By Months: Tõnis Lukas
Total Months: 9
Fully Profiled: 9
11.2025
5 Speeches
The legislative focus is centered on overseeing the implementation of the international agreement and ensuring its compliance with Estonian laws and constitutional rights. Specifically, attention is being paid to the organization of educational rights for prisoners and the authority granted to security agencies when conducting background checks, aimed at preventing the entry of individuals linked to organized crime.
10.2025
3 Speeches
The legislative focus is currently on processing the state budget and the State Budget Strategy (RES). The priority is securing funding for teachers' salary increases and a new career model, which is scheduled to take effect starting in early 2026. The speaker operates primarily in the role of an auditor and questioner.
09.2025
14 Speeches
The legislative focus is on initiating bills to amend the Language Act and the Public Transport Act, in order to modernize language requirements for temporary and platform workers. The speaker is taking on the role of the initiator because the government has long delayed submitting the promised bill.
06.2025
47 Speeches
The speaker, on behalf of the Isamaa faction, initiated the draft bill for the Song and Dance Celebration Act, the goal of which is securing the tradition and guaranteeing its funding. Furthermore, he/she is an active supporter and critic during the deliberation of the Research and Development Organisation Act and the Teachers’ Career Model Act, demanding stronger state guarantees within these frameworks. He/She is awaiting the government’s draft Language Act, while criticizing the delay in its submission.
05.2025
11 Speeches
The speaker is actively involved in legislative oversight, raising questions about the draft bill concerning the Riigikogu's approval of major investments, and demanding that amendments to the Language Act be brought before the Riigikogu. They are also the initiator of the discussion regarding the creation of a compensation mechanism for the owners of natural sacred sites. Furthermore, the speaker criticizes the Ministry of Education's draft regulations (for instance, those concerning the start time of the school day) as unnecessary bureaucracy.
04.2025
4 Speeches
The main legislative priority is the initiation of the Song and Dance Celebration Act by the Isamaa faction. This is a comprehensive draft bill designed to secure the pyramid of tradition (e.g., incorporating choir singing into the curriculum, providing salary subsidies for ensemble leaders). Additionally, they are actively scrutinizing the legal and financial issues surrounding the education reform via an official interpellation.
03.2025
20 Speeches
The speaker is the initiator of the bill to formalize the tradition of the Song and Dance Festival on behalf of the Isamaa faction, stressing that this law should have been adopted decades ago. He/She actively monitors and criticizes the Language Act currently being prepared by the Ministry of Education and Research, demanding the extension of language requirements to new sectors of activity.
02.2025
16 Speeches
The primary legislative priorities are restricting suffrage in local elections to realize the will of the popular majority, and advancing the necessary legislation (PGÜS) required to implement the education agreement. He is in a supportive role regarding the law on defense spending and the financing of research and development institutions, but insists on clarifying the details.
01.2025
5 Speeches
The legislative focus is on the critical monitoring and obstruction of government initiatives, as demonstrated by the parliamentary query regarding the merger of schools for students with special educational needs. Attention is also being paid to clarifying the objectives of the Ministry of the Interior's draft legislation concerning migration, in order to prevent the importation of cheap labor.