By Plenary Sessions: Irja Lutsar
Total Sessions: 51
Fully Profiled: 51
2025-10-16
XV Riigikogu, VI Session, Plenary Sitting
The social concern is tied to the falling birth rate, which is viewed as a negative consequence of the crisis triggered by the war. Furthermore, the social commission's discussions have raised the issue of the high cost of over-the-counter medications, pointing to worries about the population's healthcare expenses.
2025-10-09
15th Riigikogu, 6th Session, Plenary Sitting
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2025-10-08
The 15th Riigikogu, 6th Session, Plenary Sitting
The discussion covers social guarantees for war refugees and third-country nationals, stressing that aid to refugees must be provided in accordance with the principles of the rule of law and democracy. Additionally, they discussed the risk of abusing sick leave benefits for pregnant women and the possibility of reinstating health insurance coverage for non-working mothers with many children. S1 raises the issue of children's health and development, referencing studies that indicate the negative impact of smart devices on the speech development of children under the age of five.
2025-10-07
The 15th Riigikogu, 6th Session, Plenary Sitting
The social issue addressed is public health and the accessibility of evidence-based treatment, emphasizing the critical importance of clinical trials. Highlighting the underfunding of the Ministry of Social Affairs demonstrates a strong focus on improving the quality of healthcare through scientific research.
2025-09-17
15th Riigikogu, 6th sitting, plenary sitting.
The main social issue is child welfare and the fair distribution of social benefits. The speaker supports a needs-based personal approach, while simultaneously emphasizing the protection of privacy and opposition to snooping around in databases.
2025-09-16
Fifteenth Riigikogu, sixth sitting, plenary sitting.
The main social issue is the balance between data protection and the acquisition of medical knowledge. The speaker emphasizes that excessive privacy regulation impedes the acquisition of new knowledge needed for better patient treatment, thereby prioritizing medical progress.
2025-09-10
15th Riigikogu, 6th sitting, plenary session
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2025-09-04
15th Riigikogu, extraordinary session of the Riigikogu
The topic of public health is addressed within the social sector, clarifying that the isolation rules currently in effect in Estonia for close contacts are not active. This subject was handled factually, referencing the recommendations of the Health Board, in order to refute the justification provided for absence.
2025-06-18
15th Riigikogu, 5th session, plenary session
The primary social question concerns individual autonomy and the right to self-determination at the end of life. The speaker strongly supports the right to limit treatment in irreversibly hopeless situations and emphasizes that an end-of-life declaration of intent constitutes a person's free will. Furthermore, there is a demand for improving the quality and accessibility of palliative care, as well as legalizing assisted voluntary death.
2025-06-12
15th Riigikogu, 5th session, plenary sitting
In the social sphere, the speaker focuses on inmate healthcare, noting that prisoners face issues related to mental health and HIV infection. He emphasizes that healthcare services are available within the prison system and tend to improve the inmates' health. He supports increasing national healthcare funding using money saved from prison facility expenditures.
2025-06-10
15th Riigikogu, 5th session, plenary sitting.
The primary social issue is the quality and governance of higher education, particularly within the field of law. The speaker emphasizes the need for proactive solutions to address educational shortcomings and enhance institutional accountability.
2025-06-04
15th Riigikogu, 5th session, plenary session
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2025-05-15
15th Riigikogu, 5th session, plenary session
The primary social issue is the quality of education and the associated risk of brain drain. The speaker emphasizes the concern that young people and their parents have lost faith in good Estonian higher education.
2025-04-23
15th Riigikogu, 5th session, plenary session
The primary social issue revolves around personal autonomy and a dignified end of life, strongly upholding the individual's right to determine the extent of their medical treatment. It is stressed that this legislation alleviates people's fear of becoming imprisoned within their own bodies as life draws to a close.
2025-04-16
15th Estonian Parliament, 5th session, plenary session
Public health is front and center among social issues, particularly the reduction of smoking among youth and children by making smoking less attractive. Within the healthcare context, the emphasis is placed on patient safety, supporting the requirement for ethics committee approval when utilizing innovative and potentially dangerous medicines.
2025-04-15
Fifteenth Riigikogu, Fifth Session, Plenary Session.
The text addresses digital security and the protection of personal freedoms as a social problem, given that identity theft endangers individuals and compels them to undertake tasks for which they lack the necessary qualifications. The primary focus is placed on the state's role in guaranteeing security and maintaining the rule of law.
2025-04-10
15th Riigikogu, 5th session, plenary session
The speaker is focusing heavily on the social issues faced by people with disabilities, stressing the importance of guaranteeing their freedom of movement and access to benefits. The objective is to prevent a situation where disabled individuals are left without mobility support.
2025-04-09
15th Estonian Parliament, 5th session, plenary session
The primary social focus is on ensuring patients' rights and well-being in healthcare, supporting access to innovative medicines under strict ethical oversight. He/She emphasizes the importance of informed consent and liability insurance for patient protection. Additionally, he/she raises the question of the impact of wind turbines on people's psychosomatic health.
