Rain Epler
Status: Active
Parliament Seniority: 2 years
Total Speaking Time: 91h 58m
Agenda Items
11-20 / 22 agenda items
Draft law (587 SE) on joining the protocol amending the Convention on offences and certain other acts committed on board aircraft
2025-05-15 00:5815th Riigikogu, 5th sitting, plenary session
Agenda Duration: 30s
Summary
11. Agenda item addressed the draft law 587 for the first reading of the accession to the protocol amending the convention concerning offenses and certain other acts committed on board aircraft, initiated by the Government of the Republic. The aim …
Decisions 2
Draft law amending the Securities Market Act and, in consequence thereof, amending other laws (588 SE) – second reading
2025-05-14 23:2715th Riigikogu, 5th sitting, plenary session
Agenda Duration: 38m
Summary
The Riigikogu discussed the draft law amending the Securities Market Act, and related laws, initiated by the Republic’s Government, for a second reading (588). The draft law’s purpose is to adopt the EU directive to improve gender balance in the …
Decisions 3
First reading of the draft resolution of the Riigikogu "Proposal to the Republic's Government to submit an application to the European Commission for the exemption of energy production companies from the obligation to purchase CO2 quotas" (619 OE)
2025-05-14 21:0815th Riigikogu, 5th sitting, plenary session
Agenda Duration: 55m
Summary
The present agenda item concerned draft resolution 619 submitted by the Conservative People's Party of Estonia’s parliamentary group, which aimed to task the Government of the Republic with initiating negotiations with the European Commission to obtain an exemption from the …
Decisions 1
First reading of the draft resolution of the Riigikogu "Proposal to the Republic of Estonia’s Government to submit a negative supplementary budget bill to reduce administrative expenses in 2025" (608 OE)
2025-05-14 20:4015th Riigikogu, 5th sitting, plenary session
Agenda Duration: 30s
Summary
The Isamaa faction’s presented Riigikogu decision "To make a proposal to the Republic's Government to present a negative supplementary budget bill to reduce government expenditures in 2025" had its first reading, which addressed the content and main objectives of the …
Decisions 1
First reading of the draft resolution of the Riigikogu concerning the appointment of members of the Estonian National Broadcasting Council from recognised experts in the field of activity of the Estonian National Broadcasting. (643 OE)
2025-05-14 20:0515th Riigikogu, 5th sitting, plenary session
Agenda Duration: 30s
Summary
As the sixth item on the Riigikogu’s agenda, the Riigikogu considered the draft resolution 643 of the Culture Committee, for its first reading, aimed at appointing two new, nationally recognized expert members to the Estonian Public Broadcasting (ERR) supervisory board. …
Decisions 1
Reconsideration of the Act Amending the Act on Churches and Religious Communities (570 UA), Not Proclaimed by the President of the Republic
2025-05-14 18:1215th Riigikogu, 5th sitting, plenary session
Agenda Duration: 30m
Summary
The fourth agenda item concerned the bill amending the Law on Churches and Religious Congregations [re-examination], which had been returned to the Riigikogu by the President. The presiding officers explained the procedure: first, a presentation by the representative of the …
Decisions 1
Ando Kiviberg
Draft law amending the Electricity Market Act (556 SE) – third reading
2025-05-14 17:4115th Riigikogu, 5th sitting, plenary session
Agenda Duration: 25m
Summary
The third agenda item concerned the third reading of the draft law amending the Electricity Market Act, initiated by the Government of the Republic. The draft focuses on regulating grid development and connection fees, and the network usage fee, to …
Decisions 1
Request for information regarding population register entries (no. 754)
2025-05-12 21:3915th Riigikogu, 5th session, plenary sitting.
Agenda Duration: 27m
Summary
Under the fifth agenda item, a question time was held in the Riigikogu regarding entries in the population register, presented by Helle-Moonika Helme, Rain Epler, and Siim Polaku on April 17, 2025. The presentation of the question time was given …
Decisions 1
Inquiry regarding the Võru shooting range (no 737)
2025-05-12 20:5315th Riigikogu, 5th session, plenary sitting.
Agenda Duration: 7m
Summary
The fourth item on the Riigikogu’s agenda was the question posed by Priit Sibula and Rain Epler regarding the Võru shooting range (no. 737), followed by the Minister of the Interior's response. The question’s presenters highlighted local concerns such as …
Decisions 1
Inquiry regarding coping policies (no 736)
2025-05-12 20:0515th Riigikogu, 5th session, plenary sitting.
Agenda Duration: 30s
Summary
Third on the agenda was a request for information submitted by Members of the Riigikogu Vladimir Arhipov, Aleksei Jevgrafov, Andrei Korobeinik, Anastassia Kovalenko-Kõlvart, Lauri Laatsi, Vadim Belobrovtsev, and Aleksandr Tšaplõgin, concerning the inquiry (No. 136) regarding survival policy, presented on …