By Plenary Sessions: Irja Lutsar
Total Sessions: 51
Fully Profiled: 51
2025-10-16
XV Riigikogu, VI Session, Plenary Sitting
The style is formal and respectful, starting with salutations appropriate for a plenary session ("Esteemed Chairman," "Dear Presenter"). The speaker begins by establishing the context (the war in Ukraine and its consequences) and then moves on to a logical question, using an analogy between the floor space of pharmacies and grocery stores.
2025-10-09
15th Riigikogu, 6th Session, Plenary Sitting
The rhetorical style is formal, interrogative, and measured, focusing on the logical pursuit of knowledge. The speaker begins by acknowledging their colleagues but then poses direct questions regarding international risks and the requisite vigilance of the members of the Riigikogu.
2025-10-08
The 15th Riigikogu, 6th Session, Plenary Sitting
The rhetorical style is highly formal, detailed, and procedural, characteristic of the rapporteur for the leading committee. The tone is neutral and objective, concentrating on accurately summarizing the debate held in the Social Affairs Committee and the explanations provided by the minister and experts. The appeals are predominantly logical and fact-based, relying on data and the provisions of the draft legislation, while avoiding emotional addresses.
2025-10-07
The 15th Riigikogu, 6th Session, Plenary Sitting
The rhetorical style is analytical, formal, and inquiry-focused, utilizing specific budget data to support its position. The tone is concerned, particularly emphasizing the "dire need" for certain actions, but overall the presentation remains logical and procedural.
2025-09-17
15th Riigikogu, 6th sitting, plenary sitting.
The rhetorical style is inquisitive and collaborative, addressing the fellow member directly ("Dear Riina!"). The speaker employs logical argumentation to stress the necessity of a personal approach, all while maintaining a formal, yet non-confrontational tone.
2025-09-16
Fifteenth Riigikogu, sixth sitting, plenary sitting.
The style is direct, inquisitive, and concerned, addressing the Chancellor of Justice respectfully. The speaker employs logical argumentation, highlighting practical consequences (hindering the treatment of patients) and presenting their observations as supporting evidence. The tone is more academic-analytical than emotional.
2025-09-10
15th Riigikogu, 6th sitting, plenary session
The rhetorical style is formal (addressing the Minister and the Chairman), yet it is simultaneously concerned and focused on practical feasibility. Rhetorical questions and personal emotional expressions ("Lord save us") are employed to criticize the sheer bulk of the legislation. The speaker emphasizes a logical appeal, questioning whether it is even possible for a member of the Riigikogu to read through such a "pile."
2025-09-04
15th Riigikogu, extraordinary session of the Riigikogu
The rhetorical style is critical and direct, expressing astonishment and impatience regarding procedural delays. The speaker uses logical and practical arguments (the existence of a mobile phone), demanding accountability and clarity. The tone is rather admonishing and demanding.
2025-06-18
15th Riigikogu, 5th session, plenary session
The rhetorical style is explanatory, serious, and empathetic, focusing on logical argumentation and dispelling common fears. The speaker employs both emotional appeal (referencing patients in hopeless conditions and their relatives) and legal precision, clearly distinguishing the declaration of intent from euthanasia. The tone is formal and aimed at finding consensus on a sensitive topic.
2025-06-12
15th Riigikogu, 5th session, plenary sitting
The style is supportive and argumentative, utilizing personal experience (research conducted in prison) to establish credibility. The speaker employs logical appeals to defend the minister's reforms and demonstrate that inmates' health problems are manageable. The tone is optimistic regarding the necessity of the reforms, yet moderately combative toward criticism from the opposition.
2025-06-10
15th Riigikogu, 5th session, plenary sitting.
The rhetorical style is direct, critical, and demanding, focusing on the requirement for logical accountability. The speaker employs repetition and rephrasing to highlight the persistence of the issue, posing pointed questions regarding specific actions ("What have you done?"). The tone is formal, addressing the presiding officer and the presenter with respect.
2025-06-04
15th Riigikogu, 5th session, plenary session
The rhetorical style is polite, yet demanding and analytical, focusing on requesting specific knowledge and evidence. The tone is direct and logical, avoiding emotional appeals, and includes a brief, confident note regarding voice volume ("I can speak loudly"). The speaker asks the presenter to shed light on the topic, indicating a desire for a fact-based explanation.
2025-05-15
15th Riigikogu, 5th session, plenary session
The rhetorical style is formal, analytical, and inquiry-based, directed straight at the presenter and the chairperson. The tone is moderately concerned, focusing on logical reasoning and facts (the emigration of young people), rather than emotional appeals.
