Rain Epler
Status: Active
Parliament Seniority: 2 years
Total Speaking Time: 91h 58m
Agenda Items
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Draft law amending the State Budget Act (511 SE) - First Reading
2024-10-16 18:4415th Riigikogu, 4th session, plenary sitting
Agenda Duration: 50m
Summary
The fourth agenda item concerned the procedure for the first reading before the Riigikogu of the draft state budget law amendment 511. The Minister of Finance, Jürgen Ligi, delivered the presentation from the Riigikogu rostrum. The main message was that …
Decisions 1
Draft law amending the Prison Law (506 SE) – first reading
2024-10-16 17:1315th Riigikogu, 4th session, plenary sitting
Agenda Duration: 7m
Summary
The agenda included the Riigikogu’s first reading of Bill 506 amending the Prison Law. The bill concerns the provision of detention services in Tallinn Prison and related budget allocations, as well as organizational changes made at the local level. The …
Decisions 1
Draft law amending the Alcohol, Tobacco, Fuel and Electricity Excise Tax Act and other laws (510 SE) – first reading
2024-10-15 15:0215th Estonian Parliament, 4th session, plenary session
Agenda Duration: 48m
Summary
The presented bill 510 includes amendments to excise taxes on alcohol, tobacco, fuel, and electricity, as well as related laws. In the first reading, it is planned to increase excise rates on alcohol, tobacco, and gasoline (both leaded and unleaded …
Decisions 3
First reading of the draft law amending the Income Tax Act and the Defence Service Act, and the draft law amending the Income Tax Act (509 SE)
2024-10-15 13:5415th Estonian Parliament, 4th session, plenary session
Agenda Duration: 34m
Summary
The Riigikogu discussed the bill regarding amendments to the Income Tax Act and the Defense Service Act, and the bill regarding amendments to the Income Tax Act, for its first reading (509). The main concept of the bill is to …
Decisions 1
Draft law amending the 2024 State Budget Act (517 SE) – first reading
2024-10-15 13:0115th Estonian Parliament, 4th session, plenary session
Agenda Duration: 36m
Summary
The first reading concerns draft law no. 517 to amend the 2024 state budget law, initiated by the Republic's Government. The changes are largely of a technical nature and aimed at the redistribution of funding, not a change in the …
Decisions 3
Draft law amending the Act on the Government of the Republic and amending other laws thereof (505 SE) – First Reading
2024-10-14 21:1415th Estonian Parliament, 4th session, plenary sitting
Agenda Duration: 43m
Summary
The main item on the agenda is the first reading of the draft law amending the State Government Act and, in connection therewith, amending other laws 505. The initial aim of the draft is to consolidate and reorganize the areas …
Decisions 1
Draft law amending the Public Transport Act (499 SE) – first reading
2024-10-14 20:5715th Estonian Parliament, 4th session, plenary sitting
Agenda Duration: 30s
Summary
The Riigikogu discussed the draft law amending the Public Transport Act, initiated by the Republic’s Government, in the first reading (499). The presentation was given by Regional and Agricultural Minister Piret Hartman. The main objective of the draft law is …
Decisions 2
Draft law amending the Family Benefits Act and other laws (507 SE) – first reading
2024-10-14 18:1215th Estonian Parliament, 4th session, plenary sitting
Agenda Duration: 30m
Summary
The first item on the agenda concerned the first reading in the Riigikogu (Parliament) of bill 507, the Act amending the Family Benefits Act and other Acts, initiated by the Government of the Republic. The presenter was the Minister of …
Decisions 1
Draft law (496 SE) for amending the Social Welfare Act and the Act Regulating the Provision of Health Care Services (regarding the provision of independent nursing care in 24-hour special care services) - First Reading
2024-10-09 17:07Fifteenth Riigikogu, Fourth Session, Plenary Session.
Agenda Duration: 4m
Summary
The Riigikogu discussed in the first reading draft law 496 initiated by the Republic of Estonia’s Government, amending the Social Welfare Act and the Act on the Organisation of Healthcare Services. The draft concerns the organisation of independent nursing care …
Decisions 4
Sending Estonian soldiers to Ukraine
2024-10-09 15:3715th Riigikogu, 4th sitting, information briefing
Agenda Duration: 4m
Summary
The fourth question to the Riigikogu concerned the possible deployment of Estonian soldiers to Ukraine. The questioner, Rain Epler, pointed out that the discussion primarily involves forms of training and assistance, not the deployment of a direct brigade-sized unit, and …