By Plenary Sessions: Riina Solman
Total Sessions: 10
Fully Profiled: 10
2025-01-30
Fifteenth Estonian Parliament, fifth session, plenary session.
The legislative focus is on the bill concerning the restriction of voting rights, regarding which the speaker is acting as an inquirer, seeking solutions that would go beyond the framework of the current draft. He/She is concentrating on the bill’s broader social impact and its long-term consequences for societal integration.
2025-01-29
15th Riigikogu, 5th session, plenary sitting
The legislative focus is on the critical assessment of the transposition of directives, asking whether this leads to overregulation. Also in focus is the analysis of the consequences of social policy changes (raising the age limit for a disabled child and the reorganization of funding).
2025-01-29
15th Estonian Parliament, 5th sitting, information briefing
The legislative focus is currently directed toward the timeline and substance of the completed analysis of the Ministry of Social Affairs' family policy measures. Attention is also being paid to the bill currently under review in the Riigikogu concerning the raising of the age limit for children with disabilities, with criticism directed at the resulting loss of benefits provided by the Unemployment Insurance Fund (Töötukassa).
2025-01-28
15th Riigikogu, 5th session, plenary session
The legislative focus is aimed at tightening requirements and enhancing oversight in the taxi industry to eliminate illegal labor. The objective is to improve market regulation through state measures, rather than leaving the responsibility solely to businesses.
2025-01-27
15th Riigikogu, 5th session, plenary session
The focus is on challenging the ministry's actions and policies (such as textbooks and how the topic is addressed), rather than initiating specific legislative bills. The objective is to halt the promotion of gender identity topics within the education system, as this is a matter of policy, not legislation.
2025-01-22
15th Estonian Parliament, 5th session, plenary session.
The main legislative focus is the processing and bringing to a final vote of the draft law (534) concerning accession to the Optional Protocol to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child on a communications procedure. The second focus is opposing the government-initiated motor vehicle tax and demanding the mitigation of its impact.
2025-01-21
15th Riigikogu, 5th sitting, plenary session
The primary legislative focus is on the draft bill addressing national defense requirements, for which the leadership of the Reform Party is being held clearly accountable. The speaker is actively questioning and setting expectations during the debate on the bill, stressing the draft law's direct link to the party's executive decisions.
2025-01-20
15th Riigikogu, 5th session, plenary session
The legislative focus is on monitoring the execution of the budget and the financing of social policy. The speaker criticizes the government's decision to withdraw the subsidy (101,000 euros) that was in effect during the fiscal year, while simultaneously acting as an opponent of the budget cut.
2025-01-16
15th Riigikogu, 5th session, plenary session
There is a lack of legislative focus; the emphasis is instead on improving the quality of the parliament’s internal debate culture and political communication. The priority is ensuring that policy is understandable to the public.
2025-01-13
15th Riigikogu, 5th session, plenary session
The focus is on holding the government accountable for energy policy and the planning of strategic infrastructure (a gas plant). A priority is also changing the European Union's conditions to support oil shale chemistry and fine chemistry within the framework of the Just Transition Fund.