By Months: Irja Lutsar
Total Months: 9
Fully Profiled: 9
11.2025
2 Speeches
The text addresses social issues related to the administrative rights of prisoners and their appeals to state authorities. Emphasis is placed on the need for a clear procedure to define whether Swedish prisoners should address Estonian or Swedish agencies.
10.2025
15 Speeches
Focusing on the social sector, the discussion addresses the need for evidence-based treatment and clinical research, which is tied to public health and medical advancement. Emphasis is also placed on the underfunding of the Ministry of Social Affairs in this critical area, which constitutes a socially significant issue.
09.2025
7 Speeches
In social matters, the speaker emphasizes the need for a personalized approach when distributing child benefits, ensuring the support reaches those who require more than 100 euros per month. He/She is concerned about the balance between data protection (privacy) and scientific development, fearing that over-regulation will impede the acquisition of new knowledge necessary for the better treatment of the sick. He/She stresses that this personalized approach to benefits must be implemented without rummaging through databases.
06.2025
10 Speeches
He is a strong proponent of patient autonomy and supports the "Advance Directive" law, which grants people the right to decide the scope of their treatment at the end of life. He emphasizes that this is not euthanasia, but acknowledges that assisted dying requires regulation at the legislative level. He is aware of the problems concerning prisoners' mental health and HIV infection.
05.2025
1 Speeches
The main social issue is higher education and its quality, which affects young people's choices and their trust in the national education system. This issue is also related to the potential brain drain from Estonia.
04.2025
13 Speeches
A strong focus on patient rights and personal autonomy (PET), while simultaneously stressing the need to ensure safety (Ethics Committee). It actively supports public health measures aimed at making smoking less attractive to young people. It also raises social justice issues concerning the provision of mobility for people with disabilities.
03.2025
5 Speeches
The main social issue is public health and pandemic management, defending the role of mRNA vaccines in preventing severe illness and saving millions of lives. He/She publicly admits that the use of COVID passes was a mistake, but emphasizes that vaccination in Estonia has never been mandatory.
02.2025
2 Speeches
The key social challenge is guaranteeing the appeal and stability of the scientific profession in Estonia to prevent brain drain. This is more broadly linked to the stability of our education and research policies.
01.2025
11 Speeches
There is a strong focus on the rights of people with disabilities and supporting families, including advocating for raising the age threshold for classifying children with disabilities as adults to 18, thereby expanding the services available to them. Furthermore, the impact of population aging and declining birth rates on healthcare planning is highlighted.