2025-04-23
15th Riigikogu, 5th session, plenary session
The style is formal, analytical, and persuasive, balancing logical arguments (the rapid pace of medical development) with ethical appeals (reducing the fear associated with the end of life). Personal medical experience (the example of childhood leukemia) is utilized to enhance emotional impact and illustrate scientific progress. The discourse is structured, encompassing both a clarification of the legislative bill's background and an emphasis on future-oriented investments.
2025-04-16
15th Estonian Parliament, 5th session, plenary session
The style is predominantly formal, factual, and procedure-oriented, especially during the steering committee's report, where long lists of dates and decisions are presented. It uses logical arguments, relying on facts and committee decisions, while maintaining a neutral tone. The emotional appeal is brief, focusing on the patient's interests and the necessity of reducing youth smoking.
2025-04-15
Fifteenth Riigikogu, Fifth Session, Plenary Session.
The style is formal and concerned, presenting the Minister with a direct question aimed at finding solutions. Both a logical appeal (referencing the state's obligations as an e-state) and personal and colleagues' experience are utilized to emphasize the urgency and scope of the problem.
2025-04-10
15th Riigikogu, 5th session, plenary session
The style is direct, empathetic, and solution-oriented, focusing on the concerns of a specific vulnerable group. The Chancellor of Justice is addressed in an unusually familiar manner ("sinatan," meaning the informal 'you' is used), which suggests either a personal relationship or a desire to establish an immediate and frank dialogue. The appeal is directed both at logic (seeking a fair solution) and emotion (people in a difficult situation).
2025-04-09
15th Estonian Parliament, 5th session, plenary session
The rhetorical style is predominantly formal, explanatory, and procedural, especially when introducing amendments to legislation. The speaker relies on logical arguments, referencing committee discussions, consensus, and the substance of the law, while avoiding emotional appeals. The initial address is a direct, fact-based inquiry that necessitates the presentation of existing data.
2025-03-13
15th Riigikogu, 5th sitting, plenary session
The rhetorical style is primarily logical, analytical, and authoritative, centering on facts and scientific consensus. The speaker employs direct questions to dispute the opponent's arguments and requires an evidence-based foundation for all claims, criticizing the opposing party's assertions as unfounded. The tone is defensively resolute, aimed at safeguarding the credibility of regulatory bodies.
2025-03-11
15th Riigikogu, 5th session, plenary session
The style is formal, respectful (as it addresses the Prime Minister), and analytical. The speaker employs logical argumentation, highlighting the uniqueness of the situation and the opportunity that must be seized, while avoiding emotional appeals.
2025-02-26
15th Riigikogu, 5th session, plenary session
The rhetorical style is analytical and inquisitive, focusing on logical and structural issues related to science funding and data management. The speaker is appreciative toward the presenter ("Thank you, Margit, for a very thorough presentation!"), but poses sharp questions regarding the long-term impact of the initiative.
2025-01-29
15th Riigikogu, 5th session, plenary sitting
The style is supportive, rational, and formal, beginning with the address, "Esteemed Chairman! Dear Audience!" The speaker employs logical arguments (definitions, the burden on families, the precedent set by IT costs) and expresses optimism regarding the positive impact of the law. The tone is persuasive and positive, stressing that the change is "entirely positive."
2025-01-15
15th Riigikogu, 5th session, plenary session
The style is formal, analytical, and cautious, focusing on facts and procedural details, particularly when conveying the substance of the Social Committee meeting. It employs metaphors and comparisons (e.g., doctoral thesis defenses in England) and repeatedly stresses the necessity of avoiding errors and taking the necessary time to find the optimal solution. The tone is professional and strategic, steering clear of emotional appeals.
2024-12-18
15th Riigikogu, 4th session, plenary sitting
The rhetorical style is analytical, cautious, and formal, focusing on logical arguments and details, presenting both a summary of the committee discussion and a personal critical stance. The speaker repeatedly expresses doubt and disagreement concerning the minister's responses, utilizing both statutory provisions and recent tragic medical examples as supporting evidence. The tone is serious, emphasizing the risks associated with patient safety.
2024-12-16
15th Riigikogu, 4th session, plenary session
The style is direct and inquiry-based, while still including an acknowledgement of the presentation ("for the nice presentation"). The tone is anxious and urgent, emphasizing the gravity of the situation with the phrase "the situation is really bad," which simultaneously delivers both an emotional and a logical appeal.