2025-03-13
15th Riigikogu, 5th sitting, plenary session
Among social issues, the discussion covers pandemic management and the role of vaccination, emphasizing that vaccines have saved millions of lives by preventing severe illness. The speaker publicly acknowledges that the use of COVID passes was a mistake, but defends the principle of voluntary vaccination in Estonia.
2025-03-11
15th Riigikogu, 5th session, plenary session
The primary social focus is on education and high-level human capital, highlighting the role of scientists in developing society's intellectual capacity. Specifically, emphasis is placed on the importance of doctoral studies and scientific research.
2025-02-26
15th Riigikogu, 5th session, plenary session
The primary social issue is the low popularity and high degree of uncertainty surrounding the scientific profession, which is being addressed as a national talent retention problem. The objective is to establish a greater sense of security for scientists in Estonia.
2025-01-29
15th Riigikogu, 5th session, plenary sitting
The primary social issue is the support of children with disabilities and their families, stressing the necessity of extending services until the age of 18. The objective is to lessen the emotional and financial burden placed on families and to ensure that the definitions of children with disabilities are consistent with the threshold of adulthood.
2025-01-15
15th Riigikogu, 5th session, plenary session
The focus is on guaranteeing the quality of public health and medical care, emphasizing that every patient deserves consistently high-quality treatment. It highlights demographic challenges (such as declining birth rates and population aging) and the necessity of integrating the primary healthcare system into the development of the hospital network.
2024-12-18
15th Riigikogu, 4th session, plenary sitting
The primary social issue revolves around patient safety and the availability of specialized cancer treatment (cell therapy), stressing that the quality and safety of pharmaceuticals must be paramount. The speaker highlights examples of tragic consequences that can result from medications prepared in hospital pharmacies without adequate quality standards.
2024-12-16
15th Riigikogu, 4th session, plenary session
The main social issue is the proliferation of synthetic cannabinoids and the associated danger, which is being addressed as a serious societal problem. The focus is on security and international control to protect the population from dangerous substances.
2024-12-11
15th Riigikogu, 4th session, plenary session
The speaker is strongly addressing the social dimension of public health, advocating for widespread vaccination and grounding their arguments in scientific consensus. They emphasize the critical importance of vaccination and view mRNA vaccines as a major success story of the pandemic.
2024-12-10
15th Riigikogu, 4th session, plenary session
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2024-12-05
15th Estonian Parliament, 4th session, plenary session.
In the social sector, the speaker focuses on the issue of children's rights and responsibilities, warning against the danger of children being manipulated during adult disputes. He/She attempts to keep the discussion focused on the children's rights protocol, setting aside the topics of care homes and family benefits, as they do not fall under the scope of the current debate.
2024-11-21
15th Estonian Parliament, 4th sitting, plenary session
The speaker raises an important social question regarding the need to curb global population growth and implement conscious relocation. This indicates a readiness to support intervention in demographic processes for the sake of climate goals.
2024-11-14
15th Estonian Parliament, 4th session, plenary session
Although the speaker refers to their affiliation with the Social Affairs Committee, no specific social issue is addressed in this speech. The focus is on institutional administration and the autonomy of science.
2024-11-13
15th Riigikogu, 4th session, plenary session.
The main social issue is the accessibility of mental health services within local municipalities. The speaker strongly advocates for state intervention and funding to improve this service, while simultaneously acknowledging the existing problem of specialist shortages. Furthermore, there is an emphasis on the need for resources and materials so that individuals can also provide mental health support themselves.
2024-11-11
15th Riigikogu, 4th session, plenary session
The main social issue is the funding and accessibility of abortion, with the speaker opposing the shaming and punishment of women who are forced to undergo the procedure. Concern is expressed that the legal change could increase the number of illegal abortions and lead to the abandonment of newborns. The fundamental consistency of funding for medical services (vaccination, Caesarean sections) is also addressed more broadly.
2024-11-06
15th Riigikogu, 4th session, plenary sitting
Focusing on social issues, the discussion covers health promotion and public health. It is stressed that health outcomes are not solely dependent on funding, but also on long-term processes and changes in behavior. There is criticism regarding the use of short-term metrics in the social sphere, as these fail to account for the actual time required for impact.
2024-10-23
15th Riigikogu, 4th sitting, plenary session
It focuses on improving access to medicines within the social welfare sector, particularly for patients with rare diseases whose treatment is often administered in an outpatient setting. It emphasizes that the availability and financing of life-saving medicines are critically important, which can lead to improved treatment outcomes.
2024-10-16
15th Riigikogu, 4th session, plenary sitting
The primary social issue is mental health, which is being addressed as a problem that has grown exponentially over the last 10 to 15 years. The goal is to improve the accessibility of these services through local municipalities (KOV) and to develop preventative action plans, particularly concerning youth mental health. The availability of mental health support for individuals suffering from chronic illnesses was also discussed.
