Area: Sociala
Competent authority: MDDSZ
EZU URL: .nan
Initiative ID: 260
Initiative accepted and completed: '2014-01-09'
Initiative classified in EZU: .nan
Initiative forwarded in response: '2013-12-05'
Initiative published: '2013-12-05'
Initiative submitted: '2013-12-01'
Response from the competent authority: "Reply from the Ministry of Labour, Family,\
  \ Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities: The Ministry explains that such a regulation\
  \ of the residence allowance, which would then be considered as an inter-annual\
  \ change, would only increase the level of administration at the first instance\
  \ bodies granting the right to a State grant. The State grant is only one of the\
  \ entitlements under the Act on the Allocation of Benefits from Public Funds, hereinafter\
  \ referred to as 'the Act on the Allocation of Benefits from Public Funds', and\
  \ the implementation of the changes in the area of grants is therefore also governed\
  \ by that Act. As the basis of the PPSA is the granting of individual entitlements\
  \ on the basis of a single procedure for determining the family's material situation,\
  \ the application of inter-annual changes is also carried out in such a way that\
  \ each time a family applies for a new entitlement or for a change (e.g. in family\
  \ members, material situation, employment,....), an eligibility determination is\
  \ carried out for each entitlement individually. As a consequence, the family may\
  \ also lose rights. Therefore, if we were to agree that the residence allowance\
  \ should be considered as an inter-annual variation, this would not only result\
  \ in delays in the processing of the application for an inter-annual variation,\
  \ but also in the termination of eligibility for any of the already granted entitlements.\
  \ Administrative obstacles would thus be increased, not reduced. Since the Law on\
  \ Scholarships, hereinafter referred to as the Law on Scholarships and Grants (hereinafter\
  \ referred to as the Law on Scholarships and Grants-1), uniformly regulates the\
  \ conditions for the award and continuation of scholarships and grants, it is also\
  \ not possible to change the uniform procedures for the different types of scholarships\
  \ and grants, as this would make the implementation of the Law non-transparent,\
  \ non-uniform, uneven and discriminatory. The new Law on Scholarships and Grants-1\
  \ establishes a level playing field for the granting of public benefits for all\
  \ applicants, while at the same time ensuring a fair distribution of funds. We have\
  \ eliminated the previous legal vacuum which allowed applicants for Zois and state\
  \ grants to freely choose to claim the living allowance or transport allowance regardless\
  \ of their actual situation and needs, resulting in an unfair/unjustified accumulation\
  \ of state funds. On the other hand, we have tried to adapt the housing allowance\
  \ more closely to the diversity of the individual's living situation, in the sense\
  \ of cancelling the allowance within 8 days of a change of temporary residence of\
  \ the scholarship holder. In this case, the beneficiary can apply for fully subsidised\
  \ transport under the Act on Amendments and Additions to the Act on Road Transport\
  \ (ZPCP-2D). In this way, the Z\u0160tip-1 also ensures economy in the use of public\
  \ funds."
Text file: 260.txt
Title: ' Subsequent acquisition of the non-residence allowance'
URL: https://www.stopbirokraciji.gov.si/pobuda/?st=260
