The Ministry of Labour, Solidarity and Social Security announced that all targets under the Recovery and Resilience Plan (PRR) under its responsibility were fully met and, in many cases, exceeded. Investments amount to 1.4 billion euros, funding the strengthening of social responses, the improvement of accessibility, the qualification of hundreds of thousands of people and a digital transformation of Social Security. When the XXIV Government took office in April 2024, the financial execution rate was only 21%.
Through PRR investments, more than 28.5 thousand places in social responses were created or renovated, including 7,543 nursery places, 2,446 in Residential Facilities for the Elderly, 3,428 in home care services, 845 in Day Care Centres, 356 in Collaborative Housing and 703 in Activity and Training Centres for Inclusion. The total number may reach 40 thousand places, exceeding the PRR target. The reinforcement was complemented by the acquisition of more than two thousand electric vehicles for IPSS.
In the scope of inclusion of people with disabilities, more than 76 thousand square metres and 1,250 buildings and dwellings were intervened, equipping them with accessibility conditions. A further 547 adapted electric motor vehicles were also acquired. In the area of training, the investment exceeded 600 million euros, allowing more than 450 thousand trainees to benefit from the Employment +Digital Programme, corresponding to an execution rate of over 200% of the target.
The PRR also funded the modernisation of Social Security, with new digital services in areas such as family benefits, parenthood and pensions. The number of families applying for initial parental allowance online rose from around 16 thousand to almost 106 thousand. The Single Social Benefit regime was also implemented, which brings together 13 social benefits in a single support.
