By Plenary Sessions: Heljo Pikhof
Total Sessions: 34
Fully Profiled: 34
2025-10-06
The 15th Riigikogu, 6th Session, Plenary Sitting
The focus is strongly on South Estonia, particularly Tartu, Põlva, and Valga, where the shortage of patrol officers and the deterioration of security are being highlighted. Concerns are being raised about Tartu's reputation, which risks transforming from a university city into a prison city. The transfer of Swedish prisoners to Tartu Prison is a regional security issue that impacts the local living environment.
2025-09-24
Fifteenth Riigikogu, sixth sitting, plenary sitting.
The focus is clearly regional, concentrating on ensuring the viability of rural areas and preventing their decline. It is emphasized that high-speed internet is essential for creating jobs specifically in the countryside, thereby supporting local entrepreneurs.
2025-09-22
15th Riigikogu, 6th sitting, plenary session
The focus is strongly regional, highlighting the decline in security across Southern Estonia and Tartu following the transfer of Swedish criminals to Tartu Prison. It is emphasized that internal security in Southern Estonia must not be compromised in any way.
2025-09-15
15th Riigikogu, 6th sitting, plenary sitting
The focus is national, treating educational inequality as fundamental to Estonia's sustainability, while also emphasizing the necessity of reducing regional disparities. Specific mention is made of providing support and teacher resources across all regions of Estonia, as well as integrating smaller libraries via county libraries.
2025-09-10
15th Riigikogu, 6th sitting, plenary session
The focus is primarily national (Estonian workers) and international, drawing extensive comparisons with European Union member states and their holiday practices (e.g., Finland, Latvia, Belgium, Ireland). Regional focus is only present as an illustrative example, demonstrating how longer holidays allow families to gather, citing family members residing between Tallinn and Räpina as an example.
2025-09-08
15th Riigikogu, 6th sitting, plenary session
The focus is clearly at the national level, addressing the activities of the Estonian Bioethics and Human Research Council and the shaping of national policy regarding the issue of euthanasia.
2025-09-04
15th Riigikogu, extraordinary session of the Riigikogu
The main focus is on national laws and policies that affect all residents of Estonia (public holidays, education, cultural institutions). He/She emphasizes the problem of regional inequality in education and cites the high kindergarten fee in the city of Tartu as an example, contrasting it with the lower fees in other municipalities.
2025-06-18
15th Riigikogu, 5th session, plenary session
The focus is clearly on national problems, such as debt bondage and educational inequality across Estonia as a whole. The regional reference to supporting free kindergarten in Tallinn is used as an argument to expand this principle to the national level, emphasizing a nationwide solution.
2025-06-12
15th Riigikogu, 5th session, plenary sitting
The regional focus is clearly directed at the city of Tartu, addressing the issue of the Tartu prison and its impact on local security and police forces. It is emphasized that bringing prisoners to Tartu will not improve public safety.
2025-06-11
15th Riigikogu, 5th session, plenary sitting
The focus is on implementing free basic education nationwide to prevent regional disparities. Detailed regional comparisons are utilized to support this argument, highlighting the situation in Tallinn, Tartu, and Rae municipality regarding tuition fees and potential "early education migration." Tartu is specifically brought up, where the Reform Party has been in power for a long time, yet the tuition fee remains high.
2025-06-10
15th Riigikogu, 5th session, plenary sitting.
The focus is at the national level (Estonian infringement penalties) and the international level (the transposition of European Union law and the requirements of the directive). Regional or local issues are not included.
2025-06-04
15th Riigikogu, 5th session, plenary session
The focus is on regulatory accountability at both the national and local levels, stressing the need for unified national regulations that would complement the work of local municipalities. It is highlighted that not all local governments have addressed the resolution of this issue.
2025-05-21
15th Riigikogu, 5th sitting, information briefing.
The focus is on the nationally established nature conservation restrictions and land taxation policy, which affects individuals owning forest and land throughout Estonia. Specific regions or local projects are not mentioned.
2025-05-19
15th Riigikogu, Fifth Session, Plenary Session.
The focus is on national issues, covering Estonian forestry policy and the development of renewable energy production capacity. No specific regional or local interests are evident.
2025-05-07
15th Riigikogu, 5th session, plenary sitting
The focus is at the national level, addressing the reform of the nationwide system for social insurance and social assistance benefits.
2025-05-05
15th Riigikogu, 5th session, plenary sitting
The focus is on national socio-political issues, such as pension indexation and the funding of care homes, without specific regional references.
2025-03-19
15th Riigikogu, 5th sitting, press briefing.
The focus is clearly on the national level, addressing the sense of security among the Estonian people and strategic issues of national defense. There is no reference to specific regional or international topics, apart from the broader context of national defense.
