News of the Parliament

Francesco Provenzano

Italian

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Prime Minister Prodi's statements about the nonentity of the opposition triggered endless controversies and discontent at the Chamber of Deputies is now among the majority's members.
Mr Prodi's statements are certainly far from the Christian spirit he advocates and from the common respect that one should have towards people having different views. Beyond any political considerations, we believe that a Prime Minister should weigh his words before expressing certain judgements not towards the interlocutor himself but rather towards the millions of electors he represents. Certain expressions indicate a lack of style.
In the increasingly confusing state presently involving Italy when it comes to European issues, taxes and health care parameters, the only positive consideration is that such parameters have been postponed for the year 2000. This is feeding the hope that, meanwhile, common sense might prevail.
We will be part of the monetary union in a week's time. We will see whether this is good or bad. Today we can toss up to venture some expectations; this method, maybe or maybe not, is much more reliable than the information citizens have been provided with so far. The data that actually allowed us to enter the EU started with the famous “basket”, whose evaluation determines the attained inflation degree. In the past two years the parameters - that is the products considered in the “basket” - have changed from time to time according to the goal to be reached; consequently, the results cannot be considered reliable as they are not homogeneous.
The other European partners' acceptation of these data is causing many perplexities. Are they really like this ...or are they pretending? Do they have different aims towards us? Are their reservations a means to condition us in the future? Our descendants will judge.
Bill n. 4110 including the “Provisions for the right to work of disabled people” was recently turned into a law. The text of the law is very long and articulate; what follows is the first article stating some general principles. Readers interested in reading the whole provision, however, can contact our editorial staff. Right to work of disabled people Article 1 (Employment of disabled people) 1. The present law's aim is favouring the settling of disabled people in a working context through support services and targeted employment. It involves:
a) people in working age suffering from physical, psychic or sensory disabilities and people with intellectual handicaps that entail a reduction of the working capability higher than 45% in compliance with the table reporting the disability percentages for disabilities and invalidating diseases approved by the Ministry of Health according to article 2 of the legislative decree dated 23 November 1988, n. 509, and according to the international classification of disabilities carried out by the World Health Organisation;
b) people disabled by an industrial accident having a degree of disability higher than 33% in compliance with the standards of the National Insurance Institute for Industrial Accidents (INAIL) according to the provisions in force;
c) blind or deaf-mute people, as laid down in laws dated 27 May 1970, n. 382, and further amendments, and 26 May 970, n. 381, and further amendments;
d) disabled servicemen, disabled people having disabilities numbered between the first and the eight category as laid down in the tables enclosed in the single text of the provisions pertaining war pensions approved with a Presidential Decree dated 23 December 1978, n. 915, and further amendments.

2. The term blind, within this law, includes people suffering from absolute blindness or having a visual degree not higher than one tenth for both eyes, with possible correction. The term deaf-mute involves people who are deaf from birth or who became deaf before learning language.

3. The provisions pertaining the following categories remain in force: blind telephone operators as laid down by laws dated 14 July 1957, n. 594, and further amendments, 28 July 1960, n. 778, 5 March 1965, n. 155, 11 April 1967, n. 231, 3 June 1971, n. 397, and 29 March 1985, n. 113; blind masseurs and massophysiotherapists as laid down by laws dated 21 July 1961, n. 686, and 19 May 1971, 403; blind rehabilitation therapists as laid down by the law dated 11 January 1994, n. 29 ; blind teachers as laid down in article 61 of law dated 20 May 1982, n. 270. As far as the employment of deaf-mute people is concerned, the provisions laid down in articles 6 and 7 of the law dated 13 March 1958, n. 308 remain in force.

4. The ascertainment of the disability condition as laid down in this article that entitle people to benefit from the scheme pertaining disabled people's working settlement, is carried out by the commissions as laid down in article 4 of the law dated 5 February 1992, n. 104, according to the criteria reported in the deed of course and co-ordination issued by the Prime Minister within six months from the effective date of the current law.
The above-mentioned deed of course and co-ordination reports the integration of the commissions' members in order to ascertain both the remaining working capabilities and abilities as well as the instruments and the performances to bring about to support the person's autonomy and his/hers working settlement opportunities. The same deed also establishes the criteria and the methods to perform check-up examinations about the invalidating state.

5. In the light of the adopted criteria, according to the single text of the provisions for compulsory insurance against accidents at work and professional diseases, approved with a Presidential Decree dated 30 June 1965, n. 1124, to determine and control the remaining working capability stemming from accidents at work and professional disease, a certification issued by INAIL to ascertain the disability state will be the necessary requirement.

6. Both public and private employers must guarantee the keeping of a work for those people who, although were not disabled when they were hired, became disabled following accidents at work or professional diseases.

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