SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE, December 23. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The Minister of the Presidency, Public Administrations, Justice and Security of the Government of the Canary Islands, Nieves Lady Barreto, has considered it “vitally important” that the Government of Spain extends all measures to support damage repair and economic and social recovery until 2024. from La Palma.
“A few days before the end of the year, once they have confirmed the transfer of the 100 million corresponding to 2023, I trust that in the last Council of Ministers of the year, which will be held on December 27, La Palma will be part of the agenda and all the measures that, for now, are in force until December 31 are extended,” said the counselor.
Nieves Lady Barreto hopes that, among other measures, the moratorium on mortgages will be maintained, “since the housing problem has not yet been solved”, and also requests that the tax benefits established in the Real Estate Tax continue to be extended. and in the Tax on Economic Activities for the island of La Palma, the extension of the postponement of the payment of Social Security contributions and, similarly, the extension of the extraordinary Social Security measures for self-employed workers affected by the eruption.
Likewise, it requests that the extraordinary benefit for cessation of activity for self-employed workers continue to be paid and that the exemptions in contributions applicable for those affected by Puerto Naos and La Bombilla be also extended, as well as the maintenance of the ERTs for companies.
“We ask the Government of Spain not to forget that the island is still taking the first steps to begin to reactivate the economic activity and GDP that the volcano took away and there is still a long way to go to reach full recovery. It is necessary that all administrations involved maintain the aid measures and even implement new ones that may be necessary to strengthen this process that the island has to face in the coming years,” Barreto insisted.
The counselor wanted to remember, on the other hand, that the Government of Spain has not yet approved the 10 million for the payment for loss of agricultural income in 2022 that the special commissioner for the reconstruction of La Palma announced in August that would be taken to the Council of Ministers and that the Government of the Canary Islands has repeatedly requested.