2024-12-11
15th Riigikogu, 4th session, plenary session
The speaker's style is insistent, advisory, and personally persuasive, utilizing strong emotional appeals ("for God's sake"). They logically support their position by referencing a published expert response that refuted the opposing claims.
2024-12-10
15th Riigikogu, 4th session, plenary session
The style is analytical and inquisitive, starting with an acknowledgment of agreement but then focusing on the lack of a control mechanism. The speaker presents their concern as a logical question, demanding clarification on how the systematic problem is being addressed. The tone is formal and matter-of-fact.
2024-12-05
15th Estonian Parliament, 4th session, plenary session.
The rhetorical style is analytical and question-oriented, frequently employing rhetorical questions to highlight the deficiencies of the draft law ("Have these matters been fully considered?"). The tone is formal, focusing on logical consistency and procedural regularity.
2024-11-21
15th Estonian Parliament, 4th sitting, plenary session
The rhetorical style is formal and interrogative, addressing the expert directly and expressing gratitude for the presentation. Logical argumentation is employed, based on historical comparisons and specific demographic data. The tone is analytical and seeks solutions to a global problem.
2024-11-14
15th Estonian Parliament, 4th session, plenary session
The style is polite and inquisitive, beginning with thanking the rapporteur and the chair. The speaker uses a logical comparison (the intense discussions of the Social Affairs Committee versus the consensus of the Cultural Affairs Committee) to elicit information. The tone is formal and neutral, focusing on the clarification of facts and procedures.
2024-11-13
15th Riigikogu, 4th session, plenary session.
The speaker’s style is informative and moderately optimistic, focusing on explaining the policy mechanism and the legislative procedure. The tone is formal and procedural, referencing commission decisions and mandates. Logical arguments are employed regarding the fairness of funding, while simultaneously acknowledging realistic issues, such as the shortage of specialists.
2024-11-11
15th Riigikogu, 4th session, plenary session
The rhetorical style is formal, analytical, and logic-driven, focusing on the ambiguity of the bill's wording and the inconsistency of the policy. The tone is serious and concerned, especially regarding social consequences (shaming, illegal abortions), balancing legal analysis with moral arguments. Comparative examples (cesarean sections, treatment of unvaccinated individuals) are used to support the arguments.
2024-11-06
15th Riigikogu, 4th session, plenary sitting
The style is analytical and inquisitive, focusing on logical arguments and proposals for system improvement. The speaker presents their doubts courteously but sharply highlights the inadequacy of the metrics, using phrases such as "activity-based budgeting is dead." The tone is formal and centers on the substantive issues of the policy.
2024-10-23
15th Riigikogu, 4th sitting, plenary session
The style is formal, analytical, and at times cautious, beginning with the observation that "the topic is difficult." The speaker appears in two roles: as a neutral and detailed rapporteur for the Social Affairs Committee, and as the presenter of the critical position held by Eesti 200. The speaker employs logical arguments and poses numerous questions (e.g., concerning the logistics of outpatient care) to highlight the bill's loose ends and inherent risks.
2024-10-16
15th Riigikogu, 4th session, plenary sitting
The speaker's style is formal, neutral, and procedural, characteristic of a rapporteur for the steering committee. The presentation is logical and fact-based, focusing on the accurate transmission of the content of the Social Affairs Committee meeting, the questions posed, and the Minister's replies. No emotional or personal appeals are utilized.
2024-10-10
Fifteenth Riigikogu, Fourth sitting, plenary session.
The rhetorical style is formal, matter-of-fact, and inquisitive, directed at the presenter and the meeting chairperson. The speaker employs logical argumentation, focusing on the details of the law and the unresolved problem of data protection. The tone is neutral, and the objective is to achieve clarity.
2024-09-17
15th Riigikogu, 4th session, plenary session
The rhetorical style is serious, concerned, and searching, employing emotional language (e.g., "killed very brutally") to underscore the gravity of the subject matter. The speaker is formal, respectfully addressing the Chancellor of Justice and seeking a logical, systemic solution to a societal problem.
2024-09-11
Fifteenth Riigikogu, fourth session, plenary session
The rhetorical style is formal, analytical, and relies on expertise, justifying positions based on the competence of institutions and the education of staff. The speaker is apologetic about procedural errors ("I am very sorry that I pressed the wrong button"), and the overall tone is constructive and supportive. In the first address, a question format is used to direct attention to a critical topic (cybersecurity funding).
2024-06-12
15th Estonian Parliament, 3rd session, plenary session.
