Petition n°2652, which was posted alongside 13 other new petitions this week, argues that because parents must continue working during the school holidays, some children spend a large chunk of their time off at a childcare centre or similar service. This is not the point of holidays, the petitioner argues.
The petition does not make any concrete suggestions as to how many days a parent should get off, but states it would have a positive impact on all levels of society: “less stress for parents, children and education personnel, more time for other projects (nature, charity, exchange between young and old), more hobbies and free time.”
As with all petitions available to sign on the Chamber of Deputies petitions website, the petition on childcare during the holidays will require 4,500 signatures to be debated in the Chamber.
Another new petition calls for the number of leave days in the case of the death of a relative to be increased: from three to seven for parents, parents-in-law, children or stepchildren, and from one to three days for grandparents, grandchildren, brothers and sisters, as well as stepbrothers and stepsisters.
Another petition calls for a total smoking ban in public places, including train stations and platforms, bus stations, restaurants, public parks, festivals, hospital areas, school and work areas, shopping centres and pedestrian bridges. This would eliminate second-hand smoking.
Other petitions call for Luxembourg to stop the EU directive on banning combustion engines as of 2035, and for the country to build a University Hospital in the country due to a lack of medical staff.
The full list of new petitions can be found here.
A petition calling for improved access to medical imaging which previously passed the signature threshold will be debated by MPs in the Chamber of Deputies on Wednesday at 10.30am.
The author of petition n°2504 wanted to launch a debate “to ensure and improve effective and equitable access to interventional and disease monitoring imaging.” This includes scans, MRIs and mammograms, for example.
Delays between a test prescription and the actual test being carried out are severe, the petition explained: “If 18 months pass...the efforts to detect a disease are wasted and the patient is made to pay with their life, and in any case with their health, for this failure.”
The petition further stated: “If a disease is suspected, it must be considered as an emergency and treated as such, i.e. the patient has the right to immediate medical imaging, if not within a very short time. The current waiting times are inhumane and also have a negative emotional impact on those concerned and their relatives.”
The petition garnered 4,902 signatures, above the 4,500 needed to secure a debate in the Chamber.
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