By Plenary Sessions: Riina Sikkut
Total Sessions: 39
Fully Profiled: 39
2025-10-15
The 15th Riigikogu, VI Session, Plenary Sitting
The main legislative focus is the amendment of the Presidential Election Act, with [us/the party] serving as the initiator of the draft bill. The objectives are the earlier presentation of candidates in the Riigikogu chamber and the modification of the proportions of the Electoral College in order to restore the ratios that existed prior to the administrative reform. The speaker emphasizes that the changes should remain within the scope of the law and not infringe upon the Constitution.
2025-10-13
15th Riigikogu, 6th Session, Plenary Sitting
The legislative focus centers on the ratification of international treaties (DTAA) and challenging bills related to the government's fiscal policy (the Income Tax Act, the State Budget Act). It supports amending the Climate Law to become a short and specific framework act, while simultaneously raising questions regarding the relaxation of emission reduction targets.
2025-10-08
The 15th Riigikogu, 6th Session, Plenary Sitting
The main legislative focus is the rejection of the government-submitted 2026 state budget draft during its first reading. The speaker is a strong opponent of the current fiscal policy framework, deeming it irresponsible.
2025-10-07
The 15th Riigikogu, 6th Session, Plenary Sitting
The legislative focus is directed towards a critical analysis of the state's fiscal strategy and its long-term sustainability. The speaker's position is oppositional and scrutinizing regarding the strategy, focusing on preventing future budget shortfalls.
2025-10-06
The 15th Riigikogu, 6th Session, Plenary Sitting
The legislative focus is on budget oversight and the work of the Finance Committee. The priority is ensuring that ministries establish metrics within the activity-based budget that allow for effective management of the sector and the funding of political priorities.
2025-09-22
15th Riigikogu, 6th sitting, plenary session
The legislative focus is aimed at reducing bureaucracy and addressing security laws related to technological surveillance. The speaker acts more as a critical questioner, seeking clarification on the content and optimal scope of the draft legislation, particularly concerning the boundaries of privacy and individual freedoms.
2025-09-18
15th Estonian Parliament, 6th sitting, plenary session.
Legislative focus is directed towards amending financial regulations, including making it easier to transfer residential mortgages between banks and updating the regulatory framework for credit unions. The speaker supports these amendments, noting that cross-party consensus on them has been achieved within the Finance Committee.
2025-09-17
15th Riigikogu, 6th sitting, plenary sitting.
The main focus is on amending the bill concerning the rights of the Financial Intelligence Unit to ensure constitutional conformity and public trust. The broader goal is to establish a legal basis for the use of data with new technologies across all sectors and to ensure sufficient internal and parliamentary oversight.
2025-09-17
Fifteenth Riigikogu, sixth sitting, press briefing.
The primary legislative focus is opposing the government's proposed tax plans (the cancellation of the income tax increase and the abolition of the tax hump). The Social Democrats' alternative proposal—shifting the tax curve—is being promoted as a more effective way to lower the tax burden for the intended beneficiaries. Reference is made to the discussions held by the Finance Committee.
2025-09-16
Fifteenth Riigikogu, sixth sitting, plenary sitting.
The legislative focus is on the quality and clarity of the law-making process. The speaker emphasizes that the work of the Riigikogu (laws and amendments) often requires correction and creates confusion, which in turn burdens the Chancellor of Justice.
2025-09-15
15th Riigikogu, 6th sitting, plenary sitting
The legislative focus is directed towards education reform, specifically the consideration of alternative funding models and salary coefficients. A further priority is the analysis and implementation of measures aimed at reducing educational inequality (e.g., learning support and full-day schooling). Additionally, there is a requirement to ensure the immediate execution of strategic national projects, such as the defense industry park.
2025-09-11
15th Riigikogu, 6th plenary sitting
The key legislative priorities include the Credit Union Act, the Credit Information Sharing Act (the positive credit register), and changes to the requirements for valuing residential real estate used as collateral. The speaker is an active proponent and architect of these amendments within the Finance Committee, stressing that they are currently in the legislative process.
2025-09-10
15th Riigikogu, 6th sitting, plenary session
The focus is on the legislative procedure and the validity of government positions, requiring that a new position be sought whenever government policy changes. It supports the statutory requirement for establishing shelters in new apartment buildings.
2025-09-09
15th Riigikogu, 6th sitting, plenary session.