2024-10-10
Fifteenth Riigikogu, Fourth sitting, plenary session.
The focus of the social topics is on the limits of social welfare intervention and the protection of personal data in cases involving sensitive diagnoses. The speaker emphasizes the need to protect the privacy of families so that information about diagnoses related to social worker intervention does not spread within the community.
2024-09-17
15th Riigikogu, 4th session, plenary session
Juvenile delinquency, public safety, and societal responsibility are at the forefront of social issues. The speaker emphasizes the need to improve society's actions in order to reduce brutal incidents of violence and address the sense of impunity among minors.
2024-09-11
Fifteenth Riigikogu, fourth session, plenary session
In the social sector, the focus is placed on public health and security, emphasizing the Health Board's rapid access to data necessary for intervention in the event of infectious disease outbreaks. Furthermore, the regulation of medical devices is addressed as a crucial instrument for guaranteeing the quality of healthcare.
2024-06-12
15th Estonian Parliament, 3rd session, plenary session.
Among the social issues addressed is the regulation of tattooing, supporting the prohibition of tattooing for minors (aged 15–16) due to safety concerns and their lack of capacity for informed decision-making. The discussion also covers the social and legal ramifications of the restrictions imposed during the COVID-19 crisis, stressing that decisions made in crisis situations are difficult to evaluate in hindsight.
2024-06-04
15th Riigikogu, third session, plenary sitting
In matters concerning the social sector, the speaker emphasizes the importance of public health and social crisis management, citing the pandemic as a key example. They support utilizing the experience of the social committee when shaping emergency legislation to ensure the law has a broader scope of application.
2024-05-30
15th Riigikogu, 3rd sitting, plenary sitting
Regarding social issues, the only topics addressed are the trust and communication between the government and society, particularly when explaining crisis situations. Experts should help explain the situation to the public in a way that ensures they are believed.
2024-05-29
15th Riigikogu, 3rd session, plenary session
The main social topic is the social maturity of young people and the expansion of their civil rights. The speaker strongly supports granting the right to vote to 16-year-olds, stressing that they are already making major life decisions (e.g., becoming a parent, getting married, working full-time). He/She emphasizes that the responsibility young people take on as parents is greater than the responsibility involved in voting.
2024-05-27
Fifteenth Riigikogu, third session, plenary session
The main social issues are the aging of the population and the falling birth rate. We support the positive inclusion of the elderly in society and working life, viewing them as essential members. Regarding the birth rate, emphasis is placed on the need to provide security for families and utilize positive nudging, contrasting this approach with the pressuring of young women.
2024-05-16
Fifteenth Riigikogu, Third Session, Plenary Session
In the social sphere, staff shortages are mentioned in the healthcare and education sectors (doctors, nurses, teachers, and kindergarten educators), and this is primarily addressed as an economic and structural problem.
2024-05-06
15th Riigikogu, 3rd sitting, plenary session.
The main social issue is linguistic integration and education, particularly through children coming from Russian-speaking homes. The goal is to improve the Estonian language proficiency of parents and grandparents to ensure better social functioning and access to services (such as hospitals). This highlights the crucial role of language proficiency in the well-being and sense of security of citizens.
2024-04-10
15th Estonian Parliament, 3rd session, plenary session
The primary social issue is public health safety and the effectiveness of crisis communication. The speaker emphasizes the necessity of ensuring that all residents of Estonia can understand health information, which highlights the importance of social inclusion during crises and a pragmatic approach to the language question.
2024-04-09
15th Riigikogu, 3rd sitting, plenary session
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2024-03-19
15th Riigikogu, 3rd session, plenary session
It focuses on public health objectives, such as increasing healthy life years and reducing avoidable mortality. It recognizes the influence of social factors (education, heavy physical labor) on regional health disparities. It supports the use of modern tools (animated films, blogs) for delivering public advisory services, thereby saving manpower.
2024-03-06
15th Riigikogu, 3rd session, plenary session
In the social sector, the focus is placed on employee well-being and financial security during illness, emphasizing that individuals should not face impoverishment because of sickness. Crucially, individual freedom and the option to continue working part-time are important, as this also helps maintain the person's morale and sense of purpose.
2024-01-23
15th Riigikogu, 3rd sitting, plenary session
The main social focus is on public health and a science-based approach to medicine. It strongly defends the safety and efficacy of COVID-19 vaccines, emphasizing that they were instrumental in exiting the pandemic and preventing fatalities. Furthermore, it addresses the instability of scientific careers as a social issue that discourages young people from entering the field of science.
2024-01-11
15th Riigikogu, 3rd session, plenary sitting
Issues within the social sector are addressed, specifically healthcare and documentation procedures related to home births. The focus is on explaining the existing system to ensure the registration of a child born at home.