Parliamentary budget
Legal document(s) specifying parliament’s power over its budget
Legal document(s) specifying parliament’s power over its budget: Constitution; Standing Orders of Parliament; Other
Constitution
Standing Orders of Parliament
Other
Notes
1. Act of 9 May 1996 on the Exercise of the Mandate of Deputy or Senator; 2. Act of 27 August 2009 on Public Finance, including amendments and related regulations; 3. Draft Budget Act 2014, and related laws, as well as internal acts and orders of the Sejm and the Chancellery of the Sejm.
Responsibility for preparing the proposal for the parliamentary budget
Responsibility for preparing the proposal for the parliamentary budget: Parliament; The Executive; Parliament and the Executive together; Other
Decision-making about the maximum amount of the parliamentary budget
Decision-making about the maximum amount of the parliamentary budget: Parliament decides the maximum amount of the budget; The amount of the budget is agreed between Parliament and the Executive; The Executive decides the maximum amount of the budget; Other
Parliament decides the maximum amount of the budget
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Decision-making about the allocation of the parliamentary budget
Decision-making about the allocation of the parliamentary budget: Parliament decides how to allocate the budget; The Executive can request Parliament to modify the budget allocation; The Executive can require Parliament to modify the budget allocation; The Executive decides how to allocate the budget; Other
National currency
Polish Zloty (PLN)
PPP (Purchasing Power Parity) conversion factor
See: http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/PA.NUS.PPP
Parliament’s budget, per year
675,200,000 (2020)
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Notes
For some parliaments, data can not be presented on an annual basis, for example because parliamentary sessions run from April to March of the following year. In such cases, the period to which the data corresponds is specified here.
The parliamentary budget can be found within the State Budget published in the Journal of Law on the Sejm website.
The Act of 20 January 2021 – State Budget for 2021, Dziennik Ustaw [Journal of Law] 2021,item 190: https://isap.sejm.gov.pl/isap.nsf/download.xsp/WDU20210000190/O/D20210190.pdf
The Act of 1 October 2021 amending the State Budget for 2021, Dziennik Ustaw [Journal of Law] 2021, item 1900: https://isap.sejm.gov.pl/isap.nsf/download.xsp/WDU20210001900/O/D20211900.pdf
The Act of 20 January 2021 – State Budget for 2021, Dziennik Ustaw [Journal of Law] 2021,item 190: https://isap.sejm.gov.pl/isap.nsf/download.xsp/WDU20210000190/O/D20210190.pdf
The Act of 1 October 2021 amending the State Budget for 2021, Dziennik Ustaw [Journal of Law] 2021, item 1900: https://isap.sejm.gov.pl/isap.nsf/download.xsp/WDU20210001900/O/D20211900.pdf
Budget for the chamber
Certain bicameral parliaments have specific budgets for the lower and upper chambers. The budgets of lower and upper chambers do not always add up to the total budget for the entire parliament since the parliament’s budget may also cover the cost of other institutions.
100,200,000
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State budget, per year
523,492,865,000 (2021)
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Parliamentary staff
The parliamentary administration is independent from the government
Members of the parliamentary administration may be fully independent from the government For example, certain countries have a ‘parliamentary civil service’ that is different from the general civil service, which works for the Executive.
Parliament has control over the recruitment of parliamentary staff
Certain parliaments control the recruitment of parliamentary
staff. Parliament decides - independently from the government- when to recruit
staff, what procedures to use, who to recruit, etc.
There is one or more gender equality policies that apply to the parliamentary administration
Parliaments may have one or more official gender equality policies - or be subject to national policies, laws or guidelines - that address issues such as the recruitment and promotion of women staff, family-friendly work arrangements, and gender based-discrimination and harassment.
Notes
The Chancellery of the Sejm has no official policy document dealing with gender equality. However, the Polish Constitution, legal acts, and international agreements to which Poland is party to support gender equality.
