Rain Epler
Status: Active
Parliament Seniority: 2 years
Total Speaking Time: 91h 58m
Agenda Items
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Interpellation Concerning the Negative Impacts of the Motor Vehicle Tax on Families with Children (No. 602)
2024-03-11 20:3015th Estonian Parliament, 3rd session, plenary session
Agenda Duration: 18m
Summary
This sitting focused on Inquiry No. 602, submitted by Riigikogu members Riina Solman, Priit Sibul, Mart Maastik, and Jüri Ratas, which addressed the negative impacts of the planned motor vehicle tax on families with children, especially large families. Riina Solman …
Decisions 1
Interpellation concerning business activities originating in Estonia and related to Russia during the War in Ukraine (No. 598)
2024-03-11 19:4515th Estonian Parliament, 3rd session, plenary session
Agenda Duration: 30s
Summary
This agenda item addressed Inquiry No. 598, submitted by Riigikogu members Urmas Reinsalu, Helir-Valdor Seeder, Priit Sibul, Mart Maastik, Tõnis Lukas, and Jaanus Karilaid, concerning extensive business activity originating from Estonia and linked to Russia during the war in Ukraine. …
Decisions 1
Interpellation concerning Estonia's critical demographic situation (No. 597)
2024-03-11 17:5415th Estonian Parliament, 3rd session, plenary session
Agenda Duration: 27m
Summary
The Riigikogu debate centered on the interpellation submitted by Riigikogu members Vadim Belobrovtsev, Aleksandr Tšaplõgin, Anastassia Kovalenko-Kõlvart, Aleksei Jevgrafov, Lauri Laats, and Andrei Korobeinik concerning Estonia's critical demographic situation. Interpellator Vadim Belobrovtsev, in his presentation, highlighted worrying data from Statistics …
Decisions 1
Question Regarding the Financing of Cultural Buildings of National Significance (No. 600)
2024-03-11 17:0815th Estonian Parliament, 3rd session, plenary session
Agenda Duration: 3m
Summary
The Riigikogu debated the interpellation submitted by Priit Sibul, Tõnis Mölder, Mart Maastik, Helir-Valdor Seeder, Urmas Reinsalu, and Riina Solman concerning the amendment of the funding procedure for cultural buildings of national importance. Central to the interpellation was the concern …
Decisions 1
Debate on the matter of national importance, "The Future of Estonian Energy 2035," initiated by the Estonian Reform Party parliamentary group.
2024-03-07 12:03Fifteenth Riigikogu, third sitting, plenary session
Agenda Duration: 1h 23m
Summary
The Riigikogu (Estonian Parliament) held a debate on a matter of national importance, titled "The Future of Estonian Energy 2035," initiated by the Reform Party faction. The discussion focused on Estonia's ambitious goal of achieving 100% renewable electricity by 2030, …
Decisions 1
First reading of the Draft Act (379 SE) on the Amendment of the Tax Information Exchange Act, the Taxation Procedure Act, and the Income Tax Act.
2024-03-06 18:5415th Riigikogu, 3rd session, plenary session
Agenda Duration: 30s
Summary
Agenda Item 10 of the Riigikogu concerned the first reading of Bill 379, initiated by the Government of the Republic, which amends the Law on Tax Information Exchange, the Taxation Act, and the Income Tax Act. The bill transposes amendments …
Decisions 3
First reading of the Draft Act on the Ratification of the Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Estonia and the Government of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan for the Avoidance of Double Taxation with respect to Taxes on Income and the Prevention of Tax Evasion and Fiscal Fraud, and the Protocol thereto (368 SE)
2024-03-06 18:4315th Riigikogu, 3rd session, plenary session
Agenda Duration: 30s
Summary
The ninth item on the Riigikogu agenda addressed the first reading of Draft Act 368 concerning the ratification of the agreement between the Government of the Republic of Estonia and the Government of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan for the …
Decisions 1
First Reading of the Draft Act on Amendments to the Health Insurance Act and Consequently Amendments to Other Acts (Prevention of Incapacity for Work) (Bill 377 SE)
2024-03-06 18:0015th Riigikogu, 3rd session, plenary session
Agenda Duration: 4m
Summary
The first reading of Draft Act 377, initiated by the Government of the Republic, concerning the amendment of the Health Insurance Act and related amendments to other acts (prevention of incapacity for work), took place in the Riigikogu. Minister of …
Decisions 2
First Reading of the Draft Act on the Ratification of the Agreement on Air Services between the Government of the Republic of Estonia and the Government of the Republic of Korea (Bill 357 SE)
2024-03-06 17:2115th Riigikogu, 3rd session, plenary session
Agenda Duration: 30s
Summary
The agenda item concerned the first reading of Draft Act 357, initiated by the Government of the Republic, regarding the ratification of the Air Services Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Estonia and the Government of the Republic …
Decisions 2
First reading of the Bill (359 SE) for the Act supplementing the Act on the Organization of the Energy Sector and the Act on Environmental Impact Assessment and Environmental Management System
2024-03-06 16:1115th Riigikogu, 3rd session, plenary session
Agenda Duration: 7m
Summary
The Riigikogu debated Bill 359, initiated by the Government of the Republic, concerning amendments to the organization of the energy sector act and the environmental impact assessment and environmental management system act, during its first reading. The main objective of …