The style is predominantly formal and analytical, focusing on logical and evidence-based arguments, particularly the need for systematizing registers and data. The speaker is respectful, praising the presentations and the law, but notes in S3 the late hour and small audience, while maintaining a thorough tone.
2024-06-04
15th Riigikogu, third session, plenary sitting
The rhetorical style is analytical and constructive, beginning with praise for the presenters ("Very clear and easily understandable presentations"). The speaker presents their viewpoint in the form of a question, addressing a procedural deficiency and the need to expand the scope of the law, all while remaining polite and professional.
2024-05-30
15th Riigikogu, 3rd sitting, plenary sitting
The tone is fundamentally serious and concerned, emphasizing the scale of the economic crisis, but interactions with the servers are polite and respectful. With the second server, however, he uses a familiar tone and the informal 'you' (sinatamine), referring to them as "old acquaintances" (and stating, "I use the informal 'you' with you"). The speaker employs a rhetorical question to underscore the importance of his proposal regarding the establishment of an independent expert council.
2024-05-29
15th Riigikogu, 3rd session, plenary session
The style is predominantly logical and persuasive, employing comparisons and legal arguments to justify the decision-making capacity of young people. The tone is encouraging and expresses confidence, calling on colleagues to trust the youth. In a brief rejoinder to Urmas Reinsalu, the style becomes sharp and challenging, accusing him of populism.
2024-05-27
Fifteenth Riigikogu, third session, plenary session
The rhetorical style is analytical, measured, and formal, focusing on logical arguments and historical and international examples. Examples drawn from Bollywood films and the coronavirus pandemic are used to illustrate social factors. The tone is rather optimistic, emphasizing that problems can be solved by changing society's mindset, rather than through coercion or pressure.
2024-05-16
Fifteenth Riigikogu, Third Session, Plenary Session
The rhetorical style is analytical and inquiry-based, beginning with a polite acknowledgment of the presentation. The speaker employs a logical line of argument, presenting a dilemma (living beyond one's means versus a labor surplus in other sectors) and concluding with a specific, data-driven question to deepen the discussion.
2024-05-06
15th Riigikogu, 3rd sitting, plenary session.
The rhetorical style is polite and constructive, beginning with praise for the minister's responses, emphasizing their calmness and strong argumentation. The question itself is posed more in the form of a hopeful hypothesis, focusing on the logical connection between educational choices and societal integration. The overall tone is formal and respectful.
2024-04-10
15th Estonian Parliament, 3rd session, plenary session
The rhetorical style is formal and respectful, utilizing salutations such as "Esteemed Chairman" and "Dear Presenter." The argumentation is logical and pragmatic, focusing on crisis scenarios and their practical resolution. The tone is concerned and inquisitive, emphasizing the inevitability of future crises.
2024-04-09
15th Riigikogu, 3rd sitting, plenary session
The style is formal and analytical, addressing the minister respectfully. The tone is solution-oriented and emphasizes logical appeal, contrasting data with emotions. The speaker presents the problem acutely, but frames it as a question, seeking a practical solution.
2024-03-19
15th Riigikogu, 3rd session, plenary session
The style is analytical, formal, and grounded in logic, focusing on systemic challenges and an evidence-based approach. The tone is measured, yet conveys an urgent need for strategic planning and improved resource utilization. Rhetorical questions are employed to cast doubt on current practices (e.g., the expansion of the role of pharmacies) and the ambiguity of draft legislation.
2024-03-06
15th Riigikogu, 3rd session, plenary session
The rhetorical style is constructive, logical, and persuasive, focusing on arguments that emphasize mutual benefit ("a win-win situation"). The speaker uses logical appeals and practical examples to illustrate the policy's positive impact on the employee, the employer, and the Health Insurance Fund. The tone is formal and appropriate, avoiding emotional appeals.
2024-01-23
15th Riigikogu, 3rd sitting, plenary session
The style of discourse is expert, logical, and persuasive, relying heavily on facts and scientific data while cautioning against emotion-based decisions. The tone is concerned about the departure of scientists and bureaucracy but remains firm regarding the safety and utility of vaccines. It uses examples from the COVID-19 pandemic and the energy debate to illustrate the critical role of scientists.
2024-01-11
15th Riigikogu, 3rd session, plenary sitting
The address is formal and constructive, beginning with acknowledgment for the individual who raised the issue. The style is logical and procedure-focused, concentrating on clarifying the facts and emphasizing the interests of the protocol, while strictly avoiding emotional appeals.