By Plenary Sessions: Liina Kersna
Total Sessions: 25
Fully Profiled: 25
2025-10-07
The 15th Riigikogu, 6th Session, Plenary Sitting
The speaker supports increasing public spending in education but insists on clear and logical budgetary discipline, criticizing the unreasonable reallocation of funds via the budget revision and the proposed bill.
2025-09-17
15th Riigikogu, 6th sitting, plenary sitting.
The economic perspective stresses budget discipline and prioritizing spending, favoring investments in teachers’ salaries over universal benefits. He/She supports tax policies designed to increase people’s disposable income, citing measures such as raising the tax-free minimum and eliminating the tax bulge, which ultimately helps improve livelihoods.
2025-09-16
Fifteenth Riigikogu, sixth sitting, plenary sitting.
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2025-09-04
15th Riigikogu, extraordinary session of the Riigikogu
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2025-06-18
15th Riigikogu, 5th session, plenary session
The economic perspective is demonstrated by supporting national investments in education and teacher training, with specific figures cited (e.g., €7.7 million allocated to the University of Tartu (TÜ) and Tallinn University (TLÜ), and €4.2 million for the Teacher Academy). The goal is to stabilize the education system's workforce and ensure that professional qualifications are obtained with state support.
2025-06-17
15th Estonian Parliament, 5th session, plenary session
Economic perspectives emphasize ensuring the funding of research and development (R&D) and innovation as the primary means of making the economy smarter. Clear governance and funding are necessary to give society the opportunity to become more prosperous.
2025-06-10
15th Riigikogu, 5th session, plenary sitting.
Economic perspectives suggest support for targeted public investment in science and education, particularly in the field of artificial intelligence. The goal is to increase national technological capability and ensure the secure processing of sensitive data under state control.
2025-05-15
15th Riigikogu, 5th session, plenary session
The speaker strongly advocates for strategic national investment in education and doctoral studies, viewing it as the primary engine for economic growth and higher added value (up to 3 billion euros supported by artificial intelligence). The investment is justified by its high social return (every euro invested yields at least seven euros back). Support is given to shifting the economy towards higher added value.
2025-05-14
15th Riigikogu, 5th sitting, plenary session
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2025-04-22
15th Riigikogu, 5th session, plenary sitting
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2025-04-15
Fifteenth Riigikogu, Fifth Session, Plenary Session.
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2025-03-11
15th Riigikogu, 5th session, plenary session
Economic perspectives emphasize the importance of a science and innovation-intensive economy, which is linked to high added value. Growth is primarily seen through increasing the proportion of highly skilled labor and individuals holding doctoral degrees, which necessitates targeted government measures.
2025-02-26
15th Riigikogu, 5th session, plenary session
Economic perspectives emphasize the crucial role of the private sector in innovation, highlighting the record-breaking and increasing contribution of businesses to research and development (R&D). Support is given to financial autonomy at the institutional level (specifically, the financial autonomy of universities).
2025-02-17
15th Estonian Parliament, 5th session, plenary session
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2024-12-18
15th Riigikogu, 4th session, plenary sitting
Economic considerations support fiscal discipline regarding state fees for quality assessment, emphasizing that the fee (€1450) must cover the agency's costs to avoid burdening the taxpayer. At the same time, the private sector’s (training companies) concern about the impact of high fees on competition in the provision of micro-qualifications is acknowledged.
2024-12-04
15th Estonian Parliament, 4th session, plenary sitting
Economic standpoints emphasize the necessity of increasing public expenditure in the education sector starting in 2026, particularly for raising the teachers' minimum salary and implementing a career model. Targeted investment (additional funds) is supported for achieving social and educational objectives, and careful planning of these funds is required. Separate emphasis is placed on equalizing the funding for vocational education with the funding provided to general education schools.
2024-09-18
15th Estonian Parliament, 4th sitting, plenary session
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2024-06-12
15th Estonian Parliament, 3rd session, plenary session.
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2024-05-30
15th Riigikogu, 3rd sitting, plenary sitting
The speaker’s economic outlook stresses the importance of long-term growth, advocating strongly for public investment in research and development (R&D). He favors strategically utilizing borrowed capital to finance R&D, contrasting sharply with the government’s current austerity measures, which stem from the decline in GDP. He also recognizes the increasing role of private enterprises in R&D investment.
2024-05-27
Fifteenth Riigikogu, third session, plenary session
Economic perspectives support strategic public spending in the social sector, stressing that preventative measures are significantly more effective for cost savings than merely dealing with the consequences. This includes support for increasing the budget for parenting programs, indicating a preference for investments in social capital.
2024-04-03
15th Estonian Parliament, 3rd sitting, plenary session
Data is scarce.
2024-03-19
15th Riigikogu, 3rd session, plenary session
It addresses national programs as investments, specifically inquiring about investments made in suicide prevention. It also touches upon the organization of teachers' salaries, the differentiation fund, and potential changes to the education funding model related to the career model.
2024-03-05
15th Estonian Parliament, 3rd sitting, plenary session
The role of education in economic growth and meeting the needs of the labor market is acknowledged, but it is stressed that education’s impact is more fundamental and far-reaching. Education should not be viewed merely as a tool for economic growth. Every euro invested in education is an investment in a smarter, happier, and wealthier society.
2024-01-23
15th Riigikogu, 3rd sitting, plenary session
The speaker acknowledges the significant role of innovation and research and development (R&D) in economic growth. At the same time, he/she expresses interest that economic perspectives should be balanced and should also take into account the contribution of the social sciences and humanities sector to development.
2024-01-18
15th Riigikogu, 3rd sitting, plenary session
Economic views focus on the efficient and targeted allocation of public sector resources, particularly education funding. Direct funding is preferred, as it enables wage increases, contrasting with the practice of local equalization, which reallocates funds.