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Sicily, +8% for public spending

The Court of Auditors noted that the region in 2007, has spent a billion on the previous year. The prosecutor: "proliferation external consultancy"

The system of public expenditure continues to grow and Sicily in 2007 increased eight percent. Compared with 2006, in fact, the Sicilian Region has spent 15 billion euro, or a billion more.

The data is underlined by the Attorney General of the Court of Auditors Giovanni Coppola in his indictment during the trial equalization 2007, which done today before the United Chambers of the Court.

The prosecutor placed his attention, in particular, the high costs incurred by the staff of regional civil servants. At the end of 2007 the workforce numbered 21,104 of which 2,245 executives. Another critical point is in regional health spending.

In 2007, the Region has spent eight and a half billion euro, an increase of over one billion the previous year. In practice, each of Sicily, babies, costs € 1,711 a year, an increase of about € 200 per year per person, compared to the previous management.

"These figures - the prosecutor says - it should be added to the proliferation of agreements with external laboratories, nursing homes and hemodialysis, which in 2007 reached a total of 1884 at a cost of over one billion and 100 million euro. "Coppola has pointed the finger at spending on outside consultants and experts in health care.

A Against these sore points, however, there is a good thing: the pharmaceutical expenditure decreased by 12.84 per cent. Even the regional training courses have been an important voice for the financial year in 2007 were spent € 300 million courses for 3069.