18 Amendments of Elena LIZZI related to 2021/2253(INI)
Amendment 105 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Amendment 188 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas the COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated the existing challenges in terms of access to formal care and domestic services;
Amendment 247 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas the structures of care need to be changed from centralised institutions to home and community-based care; whereas that shift has been too slow and under-financed;
Amendment 388 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital P
Recital P
P. whereas access to quality domestic and care services, especially long-term care, is increasingly preconditioned on individual and family income;
Amendment 432 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes that it is vital to ensure quality care across the life course; underlines the importance of the accessibility, availability and affordability of care, and thatdomestic and care services, and encourages Member States to develop simplified digital tools and social and fiscal incentives. By doing so, the affordability of the sector would be further guaranteed. Furthermore, all users and their carers should have a genuine choice when it comes to care services;
Amendment 460 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to endorse PHS activities as being fully part of the care sector and ensure that personal and household services are recognised as qualified professional work;
Amendment 474 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Highlights the need to increase funding for both formal and informal PHS and care across the EU to guarantee equal access for dependants to affordable quality care servicespeople in need of care and household services to affordable quality public and/or private care and PHS, as well as an active professional life for carers, and therefore calls on the Member States to make the best use of the European structural and investment funds, including the ESF+, InvestEU, as well as the Recovery and Resilience Facility, for investing in care;
Amendment 525 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Commission to set ambitious targets for the care servicesand PHS in consultation with the Member States and the relevant stakeholders;
Amendment 679 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Repeats its call for a common definition of disability, as well as mutual recognition of disability status in the Member States; also calls for rapid implementation of the European Disability Card in all the Member States;
Amendment 691 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Calls for the prioritisation of mental health within public health policy at care policies EU level;
Amendment 696 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Recognises the key role played by local bodies, particularly municipalities, in receiving requests for care and in providing care services in the first instance;
Amendment 789 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Urges the Commission to propose a common coherent package of actions at EU level on informal care, to identify and recognise the different types of informal care provided in Europe, and to guarantee carers financial support and other additional support services, including time off for carers, access to affordable and qualitative PHS and a work-life balance and rehabilitation services for carers and care recipients;
Amendment 854 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23a. Calls on the Member States to tap in the domestic and care sectors’ promising and unexploited job creation potential to increase the labour force;
Amendment 900 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Recalls that mobile and migrant workers play a significant role in the provision of both residential care and home care in the EU;
Amendment 904 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25a. Calls on the Member States to address the issue of undeclared work in the care sector, especially in the PHS and increase their working conditions as today, they often have limited access to labour rights and social protection benefits;
Amendment 976 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
Amendment 983 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 a (new)
Paragraph 29 a (new)
Amendment 1014 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
Paragraph 32
32. Calls on the Commission to ensure that the EIGE, Eurofound and the other relevant agencies have adequate resources to monitor and analyse if and howto analyse the policies that are making the intended improvements in the care sector, including in terms of gender equality, infrastructure and work- life balance;