• In Ibiza, waiting time for dependency services decreases while applications increase

Fernandez appeared at the Social Affairs Committee of the Parliament to answer questions from the PSIB, and detailed that, in 2024, the delay reached 100% of the applications in both Pitiusas, a situation that is repeated in all semesters of 2025. In the whole of the Islands the percentage reached 99.1% in the second half of 2023.

6,000 blocked files and criticism of the previous administration

The councilor described a «chaotic and deficient» panorama inherited from the previous Government, with more than 6,000 suspended files, without review or notification, which, she said, caused «a very important blockage» and «great legal insecurity».

He assured that the benefit «should be managed practically perfectly», given that it affects particularly vulnerable families, and announced that the Executive is replacing the responsible declarations with telematic checks to speed up processing.

PSIB replies: «Many people have been left behind».

Socialist deputy Omar Lamin lamented that the data reflect that «those who need the Resoga have been left behind» and defended that the previous Govern «left no one behind». He countered that statement with the fact that «you leave behind 100% of applicants», in reference to the generalized delays.

He also criticized the elimination of the responsible declaration, accusing the councilor of acting quickly «to control» and not to facilitate access to the service.

Waiting lists for dependency: 279 people in Ibiza and 26 in Formentera

In addition to the Resoga, the councilor reported on the waiting lists for the assessment of dependency, an area that directly affects the Pitiusas.

According to the data presented, in the cumulative 2024 there were:

• 268 people on the waiting list in Ibiza

• 29 people in Formentera

In 2025, with April data, the figure stood at:

• 279 people in Ibiza

• 26 in Formentera

Fernandez assured that the shock plan implemented has already reduced waiting lists by almost 12%, while Lamin questioned its effectiveness and recalled that it is the third plan announced by the Government in this area.

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The initiative, announced after the meeting of the Consell de Govern, pursues a central objective: to prevent minors from having to repeat their story over and over again before different professionals. «We want a single protocol that coordinates all the agents involved, so that the minor is in a single space to which professionals go,» said Fernandez. «We cannot allow them to relive a traumatic event so many times,» he insisted.

The plan aims to prevent situations that have been common until now, such as a case detected in an educational center forcing the victim to go through teachers, health professionals, prosecutors or social workers at different points in the process. With the Barnahaus, the testimony is collected only once, in an adapted, respectful environment designed for the emotional protection of the minor. The councilor stressed that this approach also improves the judicial validity of the account, which loses precision when it has to be repeated.

The intention of the autonomous Executive is that each island has its own center, something especially relevant in Ibiza, where professionals have long been demanding unified protocols and adequate spaces for these cases. The Government is now working on identifying properties that can host the Barnahaus in each territory. «We will take steps without rest, although we may not reach the end of the legislature with all of them open,» admitted Fernandez.

What is the model based on?

The model, whose Icelandic name means «children’s home«, is endorsed by the organic law for the comprehensive protection of children and adolescents and by the recommendations of the Council of Europe. In the Balearic Islands it will be promoted by the Observatory of Childhood and Adolescence, which will form a working group to coordinate the deployment and develop a single protocol for action. The centers will functionally depend on the island councils, under the technical coordination of the Government.

For Ibiza, the project represents a qualitative leap in an area in which the island has historically claimed its own resources. In recent years, La Voz de Ibiza has reported on the challenges of specialized teams, the lack of adapted spaces and the need to reduce the re-victimization of minors, especially in cases detected in educational or family environments. With the Barnahaus, the Government aims to correct these shortcomings and offer a more agile, respectful and safe circuit.

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• From manicures to personalized menus: the examples of Ibiza with which the Govern defended the improvement in dependency salaries

Specific increase for Ibiza

The renewal incorporates a price update that will come into effect on June 1, 2025, designed to compensate for the higher cost of providing the service in Ibiza. Until now, the tariff was «insufficient to cover actual costs,» Costa said.

With the adjustment, the maximum price per seat will increase from €119.04 to €121.52 as of June 1, 2026.

Objective: to ensure the sustainability of the system

The Govern stresses that this tariff revision aims to guarantee the sustainability of the dependency care system and ensure the continuity of services on the island. To this end, the entities must prove the payment of supplements linked to personnel, building and rent, especially determining factors in Ibiza.

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