Ffp2 for schools, what is wrong with the agreement between Figliuolo and the pharmacies
"Tax damage" and "wasted state money": these are just some of the comments of the principals who denounce the agreement signed between Figliuolo, Speranza, Federfarma and Assofarm on Ffp2 for schools. Here are all the details
The controversy on Ffp2 in schools does not go out.
This time, however, it does not have to do with the certification or the authenticity of the masks but with the prices, in fact the Ffp2 provided to schools by the extraordinary commissioner for the emergency Francesco Figliuolo through the pharmacies each cost 0.55 cents more than those sold on Mepa, the online purchasing platform used by the public administration.
Currently, according to the new rules established by the government, Ffp2 at school is mandatory for teachers and students in self-supervision.
WHAT HAPPENED
The ministerial circular n. 110 of 1 February 2022 invites schools to purchase the Ffp2 directly at the controlled price of 0.75 cents "at the pharmacies that have joined the Protocol stipulated on 4 January 2022 between the Extraordinary Commissioner for the Covid-19 emergency, the Minister della Salute, Federfarma, Assofarm and FarmacieUnite ”.
For some days, however, principals and teachers have not only complained of defects in the quality of the product – too small or with staples instead of the seams – but they have also realized that on the Mepa platform the same Ffp2 are sold for 0.20 cents each. .
THE INDIGNAATION OF PROFESSORS
"Indignata" defines herself Mira Masillo, the principal of the Casanova of Naples, awarded by the President of the Republic, Sergio Mattarella, with the honor of Standard Bearer of the Republic because in her school the students built single-seater desks by themselves.
"The school is not a result," he writes in a post on Facebook. “Unusable ministerial masks that represent an unacceptable facade operation. State money wasted. Let the ministers prove them "and lists all the problems relating to Ffp2 for schools:
HUGE TAX DAMAGE
Accusations addressed to the structure of Commissioner Figliuolo also by other school leaders, including the president of DirigentiScuola, Attilio Fratta, who calculated how much money is thus wasted.
Explaining the purchase procedure, he said : "According to the agreement signed by General Figliuolo with Federfarma and Assofarma and to the provisions issued by Dr. Greco, head of the ministry department, school managers should go to the affiliated pharmacies to order the Ffp2 masks at the controlled price. 0.75 euros each and the government will then settle the invoices ".
"The same certified masks – continues Fratta – are sold on the Mepa platform (platform for online purchases by the Public Administration and therefore used by managers) at 0.20 each for a lot of 6,000 which is the minimum for a medium-sized school . Difference 0.55 euros or 3,300 euros for each lot, which multiplied around 8,000 schools make 23,400,000 euros for a requirement of a few days. A very serious fact. And a huge tax damage ”.
The schools are thus in a dead end because "since the funds have not been directly credited to the schools, the managers cannot avoid the enormous expenditure of public money, unless, and this is Dr. Greco's answer, they provide for the purchase with school funds ".
THE COMPLAINT OF FRATTA
“If we consider how many masks a school needs in a month or even a year, the additional cost is very high. I immediately reported everything to both the head of cabinet and the head of department. I am disconcerted as a representative of the category, but also and above all as a citizen ”, added the president of DirigentiScuola.
“The impossibility of direct purchase blocks us; but we don't want to stand by and watch. I therefore denounce the seriousness of the situation, hoping that General Figliuolo immediately cancels the signed protocol or adjusts it to market prices also to avoid the evident damage to the tax authorities for which someone will have to answer. We school managers hope that no responsibility falls upon us but rather we claim the correctness of our work always and in any case ".
THE PROPOSAL OF GIANNELLI (ANP)
Even the president of the National Association of Presidents (NPC) Antonello Giannelli, taken from the Fatto Quotidiano , takes the side of the indignant leaders and launches a proposal that has been talked about for some time but never put into practice: "The maximum price set by the protocol is well above that practiced by the free market, as well as that available on Mepa. If the fund of 45.22 million euros envisaged by article 19 of the Decree-Law 4/2022 were managed in the best possible way, instead of being bound by the protocol, savings could be made that could be used, for example, also for the purchase of improvement devices. the quality of the air which has been talked about so much recently ".
This is a machine translation from Italian language of a post published on Start Magazine at the URL https://www.startmag.it/sanita/ffp2-per-le-scuole-cosa-non-quadra-nellaccordo-tra-figliuolo-e-le-farmacie/ on Mon, 07 Feb 2022 13:37:21 +0000.