Act on Equal Treatment (3 December 2010, item 2156 in the Journal of Law)
https://isap.sejm.gov.pl/isap.nsf/download.xsp/WDU20200002156/O/D20202156.pdf
Article 32 of the Constitution of the Republic of Poland provides a general prohibition of discrimination for any reason and Article 33 guarantees that men and women shall have "equal rights in family, political, social and economic life...in particular, regarding education, employment and promotion, and shall have the right to equal compensation for work of similar value, to social security, to hold offices, and to receive public honours and decorations.”
A principle of equal treatment is further provided via Article 6: equal access to the culture, to education (Art. 70(4)), to political parties (Art. 11), to public service (Art. 60), to legal protection regarding ownership, other property rights and the right of succession (Art. 64(2)), to health care services, financed from public funds (Art. 68(2)).
The Electoral Law integrates the principle of equal treatment via Article 96(3) on election to the Sejm, Article 169(2) on election to constitutive organs of local government, and Article 127(1) for the Presidential election.
Labour Code (26 June 1974, item 1320, Journal of Laws, Chapter IIa covers equal treatment in employment
Act on the Promotion of Employment and Institutions of the Labour Market (20 April 2004, item 1409, Journal of Laws), Articles 2a, 19c, 36(4)
International agreements dealing with gender equality to which the Republic of Poland is party (in Poland, according to Art. 91 of the Constitution, a ratified international agreement constitutes part of the domestic legal order and is applied directly, unless a statute is needed for its application):
- UN Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women (18 December 1979, item 71, Journal of Laws)
- Convention on the Political Rights of Women (31 March 1953, item 86, Journal of Laws)
- International Covenant of Civil and Political Rights (1977, item 167, Journal of Laws)
- Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedom (signed 1993, item 284, Journal of Laws)
- Treaty on the European Union (Art. 2, 3)
- Treaty on the Functioning of the Europen Union (Art. 8, 19(1), 157)
- Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU (Art. 21(1), 23)
Act on Equal Treatment (3 December 2010, item 2156 in the Journal of Law)
https://isap.sejm.gov.pl/isap.nsf/download.xsp/WDU20200002156/O/D20202156.pdf
Article 32 of the Constitution of the Republic of Poland provides a general prohibition of discrimination for any reason and Article 33 guarantees that men and women shall have "equal rights in family, political, social and economic life...in particular, regarding education, employment and promotion, and shall have the right to equal compensation for work of similar value, to social security, to hold offices, and to receive public honours and decorations.”
A principle of equal treatment is further provided via Article 6: equal access to the culture, to education (Art. 70(4)), to political parties (Art. 11), to public service (Art. 60), to legal protection regarding ownership, other property rights and the right of succession (Art. 64(2)), to health care services, financed from public funds (Art. 68(2)).
The Electoral Law integrates the principle of equal treatment via Article 96(3) on election to the Sejm, Article 169(2) on election to constitutive organs of local government, and Article 127(1) for the Presidential election.
Labour Code (26 June 1974, item 1320, Journal of Laws, Chapter IIa covers equal treatment in employment
Act on the Promotion of Employment and Institutions of the Labour Market (20 April 2004, item 1409, Journal of Laws), Articles 2a, 19c, 36(4)
International agreements dealing with gender equality to which the Republic of Poland is party (in Poland, according to Art. 91 of the Constitution, a ratified international agreement constitutes part of the domestic legal order and is applied directly, unless a statute is needed for its application):
- UN Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women (18 December 1979, item 71, Journal of Laws)
- Convention on the Political Rights of Women (31 March 1953, item 86, Journal of Laws)
- International Covenant of Civil and Political Rights (1977, item 167, Journal of Laws)
- Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedom (signed 1993, item 284, Journal of Laws)
- Treaty on the European Union (Art. 2, 3)
- Treaty on the Functioning of the Europen Union (Art. 8, 19(1), 157)
- Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU (Art. 21(1), 23)
Links to gender equality policies
Number of permanent staff employed by parliament (full time equivalent (FTE) positions)
1,602 (2019)
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Number of permanent staff for each chamber
331 (2019)
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Secretary General
Authority that selects the Secretary General
Authority that selects the Secretary General.
The Speaker
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Parliament votes to approve the selection of the Secretary General
Length of term of the Secretary General
No fixed term
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Previous occupation of the current Secretary General
Parliamentary staff