Session Profile: Reili Rand
15th Riigikogu, Fifth Session, Plenary Session
2025-06-02
Political Position
The speaker supports additional funding for national defense but immediately stresses that people's livelihood and alleviating hardship for families are integral components of security. The political focus is directed toward supporting vulnerable groups and ensuring professionalism in social sectors (especially youth work) through clear standards. These positions are value-based, demanding decisive action and systemic solutions from the state.
9 Speeches Analyzed
Topic Expertise
The speaker demonstrates profound competence in the youth field, addressing in detail the qualification requirements, standards, and the project-based structure of financing. Furthermore, they are well-versed in the quality of social welfare and the workforce challenges facing regional healthcare, referencing the Foresight Centre's report on the mobility of health workers. They employ specific terminology, such as "regulatory governance" and "harmonization of family benefits."
9 Speeches Analyzed
Rhetorical Style
The style is predominantly critical and urgent, especially concerning the youth sector, where the unqualified workforce is referred to as a security threat. Both logical argumentation (the inequality of project-based funding) and emotional emphasis (trust, the protection of vulnerable victims) are employed. The speaker presents their views formally, using structured questions and referencing the positions of specialists in the field.
9 Speeches Analyzed
Activity Patterns
All speeches took place during a single plenary session, which demonstrates active participation in the debates held with ministers. The speaker raises both broad political questions concerning the supplementary budget and highly specific, multi-point inquiries (for example, five questions regarding the youth sector).
9 Speeches Analyzed
Opposition Stance
The criticism is aimed at the government's/ministry's inaction and contradictory stances, particularly concerning the postponement of qualification requirements in the youth work sector. Separate criticism is leveled against the minister's public statement, which characterized these qualification requirements as excessive "regulatory management." Furthermore, the project-based funding system, which exacerbates regional inequality, is also under fire.
9 Speeches Analyzed
Collaboration Style
The speaker refers to the faction's unified position ("Our faction believes") and commends the colleague for raising a similar important issue. The need for better cooperation between the ministry and the sector's representative organizations is emphasized, noting that the sector's recommendations are not being sufficiently taken into account.
9 Speeches Analyzed
Regional Focus
The regional focus is strong, concentrating on the deepening of regional inequality stemming from project-based funding, which tends to favor the better-performing local governments. Separate emphasis is placed on the sustainability of county hospitals and the issues surrounding the availability of specialists in smaller hospitals. The proposal to abolish the kindergarten place fee in the City of Tallinn and its subsequent impact on neighboring municipalities is also mentioned.
9 Speeches Analyzed
Economic Views
It supports additional funding for national defense but simultaneously demands that the financial well-being of families be eased through social measures, such as greater compensation for school meals or the standardization of family benefits. It criticizes funding systems that are unsustainable and that reward the ability to write projects rather than addressing the actual financial need.
9 Speeches Analyzed
Social Issues
The social focus is very strong, centering on the well-being of families and the legal protection of vulnerable individuals who are unable to articulate the harm they have suffered. Particular emphasis is placed on enhancing the professionalism of youth work through stricter qualification requirements, aiming to prevent risks and support the mental health of young people. Furthermore, there is a demand for improving the quality of welfare services in both the private and public sectors.
9 Speeches Analyzed
Legislative Focus
The primary focus is demanding decisive action and systemic changes from the government, particularly in establishing qualification requirements for youth workers and improving the quality of welfare services. We support the supplementary budget concerning national defense, but we demand that it be expanded to include measures supporting families, such as making kindergarten free nationwide.
9 Speeches Analyzed