From the 2026 budget audit
919 million Ft for 'other organisations' — a line with no defined recipient class.
An open-ended operating-cost subsidy for unspecified organisations connected to the ministry's remit, with no function definition and no contractual entitlement on the recipient side.
Roughly 230 Ft per taxpayer per year — 919 million Ft to an undefined recipient class, allocated by ministerial judgement.
What you see — and what you don't
The seen: whichever organisations the ministry decides to support in a given year. The unseen: every taxpayer funding a line whose recipients, criteria, and amounts are determined entirely inside one office, without accountability to the people paying for it.
Objection
"There are always legitimate organisations that fall outside the main programme lines — flexibility is needed."
Answer
An open-ended 'other organisations' line is the structural form most exposed to subjective allocation. Flexibility without criteria is discretion; discretion without accountability is a rent. If an organisation does work the ministry genuinely needs, commission it at a defined rate under a defined contract. The residual catch-all format is what makes this line untraceable.
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The analyst's verdict
Support for Operation of Other Organisations
Rationale
A residual discretionary line supporting the operating costs of "other organisations" connected to the ministry's remit. An open-ended "support for the operation of other organisations" line is the structural form most exposed to subjective allocation by political officeholders: it has no defined function, no defined recipient class, and no contractual entitlement attached. It can be closed in a single budget cycle.
Transition mechanism
Eliminate in the 2026 cycle.
Affected groups
The organisations currently receiving operating support.
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