Cover for working mums with 2 kids only ever for 1 year – English

(ANSA) – ROME, NOV 5 – The government only ever intended to
cover the social security contributions of working mothers with
two children for one year in its 2024 budget, the economy
ministry said on Saturday.

   
The clarification came after it was reported that the government
had sent a correction to the Senate stipulating that the cover
of up to 3,000 euros a year in social contributions for working
mothers with two children, with the youngest being under 10,
would be available until December 31, 2024 and not until the end
of 2026 as initially proposed.

   
“The letter to (Senate) Speaker (Ignazio) La Russa with the
request for correction of the rule on decontribution measures
for mothers with two children is aimed at making the text sent
to the Senate consistent with the technical report and (above
all) with the text approved in the Council of Ministers on
October 16,” said the ministry.

   
“The original approved regulation always only provided for one
year of decontribution for working mothers with two children and
for three years on an experimental basis for women with three
children (or more)” with the youngest up to 18, it added.

   
The proposed social security contributions cover is part of
stated government efforts to reverse Italy’s declining birth
rate.

   
Photo: Economy Minister Giancarlo Giorgetti (ANSA).