SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE, June 8. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The Deputy of the Common, Rafael Yanes, has once again remarked this Wednesday before the Plenary Session of the Parliament of the Canary Islands that the situation of dependency on the islands is “unsustainable” for which he has asked the deputies to become a “political priority” .
Yanes pointed out, during the debate on the institution’s annual report, that there are many people in the archipelago who “suffer” from the poor application of the dependency law and families who “feel abandoned” by the administrations.
The specific report on dependency in the Canary Islands will be debated in the parliamentary committee next Tuesday, but it has been recalled that spending per inhabitant is less than half the national average, the number of beneficiaries is also less than half the average and the time resolution of files is more than twice the average.
In fact, in 2021 the Canary Islands was the autonomous community that took the longest to process the files for degree recognition and approval of the Individual Care Program (PIA) and if the national average were reached, 30,000 more people would be served on the islands .
More than every four complaints to the Diputación del Comun correspond to dependency and disability and from the institution they maintain that more than 8,500 places are missing in residences to meet the requirements of the World Health Organization (WHO).
Regarding the regular annual report, he pointed out that complaints have doubled in the last four years to exceed 5,000, although, at least, he has highlighted that warnings to the administration have decreased by 52%, reminders of legal duty by 63%. and there have been no declarations of obstructionism –although many still fail to meet legal deadlines–.
Yanes lamented the “reality” of the health waiting lists, at the bottom of the country, with more than 30,000 people and an average of 118 days to be seen by a specialist and 144 for surgical operations.
He has highlighted that more than 17,000 people are waiting for public housing in the Canary Islands and although eviction complaints have doubled in 2021, they still account for half of those in 2019 thanks to state decrees that limit judicial releases.
Yanes has also complained about the lack of staff in the Social Security offices on the islands.
