By Months: Riina Solman

Total Months: 19

Fully Profiled: 19

10.2025

20 Speeches

The legislative focus is currently on amending national regulations, specifically requiring the state to define the admission criteria for state high schools more precisely, factoring in the results of make-up examinations. Furthermore, there is a national requirement to ensure that applications to high schools are accepted only after all final and make-up examinations have been completed. The speaker opposes the current procedure and is calling for regulatory improvements.
09.2025

44 Speeches

The legislative focus is on supporting the bill put forward by the Social Democrats concerning the increase of child benefits and single-parent allowance to 100 euros, a matter in which the speaker is acting as the representative of the leading committee. Also in focus are the issues surrounding the pay model for young soldiers in the defense forces and the utilization of the budget surplus.
06.2025

45 Speeches

The legislative focus is on establishing chains of accountability within the social and justice sectors, as well as regulating preventative work. He/She is a critical supporter of the draft bill concerning end-of-life declarations, stressing the necessity of an action plan for palliative care. He/She initiates inquiries regarding the organization of school examinations and demands the cancellation of excise tax hikes, positioning himself/herself as an active opponent of the government's proposed legislation.
05.2025

38 Speeches

The speaker is an active challenger of social sector legislation, maintaining a critical stance toward draft bills that would worsen the situation of vulnerable groups. He/She supported a motion to reject the draft amendment to the Social Benefits Act and successfully secured an amendment in the Social Affairs Committee regarding the age limit for placing disabled children on the waiting list for special care services (raising it from 16 to 18). The speaker utilizes parliamentary inquiries to demand accountability from ministers and improvements in lawmaking.
04.2025

33 Speeches

The speaker initiated a proposal to amend the Traffic Act, granting local authorities the right to restrict the use of rented micromobility devices. He actively advocates for car tax exemptions and submitted an interpellation concerning the spread of poverty and the repercussions of eliminating the tax bulge. Furthermore, he calls for oversight of the funding model for care homes and the requirement that renewable energy projects be subject to the integrated permit procedure.
03.2025

24 Speeches

The legislative focus is on opposing the government’s tax policy (the car tax) and promoting Isamaa’s initiatives (closing the Russian border). It supports the bill to standardize the survivor’s benefit but is skeptical regarding additional bureaucracy (the optional protocol) and regulating the influence of foreign countries on churches. The necessity of restoring the indexation of family benefits and support for large families is repeatedly emphasized.
02.2025

19 Speeches

The legislative focus is heavily directed toward the deprivation of voting rights for citizens of aggressor states in local elections, opposing the coalition's intention to permanently enshrine the franchise for persons with undetermined citizenship in the constitution. [It] initiates interpellations regarding the social welfare reform, political decisions concerning educational institutions, and the administrative burden on agriculture.
01.2025

21 Speeches

The main focus is criticizing government policy through parliamentary inquiries (taxation of pensioners, the car tax, and the birth rate). He/She actively participates in the work of the Social Affairs Committee, serving as the rapporteur during the proceedings of the draft law concerning accession to the Optional Protocol to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.
12.2024

42 Speeches

The primary legislative focus areas include amendments to the Child Protection Act (with opposition to relaxing the prohibitions), accession to the Optional Protocol to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (supported), and amending the constitution to restrict voting rights for security reasons. Criticism is also directed at the amendment to the Public Health Act, which moves the regulation of gender reassignment to the level of a regulation (or decree), fearing a loss of control by the Riigikogu (Parliament).
11.2024

33 Speeches

Focuses on opposing the government's social and healthcare legislation (Drafts 507, 508) and the budget, proposing the suspension of the readings. Key issues include the suspension of voting rights, the reversal of tax hikes, and compensation for public holidays. It also criticizes the amendment to the Medicinal Products Act concerning hospitals' drug supplies, viewing it as a market distortion.
10.2024

45 Speeches

The main legislative focus is the rejection of the government’s proposed austerity bills (specifically family benefits and pensioner support) on behalf of the Isamaa faction. The faction demands the termination of proceedings regarding Bill 427, which concerns the employment of pedophiles in children's institutions. Furthermore, they sharply criticize the bill that partially nationalizes the pharmaceutical market, viewing it as creeping nationalization and a source of unequal competition.
09.2024

18 Speeches

The legislative focus is directed toward reducing the bureaucracy involved in funding crisis preparedness and criticizing the insufficient inclusion regarding the amendments to the Waste Act (Bill 430). He supports increasing family benefits and demands that the government draft a proper population strategy aimed at supporting the birth rate. He is critical of government bills that impact the costs borne by market participants without adequate analysis.
07.2024

11 Speeches

The primary legislative focus is the opposition to the motor vehicle tax bill, specifically arguing against its enactment. The speaker, who serves as the deputy chairman of the Social Affairs Committee, criticizes the government for its rushed and ill-considered lawmaking. He demands the preservation of targeted tax relief for people with disabilities, insisting they should not be replaced by vague support services.
06.2024

11 Speeches

The legislative focus is directed towards opposing the supplementary budget and tax policy, as they fail to solve the problems facing society. It is demanded that, when legislating national defense, the advice of the Commander of the Defense Forces be followed and all necessary capabilities be procured. Additionally, the objectives of the draft legislation for creating the legal framework for nuclear energy are being examined, and support is given to reducing the bureaucracy involved in financing the Women's Voluntary Defence Organization (Naiskodukaitse).
05.2024

12 Speeches

The focus is on opposing the government's draft legislation (the sugar tax and the car tax), viewing these measures as detrimental and ineffective. The primary priority is reversing the cuts to family benefits and improving the economic well-being of families with children. Furthermore, there is an emphasis on the necessity of finding parliamentary consensus to pass legislation concerning the voting rights of third-country nationals.
04.2024

11 Speeches

The primary legislative focus is demanding a legal framework for suspending the voting rights of citizens of the Russian Federation, while criticizing the government's inaction in fulfilling the coalition agreement. The speaker is strongly opposed to cutting benefits for large families and criticizes the government's passivity regarding the teachers' salary issue and the establishment of a support system for major competitions. Furthermore, he/she supports transferring the protection of heritage areas to the competence of local municipalities.
03.2024

24 Speeches

He/She is a strong opponent of the motor vehicle tax bill, particularly because of its impact on large families. He/She supports bills concerning the reduction of VAT on cancer medicines to 5% and Jaak Valge’s population policy bill. He/She demands that the governing coalition develop the legal framework promised in the coalition agreement for suspending the voting rights of Russian and Belarusian citizens.
02.2024

13 Speeches

The main legislative focus is the opposition to the motor vehicle tax bill and the demand for its withdrawal. The speaker is an active initiator of interpellations concerning plans to increase immigration and the government's use of statistics regarding family benefits. Furthermore, there is a demand to revoke the voting rights of Russian and Belarusian citizens in local elections through an amendment to the constitution.
01.2024

10 Speeches

The main legislative priorities are the rejection of the car tax bill and the swift processing of the bill to revoke voting rights from Russian and Belarusian citizens. It demands that the government send the shelved security bill to the Riigikogu for debate and consider the opposition’s amendments.