The legislative focus is directed towards administrative reform and strengthening internal control mechanisms to prevent recurring financial errors. The priority is the prevention of systemic errors, which necessitates changes either in accountability or in the system itself, suggesting a potential need to legally mandate stricter control principles.
2025-09-08
15th Riigikogu, 6th sitting, plenary session
The legislative focus is currently on reforming immigration and labor regulations. The aim is to support educational migration and improve integration, ultimately securing long-term contributing, Estonian-speaking employees. Furthermore, it highlights the necessity of introducing amendments to the legal framework concerning assisted suicide, specifically regulating the sale of related means outside the scope of healthcare provision.
2025-09-04
15th Riigikogu, extraordinary session of the Riigikogu
The legislative focus is aimed at improving the fairness of the tax structure and implementing compensatory measures (such as raising the subsistence minimum). Tightening restrictions on the advertising of gambling and remote wagering is also a priority for mitigating social risks. The primary tool used is interpellation to scrutinize the government's actions and to lay the groundwork for amendments during the budget deliberation process.
2025-06-12
15th Riigikogu, 5th session, plenary sitting
The main political issues include negotiations regarding the prison lease with Sweden, the implementation of the Competition Act, and amendments to tax legislation (specifically, the tax reduction for online casinos). The speaker is a staunch opponent of these government priorities and criticizes the former Isamaa minister for obstructing the Competition Act.
2025-06-11
15th Riigikogu, 5th session, plenary sitting
The main priorities are obstructing the government's tax increases and the proceedings of the Competition Law draft bill (via proposals for termination/suspension), and submitting the Social Democrats' amendments to the supplementary budget. (These amendments include raising the subsistence level and abolishing kindergarten fees). He/She is a strong supporter of the patient's end-of-life declaration draft bill, seeing it as a way to make existing rights enforceable.
2025-06-10
15th Riigikogu, 5th session, plenary sitting.
The legislative focus is aimed at reducing the courts' workload and enhancing consumer protection (for instance, through collective redress procedures). There is criticism directed towards the repeated revisions of the Competition Act, alongside a demand for the faster handling of social legislation (the Consent Law, the Equality Law), reflecting both support for these bills and criticism of the government's actions.
2025-06-05
15th Riigikogu, 5th session, plenary session.
The focus is on initiating political changes that would create a level playing field for local businesses and direct capital into Estonia. The speaker poses a question seeking ideas and reforms to overcome the problem of low-value production. Specific bills or legislative priorities were not mentioned.
2025-06-04
15th Riigikogu, 5th session, plenary session
The legislative focus is on the final vote for the law concerning withdrawal from the Ottawa Convention, a measure the speaker strongly supports. This step is necessary to establish a legal basis for the Defense Forces to procure and deploy mines, in accordance with the fundamental principles of the approved security policy.
2025-06-04
15th Riigikogu, 5th sitting, press briefing
The legislative priority is a bill put forward by the Social Democrats, the goal of which is to raise the benefit for the first and second child to 100 euros. The speaker is a supporter of this initiative and advocates for simplifying the benefits system instead of relying on complex tax exemptions.
2025-06-03
Fifteenth Riigikogu, fifth session, plenary session
The legislative focus is directed toward achieving strategic goals in the infrastructure and transport sectors. The speaker calls for the implementation of evidence-based policy, citing, for example, the implementation of the penalty point system recommended by experts to improve road safety.
2025-06-02
15th Riigikogu, Fifth Session, Plenary Session
The legislative focus is aimed at amending the supplementary budget to incorporate the Social Democrats' proposal to raise the subsistence level. Furthermore, there is support for utilizing the supplementary budget to establish the necessary financing mechanism for merging Tallinn hospitals. Accelerating the expenditure related to comprehensive national defense is also supported.
2025-05-21
Fifteenth Riigikogu, Fifth Session, Plenary Session.
The legislative focus is on tax reform (opposition to the government's draft bill and support for a progressive income tax) and the transposition of the European Union directive regarding gender balance within the management bodies of listed companies. The speaker is an active opponent of the tax bill and a supporter of the gender balance bill, emphasizing the critical importance of its adoption.
2025-05-20
15th Riigikogu, 5th session, plenary sitting
The legislative focus is on opposing the government's tax package and submitting a proposal for its rejection. The focus is also on the ratification of international agreements, such as the agreement between Estonia and Botswana on the avoidance of double taxation, concerning which a committee report was submitted.
