By Months: Riina Solman

Total Months: 8

Fully Profiled: 8

10.2025

51 Speeches

The speaker demonstrates profound expertise in education management and examination procedures, thoroughly addressing the scheduling of lower secondary school final exams, the handling of make-up exams, and the application deadlines for upper secondary schools. Specific terminology, such as "state gymnasiums" and "retake performance," is employed, underscoring the necessity of analyzing the effect of these changes across all academic subjects. This expertise is largely derived from aggregated questions and feedback provided by parents and educators.
09.2025

48 Speeches

The strongest expertise lies in the field of population and family policy, drawing on the speaker's previous experience as Minister of Population Affairs and citing researchers and analyses (e.g., Lea Danilson-Järg, Ene-Margit Tiit). Furthermore, the speaker demonstrates awareness of the Defense Forces' salary systems, the internal processes of the Ministry of Finance, and media patterns. Specific data is used concerning the budget surplus (10–11 million euros) and subsidies (101,000 euros for hobby group grants).
06.2025

45 Speeches

The speaker demonstrates expertise in social policy and the reform of care homes, demanding clear chains of accountability, oversight, and training for care workers. They are also well-versed in the details of tax policy, criticizing the 26 different types of taxes and the impact of abolishing the tax hump. Furthermore, they are knowledgeable about the operational structure of security agencies and regional demographic indicators, especially those concerning Ida-Virumaa.
05.2025

38 Speeches

The speaker demonstrates profound expertise in social welfare and pension policy, citing specific reform details, budget figures (such as 41 million euros), and international poverty metrics (EU and UN tables). Furthermore, they possess a detailed understanding of the bottlenecks in regional policy, the history of local government funding (the share of income tax in 2009), and the legal grounds for restructuring educational institutions. They utilize audit findings (from the National Audit Office) to substantiate their arguments.
04.2025

33 Speeches

The speaker demonstrates profound expertise in the energy sector, citing the objectives of Elering, oil shale utilization technologies (CO2 capture), and specific planning challenges (Lavassaare, Sopi-Tootsi). Furthermore, they utilize statistical data regarding poverty (UN goals, Statistics Estonia) and the price increases associated with the care reform, noting their previous experience as a press spokesperson for Eesti Energia.
03.2025

24 Speeches

The speaker demonstrates profound expertise in the fields of social policy, demography, and national defense. He frequently relies on specific data points (such as the number of births dropping below 10,000, and negative population growth) and cites population scientists (Gortfelder, Tiit) and energy specialists (Konist). Furthermore, he is well-versed in legislative details, including plans to discontinue pension indexation and the specific provisions of the car tax.
02.2025

19 Speeches

The speaker demonstrates expertise on security, hybrid warfare, and foreign policy, connecting youth online behavior with hostile influence operations and referencing Kapo warnings. They possess a detailed overview of the shortcomings of the social welfare reform, emphasizing the conclusions of the National Audit Office audit and the issue of nursing home placement availability. Concerning energy policy, they focus on infrastructure vulnerability (cable sabotage) and environmental impacts (University of Tartu studies on fish shoals).
01.2025

21 Speeches

Demonstrates authority in the field of social policy and demography, utilizing specific data (the number of births being 9,646, the car tax amount being 875 euros) and referencing the opinions of demographers. It is also familiar with the details of regional policy (the relocation of state institutions, cuts to local stores), the energy sector (the location of the gas plant, oil shale processing), and the defense sector (the resignation of the head of the Defense League).