The government has the responsibility to find solutions to ensure the conditions for facilitating the increase in the birth rate in Romania and has the financial resources to implement programmes in this sense, stated Prime Minister Nicolae Ciuca, Agerpres reports.

The head of the Executive participated, on Tuesday, at the Victoria Palace, in the signing of the joint order regarding the approval of the norms of application of the „Social Programme of national interest to support couples and single people, to increase the birth rate” by the Minister of Family, Gabriela Firea, and the of Minister of Labour, Marius Budai.

„It is a project that has been worked on for a long time. In the „Support for Romania” package, we had this objective, and now we’re managing to get through the bureaucratic steps and succeed with the implementation of this project. This is a topic, a particularly serious problem of our times, that very much attracts the interests of us all and it’s much discussed in the public space. It is also a topic that we have assumed at the government level and we have assumed it in the sense that we consider it our responsibility to come up with solutions so that we can ensure the necessary conditions for young couples, for single people to have access to these facilities through which we can ensure the birth rate increase,” stated Nicolae Ciuca.

He added that through this programme those who wish will be able to benefit from support for entering the in vitro fertilization programmes.

„It is a measure that the Minister supported, that we supported, and, from here on, it is only a matter of time and coordination for it to be effectively applied and for everyone to benefit all those who has long been waiting for this measure to be regulated,” stated Ciuca.

The Prime Minister underscored that the government has the necessary resources for the implementation of such programmes.

„We have to enjoy the fact that we have what we need, we have the financial resources. We had and are benefiting from the effects of the economic measures that were taken at the level of the government so that the state budget can dispose of the financial resources needed to support such projects,” said Ciuca.

On the same occasion, the PM recalled other measures taken by the Executive in support of young families.

„Not long ago we made the decision and the process of building nurseries has already started. There are 124 nurseries that are part of the construction programme throughout the country. We are also discussing ensuring the conditions for early education for young couples and, this way, it is a programme through which we can ensure the construction of 150 day care centres, a programme worth 50 million euros. And, of course, there are the other measures that we have undertaken and we make sure that they will be put into practice,” stated Ciuca.

Agerpres