"This is not the final bill for compensatory aid, as the crisis regulation in the energy sector continues this year, and its termination is not provided for in the legislation at all. The compensations have helped, but it is time to think about their continuation," the SAO's Vice-chairman Jaroslav Ivančo pointed out. Although the compensatory measures have helped citizens and entrepreneurs, it is not possible and feasible to apply them on such a large scale and in the long term. "This is an enormous burden on the public budget, which will ultimately have to be paid by all of us. Each of us will ultimately have to pay back what we have been given many times over. We are simply not investing in development at the moment; we are just spending unwisely on aid that no longer meets the effectiveness criteria," Ivančo added. 

One billion of European funds was allocated for compensation with the consent of the European Commission, which Slovakia has not been able to use for other sustainable projects with significantly higher added value due to persistent problems with their efficient use. The National Authority for External Audit sent the conclusions of this audit to the Parliamentary Committee for Economy, Prime Minister Robert Fico, Minister of Economy Denisa Saková, the Office for Regulation of Network Industries (ÚRSO) and the Ministry of Finance.

The full text of the press release about this issue in Slovak language is available here.