
Siim Pohlak
Status: Active
Parliament Seniority: 6 years
Total Speaking Time: 21h 1m
Agenda Items
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Subsistence Benefit
2025-01-29 14:5915th Estonian Parliament, 5th sitting, information briefing
Agenda Duration: 30s
Summary
Member of the Riigikogu Vladimir Arhipov posed a question to the Minister of Social Protection Signe Riisalo regarding the low amount of the subsistence support, which is 200 euros. Arhipov drew attention to the fact that, in conditions of rising …
Decisions 1
Draft law amending the Value Added Tax Act (539 SE) - First Reading
2025-01-22 18:3215th Estonian Parliament, 5th session, plenary session.
Agenda Duration: 28m
Summary
The discussion focused on the first reading of bill 539, amending the value-added tax law, initiated by the Conservative People's Party of Estonia. The bill’s aim is to reduce the value-added tax on food for all food products, in order …
Decisions 1
Continuation of the first reading of the draft law declaring the Motor Vehicle Tax Act invalid (538 SE)
2025-01-22 16:0915th Estonian Parliament, 5th session, plenary session.
Agenda Duration: 19m
Summary
The agenda continued with the first reading of bill 538, the draft law declaring the Motor Vehicle Tax Act invalid, initiated by the Isamaa faction. The presiding officer clarified that the discussion would continue from where it left off yesterday, …
Decisions 1
Value-Added Tax on Foodstuffs
2025-01-22 14:5415th Riigikogu, 5th session, information briefing
Agenda Duration: 4m
Summary
The central topic was the ideas surrounding a reduction in the VAT rate on groceries and their impact on food prices in Estonia and the supply chain. The speakers were Regional and Agricultural Minister Piret Hartman, and the question was …
Decisions 1
Electricity supply
2025-01-15 15:2115th Riigikogu, 5th session, information briefing
Agenda Duration: 3m
Summary
Today's session addressed the seventh question to Prime Minister Kaja Kallas, posed by Riigikogu member Siim Pohlak, concerning the supply of electricity. The discussion centered on the desynchronization of the Baltic states from the Russian grid and the timing of …
Decisions 1
Inquiry regarding the court budget reduction plan (no. 669)
2025-01-13 20:1115th Riigikogu, 5th session, plenary session
Agenda Duration: 30s
Summary
A brief overview of the agenda: Riigikogu debate regarding the inquiry presented on November 20, 2024, by Arvo Aller, Martin Helme, Rain Epler, Kert Kingo, and Evelin Poolamets, concerning court budget cuts plan no. 669. The central question involved the …
Decisions 1
Request for information regarding the restoration and resilience plan and the use of oil shale (no. 668)
2025-01-13 17:3415th Riigikogu, 5th session, plenary session
Agenda Duration: 30m
Summary
Today, the Riigikogu addressed the question posed by Lauri Laats, Vadim Belobrovtsev, and Andrei Korobeinik, submitted on November 13th of last year, concerning the restoration and resilience plan and the use of shale oil. The purpose of the question was …