system. By the end of March to money will get 85 percent. farmers and the amount paid will amount to 11 billion zł – said Wednesday at a press conference the president of the Agency Daniel Obajtek.
He stressed that the Agency has already paid the same amount of resources as in previous years. The deadline for payments is the end of June – he said. To allow for early receipt of money a farmer can apply for interest-free revolving loan in the amount of the limits of his fee.
– It is not true that the personnel changes in the Agency, which says PSL , farmers do not get the money – said Obajtek. He noted that the agreement with the Company for the construction of the system was signed only in 2015, ie. One year too late. Therefore, the company could not live up to the agreement, which in September last year He knows among former agriculture minister, who ordered tighter supervision over the construction of the system.
As explained Obajtek, the former president of ARMA was therefore signed an annex to the agreement that allowed for putting the system until February 22, which would mean that farmers will receive payments only in March. – We did not agree to this annex, if the system does not work, you decide to take it piece by piece. Launched subsidies for farmers, February 4 paid out more than 6 billion zł – said the president. He added that in February the agency counted for farmers another 1.5 billion zł, and in March we plan to incur 3.5 billion zł.
2015 years of direct payments is seeking approx. 1 million 350 thousand. farmers. Total payments – 14.5 billion zł.
faulty system, it is also a loss for the ARMA, according to the audit they amount to 114 million zł – noted the head of the Agency. You have to also ask why these systems are outsourced from such delay – he said. According Obajtka, proceedings of the work on the program for the next year should take place in June-July, and until the assumption of office, ie. On November 27 were not undertaken any work on the next campaign, which forced the new management to proceeding contracts computer with a free hand.
Obajtek announced that he wants to, among others, change the agency department of computer science, so that part of the work could be done on the spot. This will involve the employment of high-class specialists. He also said that it has been developed new statutes of the Agency. Will be reduced the number of departments from 26 to 21.
President pointed out that for the first time in the Agency together with the Ministry of Agriculture has developed a timetable for implementing the Rural Development Programme 2014-2020 for the following year. Is also working to simplification, “they have to be because the applications are too complicated,” – said the President.
– We end with the fact that if a farmer did somewhere a technical error in the application, the farmer raced in court. This is not a bad thing, that someone from the district office will call the farmer who corrects a technical error, this is not contrary to the law – said Obajtek.
He said that in the budget of the Agency has introduced savings in the amount of 17 billion zł including They will not be paid and the prize will be reduced expenditure on training. – There is no consensus that training were events integration – stressed, adding that the training should be concise and day.
Obajtek announced that it has commissioned the Agency’s audit (it has been made by consulting and audit Institute Kamila Galicki) in order to show “what a private grange was the agency for politicians PSL.”
From the audit shows that over 8 years paid awards in the amount of 281 million zł, mostly they were sent to the heads of departments (83 people ) and the regional directors (54 people). Some directors during this period received prizes in the amount of 280 thousand. zł. He also mentioned about the different family relationships ARMA employees.
When it comes to ordering systems, the Agency in 2008-2015 released for this purpose 2.3 billion zł, including approx. 1 billion zł were the order the so-called. “Free hand”. Do not delay the campaign was done on purpose, to proceed to contract with a “free hand” – asked Obajtek. Auditors, among others, They stated that “the contracting authority received unfavorable, non-transparent and conducive to corruption zrachowaniom form of implementation of the agreements analyzed maintenance-development systems of the Agency.”
Since 2008. training issued a total of approx. 54 million zł; for promotion – 36 million zł. As he spoke Obajtek, can promote the activities of the Agency, and it turned out that the promotion of mainly concerned politicians, especially expenses increased during election campaigns. Eg. In 2015. Was spent on promotion of 6 million zł. Approx. 1 million zł was spent on the purchase of gadgets now such “gifts” will not, and through these means agency bought educational kits (after 3 thousand. Zł), which will get 250 rural kindergartens.
PAP
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