Second reading of the draft resolution "Approval of the Consolidated Financial Report of the State for the 2023 Financial Year" (503 OE)
Session: 15th Estonian Parliament, 4th session, plenary sitting
Date: 2024-12-04 17:50
Participating Politicians:
Total Speeches: 20
Membership: 15
Agenda Duration: 19m
AI Summaries: 20/20 Speeches (100.0%)
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Summary
Agenda item eight concerned the draft resolution to approve the consolidated annual report of the State for the 2023 financial year, a second reading (503). The Finance Committee, a member of which is Aivar Sõerd, prepared the session, and the committee reported that no amendments had been received by the deadline from factions, members, or committees. Therefore, the committee decided to place the draft resolution on the agenda of the plenary session and to hold the final vote on December 4th. The presentation was delivered by colleague Aivar Sõerd, a member of the Finance Committee, from the Speaker's rostrum of the Riigikogu.
Decisions Made 1
The Riigikogu approved the draft decision to confirm the consolidated annual report for the state's 2023 financial year with 503 votes in the final vote.
Most Active Speaker
The most active speaker was Aivar Sõerd, a member of the Isamaa faction; his actions and presentations indicated a right-wing political position in the Riigikogu.
Aseesimees Toomas Kivimägi
AI Summary
The eighth item on the agenda concerns the government-submitted Riigikogu draft resolution titled "Approval of the State's 2023 Consolidated Annual Report" for its second reading; the rapporteur is Aivar Sõerd, a member of the Riigikogu's Finance Committee.
Aivar Sõerd
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Aivar Sõerd announced that the first reading of Bill 503 took place on 6 November, the Finance Committee prepared it for a second reading, and by consensus it was decided to put the bill on the plenary's agenda and to hold the final vote on 4 December, since no amendments had been submitted.
Aseesimees Toomas Kivimägi
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The vice-chairman Toomas Kivimägi thanked the audience and invited Andrei Korobeinik's question to be presented.
Andrei Korobeinik
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Andrei Korobeinik asks how transparent the state budget is right now, whether the changes made improve the situation, and whether next year's budget is more transparent than this year's budget.
Aivar Sõerd
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Aivar Sõerd said that it is not sufficiently transparent and that he lacks the authority to express positions regarding next year's budget.
Aseesimees Toomas Kivimägi
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The deputy chairman, Toomas Kivimägi, invited Urmas Reinsalu to speak.
Urmas Reinsalu
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Urmas Reinsalu criticized the state’s 2023 financial year report because it does not address the Riigikontroll's observation about billions of euros in unused funds and their fate in the forward-looking outlook, and he asked why the report does not address whether the budget is activity-based or results-based and why the results from unused funds have been hidden.
Aivar Sõerd
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We addressed the Commission's questions last time, including, in accordance with the National Audit Office's recommendation: the expedited determination of the amount of the carry-forward of unused funds from the previous year and the scope for improvement of performance indicators, so that they would better reflect the actual situation and help shape the state budget.
Aseesimees Toomas Kivimägi
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The vice-chairman Toomas Kivimägi asks Andrei Korobeinik to take the floor.
Andrei Korobeinik
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Andrei Korobeinik points out that ministers may implement it with a better idea without seeking the Parliament's or the Cabinet's advice, and amendments to the Basic Law increase their discretion, which may not align with Annely's opinion and raise the question of how to prevent such situations in the future.
Aivar Sõerd
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Aivar Sõerd notes that although the budget is presented in broad terms, the current practice allows a minister to make changes of up to ten million euros within the general education programme without the Riigikogu's approval, which is not in line with the Constitution, according to which the Riigikogu must annually decide on the state's revenues and expenditures.
Aseesimees Toomas Kivimägi
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The vice-chairman Toomas Kivimägi asks Urmas Reinsalu to take the floor.
Urmas Reinsalu
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Urmas Reinsalu highlighted a candid approach to the fate of 10 million and asked how it is possible to allocate the state's financial support funds on the basis of a single decree without a legal delegation, warning that such a practice creates a dangerous precedent, where a government member could distribute hundreds of millions of euros before elections, and noting that there are actually no barriers, although about 2 billion euros remain unused each year.
Aivar Sõerd
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During the proceedings in the Finance Committee, it became clear that the current regulations enable the Minister of Education to use, within the program's activities, the money freed up by not transferring three high schools to expand the e-environment's computer park.
Aseesimees Toomas Kivimägi
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Toomas Kivimägi thanks, announces that the questions have ended, opens negotiations and invites Urmas Reinsalu to speak.
Urmas Reinsalu
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Urmas Reinsalu states that the unused 2.4 billion euros for 2023 and the similarly large amount expected this year demonstrate the poor quality of the management of state funds, and that there is no alternative to tax increases, but there are alternative cost-saving and transparent solutions, and that is why he is calling on Parliament to push back the state's annual financial report.
Aseesimees Toomas Kivimägi
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This is a short thank-you note and a request to Aivar Sõerd.
Aivar Sõerd
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The government's accounting is in order, and the annual financial report, together with the budget execution report and appendices, reflects the state budget and invites the faction to vote in favor of approving the annual financial report.
Aseesimees Toomas Kivimägi
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Toomas Kivimägi ended the negotiations, announced that no amendments to draft bill 503 had been submitted, referred to the final vote to approve the State's consolidated annual report for the 2023 financial year, and asked colleagues to take a stance and vote.
Aseesimees Toomas Kivimägi
AI Summary
The Riigikogu adopted Bill 503 as a resolution: 46 in favor, 25 against, 0 abstentions.