By Agendas: Signe Riisalo

Total Agendas: 12

Fully Profiled: 12

2025-10-15
First Reading of the Draft Act on Amendments to the Social Welfare Act and Other Acts (732 SE)

The 15th Riigikogu, VI Session, Plenary Sitting

It supports social redistribution and state intervention aimed at guaranteeing the maintenance of the minimum subsistence level and preventing absolute poverty, allocating resources for this purpose over a four-year period. It deems it important that individuals have an increased right to own protected reserve assets (exceeding 440 euros). Furthermore, it supports the preservation of multiple pension pillars (including the second pillar) to ensure the economic security of the populace.
2025-09-17
Draft law amending the Family Benefits Act (659 SE) - first reading

15th Riigikogu, 6th sitting, plenary sitting.

Economic perspectives emphasize fiscal responsibility and targeted spending, preferring more affordable and sustainable solutions, such as indexing child benefits (an annual cost of approximately 10 million), over expensive one-off increases (50–55 million). The objective is to direct limited resources toward poverty alleviation for the most vulnerable target groups.
2025-06-19
Draft Law on Annulment of the Motor Vehicle Tax Act (647 SE) - First Reading

15th Riigikogu, 5th session, plenary session

The economic perspective accepts the reality of establishing a car tax but emphasizes the need to ensure targeted financial relief for people with disabilities. The support provided should solve practical, real-life problems, such as the rising costs of assistive devices. The speaker is opposed to using local governments for distributing this aid.
2025-06-12
Draft Law on Song and Dance Celebrations (598 SE) – First Reading

15th Riigikogu, 5th session, plenary sitting

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2025-06-12
Second reading of the draft law amending the Health Services Organisation Act, the Unemployment Insurance Act, and other related acts, as well as amending the Act on Support for Working Capacity (604 SE)

15th Riigikogu, 5th session, plenary sitting

Economic perspectives focus on protecting social benefits and ensuring their timely distribution, supporting income protection for individuals with reduced work capacity to prevent cuts to the work ability allowance. Support is also given to the proposal by the Association of Primary Healthcare Centers that counseling regarding advance directives (end-of-life wishes) should be a separately funded service provided by the Health Insurance Fund.
2025-06-04
Draft law amending the Public Health Act (617 SE) – first reading

15th Riigikogu, 5th session, plenary session

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2025-05-15
The Minister of Education and Research's 2025 presentation on the implementation of the state's long-term development strategy "Estonia 2035"

15th Riigikogu, 5th session, plenary session

The economic perspective emphasizes maximizing the preparation of young people with special needs for the labor market, which signifies an investment in human capital and boosting employment. The objective is to ensure that vocational education serves the needs of the labor market, even for the target group with special needs.
2025-05-14
Draft law amending the Act on Social Support for People with Disabilities and amending other acts in connection therewith (561 SE) – Second Reading

15th Riigikogu, 5th sitting, plenary session

Supports increasing public sector spending in the social sector, citing the 15% increase in the special care budget in 2023 as an example. Considers the integration of the private sector, innovation, and technology into the social sector a key issue, noting the private sector's significant involvement in general welfare services.
2025-05-14
Draft law amending the Unemployment Insurance Act and, in consequence thereof, amending other laws (519 SE) – third reading

15th Riigikogu, 5th sitting, plenary session

Economic views focus on activating the labor market and ensuring social benefits are purposeful. The speaker emphasizes that the goal of unemployment insurance is to return individuals who have lost their jobs to the workforce, not to provide income to those who have chosen not to work. This indicates a preference for a support system that is targeted and incentivizes work.
2025-05-07
Draft law amending the Unemployment Insurance Act and, in consequence thereof, amending other laws (519 SE) – Second Reading

15th Riigikogu, 5th session, plenary sitting

Economic perspectives favor changing the system to actively motivate people to return to the labor market, criticizing the previous unemployment benefit scheme for encouraging passivity. An increase in social expenditure (1.7 million euros allocated to the subsistence benefit budget) is accepted in order to make the system fairer, but it is stressed that these costs are planned within the existing budget framework. Support is also given to the role of the Unemployment Insurance Fund in assisting the working-age population.
2025-04-23
Draft law amending the Health Services Organisation Act (advance directive of a patient’s end-of-life will) – first reading (604 SE)

15th Riigikogu, 5th session, plenary session

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2025-04-23
Draft law (583 SE) for the second reading on accession to the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women and approval of amendment to Article 20(1) of the Convention.

15th Riigikogu, 5th session, plenary session

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