2025-02-26
15th Riigikogu, 5th session, plenary session
The focus is purely national and institutional, addressing the structure of the Estonian research system and higher education institutions (e.g., Tallinn University of Technology, Estonian Academy of Security Sciences) as a whole. Regional or local focus is absent from the presentations.
2025-02-10
15th Riigikogu, 5th sitting, plenary session
The focus is broad-ranging, encompassing both national aspects (Estonian youth social media usage) and robust international comparisons. Reference is made to the regulations of other countries (Australia, France, the USA, Sweden, the Netherlands, Finland, Latvia) and studies conducted at the European Union level. A specific local or regional focus is absent.
2025-01-15
15th Riigikogu, 5th session, plenary session
The focus is at the national level (Estonia's lifelong learning system) and on international educational terminology and trends (Europe, global). Specific regional or local topics are not covered, although examples are drawn from the construction sector.
2024-12-04
15th Estonian Parliament, 4th session, plenary sitting
The focus is clearly on national education policy and social issues in Estonia, which are being addressed through legislative amendments. As an international point of comparison, the education systems of Finland and Germany and their positive results are highlighted as examples.
2024-11-20
15th Riigikogu, 4th session, plenary sitting
The regional focus is placed on the role and burden of local municipalities in fulfilling the compulsory education requirement, emphasizing the need to ensure they have a support system. Tallinn is highlighted as the most critical region, where approximately 250 individuals who have not continued their studies need to be located, compared to other counties.
2024-11-11
15th Riigikogu, 4th session, plenary session
There is not enough data.
2024-09-16
The 15th Riigikogu, 4th session, plenary sitting.
The focus is clearly national, concerning the establishment of nationwide construction requirements ("in our country") and the creation of regulation at the national level. Specific local projects or regions are not mentioned.
2024-06-12
15th Estonian Parliament, 3rd session, plenary session.
The focus is on national education policy and legislation that affects all Estonian educational institutions. Local governments are mentioned in relation to monitoring compulsory education (via SAIS), but a specific regional or local focus is not emphasized.
2024-06-03
Fifteenth Riigikogu, third session, plenary sitting.
A strong international and European Union focus. It is emphasized that the issue of child protection is cross-border and requires a pan-European solution (e.g., the EU Wallet), as national restrictions are ineffective or unlawful due to rulings by the European Court of Justice.
2024-05-14
15th Riigikogu, 3rd sitting, plenary session
The focus is entirely national, addressing the creation of a unified early childhood education system and the obligations placed upon local governments regarding the provision of childcare and kindergarten places. Specific regional or local projects are not mentioned.
2024-05-07
15th Riigikogu, 3rd session, plenary session
The focus is both national (Estonian National Opera, Estonian high culture) and international, emphasizing the growing visibility of Estonia and its capital Tallinn in Europe and the world. The project is considered an important calling card for Estonian national high culture.
2024-04-16
15th Riigikogu, 3rd sitting, plenary session
There is a strong regional focus on Tartu, actively supporting the establishment of the Tartu City Centre Cultural Centre (SÜKU) and its qualification for the title of a nationally important cultural building. Emphasis is placed on the necessity of strengthening the Tartu city centre to prevent the city from becoming a "backwater provincial town."
2024-04-03
15th Estonian Parliament, 3rd sitting, plenary session
The focus is on the national level (the Estonian education system) and the international level (the demographic situation in Ukraine). Regionally, Tallinn, Tartu, Kuressaare, and Imavere are cited as examples of locations where Ukrainian children have been dispersed across Estonia, complicating the establishment of centralized Ukrainian-language instruction.
2024-03-20
15th Riigikogu, 3rd session, plenary sitting
The focus is exclusively on national issues, addressing the financing of the national broadcaster's building and nationwide social guarantees for freelance creative professionals.
2024-02-21
15th Riigikogu, 3rd session, plenary session
It focuses on nationally significant cultural projects and policy. Narva is mentioned as an example of the differing completion speeds among projects prioritized for cultural construction. It emphasizes Tallinn's role as the capital on the European cultural map in connection with the Estonia Theatre extension, linking it to the international sphere of influence.
2024-01-24
15th Riigikogu, 3rd sitting, plenary session
Not enough data
2024-01-18
15th Riigikogu, 3rd sitting, plenary session
The focus is heavily regional, highlighting the significant disparities between rural and urban schools and the disadvantaged position of rural schools. These rural schools account for half of all schools, yet they are attended by only 25% of students. A model of community centers is proposed to support regional development, and the need for place-based teacher training in Ida-Virumaa and Setomaa is also mentioned.