The Court of Auditors didn’t detect significant deviations in the organization and monitoring of the fulfillment of the state social insurance budget by the National House of Social Insurance (CNAS). This is the conclusion reached by an audit team after examining the Government’s report on the fulfillment of the state social insurance budget for 2017, which was presented in a public meeting on May 29, IPN reports.
According to the financial audit report, the pension system reform initiated in 2017 resulted in the transfer to the CNAS of the duties to set and pay pensions and allowances to police service pensioners (1.087,2bn lei) and to valorize the old-age and disability pensions (111.1m lei). There was also modified the method of setting pensions. Despite the set deadlines for the transfer of these duties, three authorities haven’t yet completed the process of transmitting the files and documents to the CNAS. Also, the plenitude of information hasn’t been ensured as there was insufficient evidence for verifying the correctness of the pensions set earlier.
The audit team established that the pensions were valorized on time, but there were identified uncertain situations as regards the recalculation and management of pensions. The CNAS does not have the necessary leverage to fully get back the sums transferred after the death of recipients. Also, as of 2018 the CNAS does not have the power to check the accuracy of the process of setting, calculating and paying allowances for temporary inability to work. The method of initiating and performing checks in the field and of transmitting information about their results so as to justify the costs associated with the checks is not regulated either.
According to the audit team, the identified deficiencies derived from the too short time limits (3-5 days) for implementing the policies and ensuring complex processes that implied not only the organization of activities, but also the adjustment of the information system of the CNAS. There were formulated recommendations for ministries concerning the regulation of areas in accordance with their powers. The CNAS is to improve its activity and the internal control system by instituting additional control activities and internal regulations.
