Controversial expenses from KPO HoReCa. Former president of PARP: It is the management of the Ministry of Funds who is responsible

Let's not mix PARP to politics, the management of the ministry of funds is responsible for the program addressed to the HoReca industry from KPO, as well as other programs financed from EU funds, which she controls on an ongoing basis – the former head of PARP Katarzyna Duber -Stachurska wrote on Sunday.

The former president of the Polish Entrepreneurship Development Agency in the entry on the LinkedIn portal referred to the ongoing discussion around issuing funds from the national reconstruction plan in the program for the SME sector from the HoReCa industry (hotel and gastronomy).

“PARP is an executive agency, does not make decisions about programs, does not determine the criteria for granting co -financing, all procedures, regulations and contracts are approved by the Ministry of Funds and Regional Policy, the agency has no independence in this respect. And so it was in the case of KPO Horeca” – pointed out Katarzyna Duber -Stachurska.

The former head of the agency emphasized that the Ministry of Funds and Regional Policy “even approved the method of describing the invoice with expenses, supervised the implementation of the program daily.”

“The ministry knew about boats – answered operators' questions or boats with an internal combustion engine could be allowed. The minister (Pełczyńska -Nałęcz – PAP) assured entrepreneurs that she personally intervened to loosen the original rules, so that the funds flow more efficiently and faster” – added Duber -Stachurska in the post.

According to the former head of PARP, the control of “the minister ordered the same to people who have been dealing with the program for 1.5 years, i.e. she ordered them to check themselves.” “And they check well – the results of the recent NIK audits from 2024 and 2025 have not shown any irregularities in PARP, the programs were and are implemented in accordance with applicable regulations and the documentation approved by the MFIPR,” she added.

“Let's not mix PARP to politics – it is the management of the MFIPR that is responsible for KPO Horec and all other programs from European funds that it controls on an ongoing basis” – emphasized Duber -Stachurska.

Platform X users on Thursday evening began to post examples of companies from the HoReCa industry that received subsidies from KPO, including for yachts, saunas, coffee machines, solariums, furniture replacement or the purchase of a virtual shooting range. The media also began to describe the case on Friday. The ministry of funds announced in this case, and the prosecutor's office undertook to check. Prime Minister Donald Tusk declared that he would not accept any waste of money from the KPO and expected quick decisions, as well as to collect funds in the event of abuse. He declared that the consequences would be drawn regardless of the position and party affiliation.

On Friday, during a press conference, the deputy head of the Ministry of Funds Jan Szyszko said that information about irregularities to the management of the MFIPR arrived “a few weeks ago”. The MFIPR representative added that in connection with the end of July, the previous president of PARP Katarzyna Duber-Stachurska was dismissed from his position.

The Ministry of Funds declared verification of KPO funds allocated to entrepreneurs from the gastronomy and hotel industry. He assured that the initial results of the inspection that PARP will carry out would be “probably at the end of September, and certainly in the third quarter of this year.” (…) With full determination, we will check whether every zloty with public money is used as it should, “MFIPR added that Poland in December will present an indicator based on verified, correct projects in the EC.

Money portal on Sunday. pl posted the response of the European Prosecutor's Office, in which she indicated that she was responsible for “conducting investigations regarding possible financial abuse related to EU funds.” The European prosecutor's office added that this case is definitely interested in it; The prosecutor's office remains in close contact with national bodies.

The purpose of HoReCa's funding under KPO is to support micro, small and medium -sized enterprises in the hotel, gastronomy, tourism and culture industry. These sectors were most injured due to the effects of Covid-19 pandemic.

The rules of the recruitment of HoReCa were established in 2023. Applications for the granting of funds could be submitted in the period of May-June and July-October 2024. In the second round of submitting applications, facilitations were introduced for applicants for additional funds, including reduced to 20 percent. A minimum decrease in turnover year -on -year in 2020–2021 (in the first recruitment it was 30 percent).

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