Mallorca Parliament tackles Tirme tariff and night trains

Palma, Mallorca, faces a packed Parliament sitting at 10.00 on Tuesday, 15 September, with the Tirme waste-treatment tariff, summer night trains and the Ceuta crisis all on the agenda. The Balearic Parliament will begin by questioning the regional government before turning to housing and mobility minister José Luis Mateo. Two motions from the PP and PSIB will then go before members.

Government faces questions first

Juan Manuel Lafuente, minister for the sea and water cycle, is due to answer four questions. Two concern the dismissal of the former director-general for coasts and shoreline, Maria Joaquina Ferrer Matas, and its alleged link to the management of sunbeds and parasols on Formentera beaches.

Tourism, Culture and Sport minister Jaume Bauzá will be asked about his policies as the summer season nears its end. Health minister Manuela García faces questions over the management of Son Espases hospital and nurses’ demands.

Regional president Marga Prohens will also be pressed on housing, whether the Balearics could be classed as a "stressed area", and Ceuta. Mateo will then answer an urgent MÉS per Mallorca question on general housing policy and set out details of a promised improvement to summer night-train services.

Tirme scrutiny and Ceuta motion

The PSIB wants the Sindicatura de Cuentas, the Balearic public audit body, to examine how Tirme calculates the tariff for treating municipal solid waste from the Consell de Mallorca. Its proposed review would focus on the payment and compensation system, Tirme’s economic and financial balance, and the amount it should receive for waste brought from Eivissa.

The PP motion calls for support for Ceuta, defence of Spain’s territorial integrity and rejection of Morocco’s claims over Ceuta and Melilla. For the Balearics, it seeks a specific plan for the maritime border and more European Union funding for border surveillance.

The party added a late call for the Spanish Government to say whether it holds a report warning of a “high risk” of migrants arriving in small boats in the archipelago. PP spokesman Sebastià Sagreras said the party wants to know what the Government knew, when it knew it and whether it took action. He expects Vox to back the motion.

Topics: Migration · Sea & coast · Health · Environment · Tourism · Politics

Source: Europa Press / Mallorca.com