Text file: 689.txt
author: "Boj\u010D33"
downvotes: 1
end consideration date: 2010-05-29
id: '689'
number comments: 5
number views: 1862
proposal type: Competent authority response
response: "Response from the Ministry of Finance\nSlovenia is governed by the principle\
  \ of the integrity of the State budget, which is enshrined in the Constitution of\
  \ the Republic of Slovenia and the Public Finance Act, and according to which all\
  \ State revenue and expenditure to finance public spending must be covered by the\
  \ budget. At the same time, in recent years, money from the state budget has been\
  \ allocated on a programme-by-programme basis, which in theory means that the line\
  \ ministry responsible (e.g. the Ministry of Health) has to prepare a specific public\
  \ health programme (related to smoking prevention or excessive alcohol consumption)\
  \ in advance and then receives the necessary public funds for this purpose. There\
  \ are therefore options, but the budgetary principle mentioned above does not lead\
  \ to the path you suggest.  \nResponse from the Ministry of Health\nIn line with\
  \ the reply prepared by the Ministry of Finance, we would like to clarify that Slovenia\
  \ has a principle of the integrity of the State budget, which is derived from the\
  \ Constitution of the Republic of Slovenia and the Public Finance Act, according\
  \ to which all State revenues and expenditures to finance public spending must be\
  \ covered by the budget. The money from the State budget is distributed on a programme-by-programme\
  \ basis. Each year, the Ministry of Health prepares a health protection and health\
  \ education programme, on the basis of which it receives certain funds for the implementation\
  \ of preventive activities in the field of public health.\nThe Ministry of Health\
  \ will continue its efforts to obtain as much funding as possible within the national\
  \ budget to finance public health.\nWe see further increases in taxes on tobacco\
  \ products and alcohol as an opportunity to increase government revenue, which will\
  \ also indirectly contribute to increasing the funds allocated to preventive health\
  \ care."
response date: 2010-06-30
response due date: null
sent date: 2010-04-29
title: Cigarette and alcohol tax should go to the health budget
upvotes: 21
url: https://predlagam.vladi.si/predlog/689
