16 Amendments of Luke Ming FLANAGAN related to 2017/2044(BUD)
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the main objective of the 2018 draft budget will be to ensure that the Union budget is provided with the means it requires to fully deliver its reinforced contribution to jobs, growth, investment and solidarity, (with full labour rights and protections), sustainable growth, targeted investment and solidarity across all Member States - large and small, struggling and thriving - and to respond to new developments, and their impact on immigration, humanitarian aid and security;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. WelcomNotes the programme statements of operational expenditures accompanying the draft budget 2018 COM (2017) 400 that provide information according to Article 38 of the Financial Regulation, encompassing both ex-ante estimations in terms of future outputs and results and the ex-post information on programmes’ performance;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Points out that the statement corresponds in parts to the request made by the Parliament concerning the performance-based budget1 but notes with regret that those statements complement the usual activity-based budgeting method with some performance data instead of basing the budget activities on firstly defined political objectives; _________________ 1 In its report on the Integrated Internal Control adopted on 3 June 2013 the Parliament calls for the establishment of a performance-based public budgeting model in which each budget line is accompanied by objectives and outputs to be measured by performance indicators.
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Regrets that not all indicators are available on an annual basis and that the reporting frequency varies from one programme to another; recommends that this should be corrected as soon as possible, with all indicators available annually and a common reporting frequency established;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Insists that any revenue to the Union budget deriving from any assigned revenues or repayments of irregularities from agriculture in previous years should remain under Heading 2, calls for the creation of a new crisis reserve that does not rely on an annual financial discipline mechanism for its funding in order that it can react in a timely manner to crisis situations that emerge;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Highlights that administrative costs have to be secured for the Common Agricultural Policy, especially to guarantee timely payments and to maintain adequate levels of effective control; insists that further cuts in administrative staff numbers can lead to higher delays and risks of error, nevertheless believes that despite commitments on simplification the delivery of the Common Agricultural Policy remains overly bureaucratic;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Appreciates that the new approach of 'Budget Focused on Results approach' has for the first time been integrated into the internal budgetary preparation of the Commission in order to review the expenditure based on experience achieved so far and identify possible adjustments;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. DStrongly disapproves of staff reductions in EEA (-3 posts), ECHA (-2), ECDC (-2), EFSA (-4) and EMA (-5), which could negatively impact their work; highlights, given that the tasks and duties of those agencies are growing , will almost inevitably negatively impact their work; demands that they should receive adequate human and financial resources;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls on the Committee on Budget of the European Parliament, in coordination with the sectorial committees of this Parliament, to promote a real culture of results in respect of the optimisation of the use of expenditure by removing expenditures from programmes showing low performance, unless those programmes are shown to have areas where performance is difficult to measure or quantify, and/or those programmes can be shown to have a value above and beyond the measurable;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Highlights the importance of the rural development commitments and spending and their potential for the creation of jobs in areas of higher uneconomic activity and jobs, particularly so in peripheral areas where there is little existing employment, especially for the younger generations;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Stresses that for smaller farms particularly, direct payments under the common agricultural policy (CAP) may not fully play their role as a safety net mechanism for stabilising farm income, particularly for smaller farms, given that the current distribution of payments leads to 20 % of all farms in the Union receiving 80 % of all direct payments;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Asks the Commission to assess whether the CAP direct payment scheme is properly designed to stabilise farm income of all farms or whether a different Union- wide model of distribution of direct payments could result in a better adjustment of public funds to that objective and further, asks the Commission to assess whether or not this new method of distribution should be made mandatory; notes that this assessment should have an impact on the budgetary proposals regarding the market measures;
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Points out that Brexit could have a significant financial impact on agriculture; calls on the Commission to take into consideration the higher budgetary risk, particularly so for the Republic of Ireland given the interconnected nature of the industry in both Ireland and the UK; calls on the Commission to consider all avenues to maintain the CAP budget in the next MFF;
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Calls on the Commission to present a detailed estimate, including an explanation of the method of calculation, for the costs generated by the decision of the UK Government to leave the European Union;calls further for the Commission to publish as soon as possible an outline of how it plans to cope with the combination of reduced budget income after Brexit and increased spending on items such as security and migration.
Amendment 43 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Stresses that it is essential that funds earmarked for research in the agri- food sector, in particular from the Horizon 2020 budget, remain fully available as such in order to stimulate innovation and smart solutions in the agricultural and rural development sectorsin the food and drink sector with an emphasis on developing niche branded products for high value markets which have the capacity to deliver better returns to the primary producer;
Amendment 45 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Welcomes the increase in appropriations intended to combat animal diseases and plant pests to EUR 40 million, as the Union is facing significant risks and increases in outbreaks of diseases such as Xylella fastidiosa, nodular dermatosis and Bird Influenza., believes that extra funding should be made available to EFSA to carry out independent research into the carcinogenic and other adverse health effects of pesticides and herbicides cleared for use in the EU market;