The pending invoice that the central government has with Madrid in dependence is large and does not stop climbing. Isabel Díaz Ayuso Executive has made accounts and the debt already exceeds 2,300 million euros, since Pedro Sánchez governs, according to the assembly, the assembly Minister of Family, Youth and Social Affairs, Ana Dávila. «We lack financing from the Government of Spainwhich must contribute 50% of the total agency and does not comply with the commitment, ”the counselor complained yesterday. A circumstance that framed within the dynamics of “abandonment” of Madrid of which the autonomous government is repeatedly complaining. «To the Basque Country, what a coincidence, they do pay it. Minister Montero reached an agreement with the PNV to ensure complementary financing. Everything to stay in power. That is what the oldest care of Sánchez Already the left of this camera, which he has not said or Pío, ”said the counselor.
This lack of financing translates that, for Madrid, «State financing in 2024 was 27.23%, well below the 50% corresponding. In fact, last year the state financed 380 million euros less than it would correspond to it finance in dependency in the Community of Madrid», Details a spokesman from the Ministry to La Razón. Thus, if the law requires the financial statement to 50% of the expense depending on each autonomous community, With Madrid it is in 27%according to the data that considers the Government of Díaz Ayuso, who complains that with Catalans and Basques the government has committed to reach 50%.
The matter especially worries in view of the demographic scenario that we are already living and that is seen in the future that “does not give truce.” According to the projections made, in 15 years The population over 65 in the Community of Madrid will grow 47%, until exceeding 1.9 million people. And, in part, this has to do with that Madrid is the city of the world with the greatest life expectancy, in what has a lot to do with the health system we have. This has caused that in recent years the beneficiaries of the dependency system have grown by 30% to the point of reaching 1.9 billion, a record, as Dávila said in the Madrid Chamber.
Thus, the government of Isabel Díaz Ayuso has launched A plan for the construction of 40 residences for older people and many other day centers. The Minister Ana Dávila went to all the municipalities of the region that had plots where to open one of these residences under the public-private management model in order to expedite the opening process. When presented, the answer was very positive at first: 88 municipalities were interested, including a dozen governed by the left. But then, the socialist municipalities have been picking up “for ideological reasons” because “it is necessary to fulfill Sánchez’s orders against Madrid,” The counselor presented with indignation, when «the dependence and care of the elderly is an urgent matter. Prioritize, for once, the common good of the Madrid, ”he said.
So far, 59 municipalities have already offered a total of 123 plots that will study the Ministry. In fact, the Technicians of the General Directorates of the Major already dependence and evaluation, quality and innovation have visited 41 plots in recent months (25 in Madrid Capital) in a dozen municipalities. In fact, the formal assignment of 17 of these 25 plots to the Madrid City Council has already been requested. Among them a neighborhood of Las Rosas, in San Blas, where the community will build the first of the 40 residences.
But, meanwhile, the socialist municipalities have been disapplying with the possibility of having new residences, including Getafe that, although it has available plots, is not willing to offer them because it does not commune with the public-private collaboration model that would shorten construction deadlines.
A similar argument is the one that Alcorcón offers, a municipality also governed by the PSOE, which has shielded himself in the idea that he has often offered the community of Madrid, but has no interest in the model that is intended to be applied.
Other socialist municipalities, such as Fuenlabrada and San Fernando wrote to the community interested in the project, but then promoted agreements in municipal plenary to reject the model to record this.
Meanwhile, the community continues with its selection process “with objective criteria taking into account aspects such as the plot, the buildable, transport options or nearby services”, as detailed by the counselor in the assembly. In addition, other scales are analyzed, such as the waiting list of residential care places, the population over 65, the residential places ratio, the absence of residential resources. “Only technical criteria” wanted to highlight the counselor.