Portaria No. 629/2026 raises the number of ERPI places at the Santa Casa da Misericórdia do Funchal complex to 145, with an overall amount of 4.4 million euros.
The Regional Secretariat for Inclusion, Labour and Youth has amended project 2633, the Social Complex of the Santa Casa da Misericórdia do Funchal, which now provides for 145 places in a Residential Structure for Older Persons (ERPI, i.e. a nursing home for the elderly), and has set the overall amount at 4,608,387.64 euros, roughly 4.6 million euros. The amendment is set out in Portaria No. 629/2026, published in the supplement to the Official Journal, I Series, No. 202, of 9 November 2026.
The Portaria amends point 1 of Portaria No. 217-C/2023, of 24 March, which authorised the apportionment of the project's budgetary commitments. Under the new wording, the number of ERPI places rises from 115 to 145. The project is funded under the Recovery and Resilience Plan (PRR, the European Union funding programme for economic recovery) and corresponds to an investment contracted between the then Regional Secretariat for Social Inclusion and Citizenship (SRIC) and the Santa Casa da Misericórdia do Funchal. In addition to the ERPI, the project includes a Day Centre integrated into the same structure, according to the text of the portaria.
The document justifies the amendment with the reprogramming of the project's financial execution, which required reinforcing the overall amount allocated.
The overall amount is now 13,608,387.64 euros, distributed across the financial years as follows:
The portaria enters into force on the day after its publication. The text does not give dates for completion of the works or for opening the new places.
Portarias are instruments of the Regional Government that authorise expenditure and its apportionment across financial years, particularly where several years are involved. This amendment is based on Article 5 of Regional Legislative Decree No. 2/2022/M, of 12 January.
Portaria No. 217-C/2023 initially set 115 places and an overall amount of 9,949,437.75 euros. Three amendments were subsequently published. Portaria No. 155/2025, of 3 March, increased the overall amount to 12,019,455.00 euros, without changing the number of places. Portaria No. 844/2025, of 22 December, altered the amounts planned for 2025 and allocated funding for 2026, without changing places or the overall amount. Portaria No. 86/2026, of 6 March, increased places from 115 to 145 and raised the overall amount to 13,317,255.00 euros. Portaria No. 629/2026 is the next amendment and reinforces the overall amount to its current value, with the corresponding adjustment to the sum planned for 2026.
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