2025-05-19
15th Riigikogu, Fifth Session, Plenary Session.
The speaker is focusing on the processing of legislation in the Riigikogu concerning the establishment of a basis for amending protection regulations for the designation of special conservation zones. They are also interested in legislative amendments regarding income requirements for skilled labor and the expansion of integration programs.
2025-05-15
15th Riigikogu, 5th session, plenary session
The legislative focus is on education reforms and the allocation of resources, particularly for the training and development of mathematics teachers. The speaker is initiating a discussion regarding the necessary changes required to ensure the quality and outcomes of mathematics instruction at the end of basic school and secondary school.
2025-05-14
15th Riigikogu, 5th sitting, plenary session
The main legislative priority is the draft amendment to the Securities Market Act, which transposes the EU directive aimed at improving gender balance in the management bodies of listed companies. The speaker, as a representative of the Finance Committee, is an active proponent and driver of this draft legislation, having successfully reached an agreement to shift the notification deadline to June 30, 2026.
2025-05-05
15th Riigikogu, 5th session, plenary sitting
The legislative focus is directed towards creating instruments of competition law and establishing regulations for platform work to provide social guarantees. The speaker is also involved in monitoring the implementation of existing reforms (such as the care reform and the public transport reform) and opposes plans to amend the national spatial plan regarding the Rohuküla railway. A significant priority is demanding political accountability for the proper transposition of the directive.
2025-04-24
15th Riigikogu, 5th session, plenary session
The legislative focus is aimed at protecting existing planning processes (such as comprehensive plans and environmental impact assessments) and emphasizing their transparency. There is hope that the Riigikogu will process draft legislation in the future that supports achieving the goal of local green electricity production.
2025-04-23
15th Riigikogu, 5th session, plenary session
The main legislative priorities include the transposition of the Tobacco Directive (banning flavors in heated products) and the enactment of advance directives for patients. He is a strong supporter of these bills, viewing the advance directive as a means of making existing rights enforceable. He calls for the regulation to be expanded to cover all nicotine products in the future.
2025-04-22
15th Riigikogu, 5th session, plenary sitting
Legislative focus is directed toward revising the funding principles for the cultural sector and improving the wages and social guarantees of cultural workers. The speaker is a political lobbyist who is demanding the establishment of a performance-based compensation system, citing the sector's achievements.
2025-04-16
15th Estonian Parliament, 5th session, plenary session
The legislative focus is on the field of healthcare and public health, including amendments to the Tobacco Act to ban flavors in heated tobacco products. Another priority is a bill that will make novel treatment options available to Estonian patients. The speaker supports these bills and emphasizes the need to move forward toward broader regulation of nicotine products.
2025-04-15
Fifteenth Riigikogu, Fifth Session, Plenary Session.
The primary legislative focus is the opposition to the government's planned amendments to the Employment Contracts Act, which pose a threat to worker protection. Furthermore, emphasis is placed on the necessity of changing the law and AKI's operational procedures to improve how registry data is utilized for making better decisions.
2025-04-10
15th Riigikogu, 5th session, plenary session
The legislative focus centers on reforming tax laws and legal acts governing benefits, with the aim of enhancing equity. The speaker is participating in this process as a member of the Finance Committee, where discussions are taking place regarding the restructuring of a specific tax and the legal basis for broader support measures.
2025-04-09
15th Estonian Parliament, 5th session, plenary session
The legislative focus is on amending drug regulation (hospital exemption) to allow the exceptional manufacture of novel medicines when alternatives with marketing authorization are not available in Estonia. The priority is reducing the administrative burden and shortening the deadlines for issuing permits from 120 days to 90 days. The speaker is a strong supporter and drafter of the bill.
2025-04-08
15th Riigikogu, 5th session, plenary sitting
The legislative focus is the swift transposition of the EU directive concerning gender balance requirements on the boards of listed companies. The speaker is an active proponent of the draft legislation and is accelerating the process, serving in the capacity of a representative for the lead committee.
2025-03-26
15th Riigikogu, 5th session, plenary session
The primary legislative focus centers on the procedural propriety of amending the constitution. The speaker is a staunch opponent of both the bill's process and the resulting amendments, particularly concerning the disenfranchisement of over 60,000 people, which was introduced during the course of the procedure.