Agenda, 20 – 23 November 2023
Agenda for the 9th Working Week (20 November 2023 – 23 November 2023) of the 2nd Session of the Riigikogu Plenary Assembly
Monday, 20 November
1. Interpellation concerning transparency of the legislative process (No. 151), submitted by Member of the Riigikogu Priit Sibul on 11 May 2023
Reply by Heidy Purga, Minister of Culture
2. Interpellation concerning the impact of the green transition on the area of administration of the ministry managed by you (No. 135), submitted by Members of the Riigikogu Rain Epler, Mart Helme and Kert Kingo on 11 May 2023
Reply by Heidy Purga, Minister of Culture
3. Interpellation concerning the rise in VAT (No. 233), submitted by Members of the Riigikogu Kert Kingo and Henn Põlluaas on 13 May 2023
Reply by Heidy Purga, Minister of Culture
4. Interpellation concerning the integral impact of the tax package (No. 143), submitted by Members of the Riigikogu Anti Poolamets and Arvo Aller on 11 May 2023
Reply by Heidy Purga, Minister of Culture
5. Interpellation concerning the raising of VAT (No. 284), submitted by Member of the Riigikogu Riina Solman on 13 May 2023
Reply by Kalle Laanet, Minister of Justice
6. Interpellation concerning transparency of the legislative process (No. 282), submitted by Member of the Riigikogu Mart Maastik on 13 May 2023
Reply by Kalle Laanet, Minister of Justice
7. Interpellation concerning gender neutrality (No. 302), submitted by Members of the Riigikogu Anti Poolamets, Helle-Moonika Helme, Kert Kingo, Mart Helme, Kalle Grünthal and Evelin Poolamets on 13 May 2023
Reply by Kalle Laanet, Minister of Justice
8. Interpellation concerning deceitful policy (No. 86), submitted by Member of the Riigikogu Urmas Reinsalu on 10 May 2023
Reply by Kalle Laanet, Minister of Justice
9. Interpellation concerning deceitful policy (No. 80), submitted by Member of the Riigikogu Urmas Reinsalu on 10 May 2023
Reply by Mart Võrklaev, Minister of Finance
10. Interpellation concerning the establishment of a car tax (No. 249), submitted by Member of the Riigikogu Aivar Kokk on 13 May 2023
Reply by Mart Võrklaev, Minister of Finance
11. Interpellation concerning the establishment of a car tax (No. 359), submitted by Member of the Riigikogu Mart Maastik on 13 May 2023
Reply by Mart Võrklaev, Minister of Finance
12. Interpellation concerning the establishment of a car tax (No. 364), submitted by Member of the Riigikogu Andres Metsoja on 13 May 2023
Reply by Mart Võrklaev, Minister of Finance
13. Interpellation concerning income tax (No. 374), submitted by Member of the Riigikogu Aleksei Jevgrafov on 13 May 2023
Reply by Mart Võrklaev, Minister of Finance
14. Interpellation concerning the rise in VAT (No. 371), submitted by Member of the Riigikogu Aleksei Jevgrafov on 13 May 2023
Reply by Mart Võrklaev, Minister of Finance
15. Interpellation concerning the rise in VAT (No. 236), submitted by Members of the Riigikogu Alar Laneman, Rain Epler and Helle-Moonika Helme on 13 May 2023
Reply by Mart Võrklaev, Minister of Finance
Tuesday, 21 November
1. Bill on Amendments to the Social Welfare Act and Other Acts (295 SE) (Bill declared to be a matter of confidence), initiated by the Government of the Republic
Second reading
Report by Signe Riisalo, Minister of Social Protection
2. Bill on Amendments to the Medicinal Products Act and the Health Services Organisation Act (beginner’s allowances) (293 SE) (Bill declared to be a matter of confidence), initiated by the Government of the Republic
Second reading
Report by Riina Sikkut, Minister of Health
3. Bill on Amendments to the Health Insurance Act (294 SE) (Bill declared to be a matter of confidence), initiated by the Government of the Republic
Second reading
Report by Riina Sikkut, Minister of Health
Wednesday, 22 November
1. Bill on Amendments to the State Budget for 2023 Act (303 SE), initiated by the Government of the Republic
Third reading
2. Bill on Amendments to the Land Tax Act and the Taxation Act (297 SE) (Bill declared to be a matter of confidence), initiated by the Government of the Republic
Second reading
Report by Mart Võrklaev, Minister of Finance
3. Bill on Amendments to the Medicinal Products Act, the Health Insurance Act and the Health Services Organisation Act (299 SE) (Bill declared to be a matter of confidence), initiated by the Government of the Republic
Second reading
Report by Riina Sikkut, Minister of Health
4. Bill on Amendments to the Earth’s Crust Act (296 SE) (Bill declared to be a matter of confidence), initiated by the Government of the Republic
Second reading
Report by Kristen Michal, Minister of Climate
5. Bill on Amendments to the Traffic Act and the Road Transport Act (302 SE) (Bill declared to be a matter of confidence), initiated by the Government of the Republic
Second reading
Report by Kristen Michal, Minister of Climate
6. Bill on Amendments to the Penal Code (76 SE), initiated by Member of the Riigikogu Varro Vooglaid
First reading
Report by Varro Vooglaid, Member of the Riigikogu
Report by Anti Haugas, member of the Legal Affairs Committee
7. Draft Resolution of the Riigikogu “The Grating of a State Guarantee to the European Investment Bank to Support the Reconstruction of Ukraine” (336 OE), submitted by the Government of the Republic
First reading
Report by Mart Võrklaev, Minister of Finance
Report by Maris Lauri, member of the Finance Committee
8. Bill on Amendments to the Traffic Act (243 SE), initiated by Member of the Riigikogu Mart Maastik
First reading
Report by Mart Maastik, Member of the Riigikogu
Report by Tarmo Tamm, member of the Economic Affairs Committee
9. Draft Resolution of the Riigikogu “Formation of the Riigikogu committee of investigation to investigate the facts relating to the influencing of elections by the Liberal Citizen Foundation” (251 OE), submitted by Isamaa Parliamentary Group
First reading
Report by Member of the Riigikogu
Report by Hendrik Johannes Terras, Chairman of the Constitutional Committee
10. Bill on Amendments to the Penal Code (85 SE), initiated by Members of the Riigikogu Anti Poolamets, Helle-Moonika Helme and Varro Vooglaid
First reading
Report by Member of the Riigikogu
Report by Anti Haugas, member of the Legal Affairs Committee
11. Bill on Amendments to the Alcohol, Tobacco, Fuel and Electricity Excise Duty Act (80 SE), initiated by Members of the Riigikogu Evelin Poolamets, Arvo Aller and Martin Helme
First reading
Report by Member of the Riigikogu
Report by Annely Akkermann, Chairman of the Finance Committee
12. Bill on Amendments to the Alcohol, Tobacco, Fuel and Electricity Excise Duty Act (84 SE), initiated by Members of the Riigikogu Henn Põlluaas and Anti Poolamets
First reading
Report by Member of the Riigikogu
Report by Annely Akkermann, Chairman of the Finance Committee
13. Bill on Amendments to the Income Tax Act (83 SE), initiated by Members of the Riigikogu Kert Kingo and Rene Kokk
First reading
Report by Member of the Riigikogu
Report by Annely Akkermann, Chairman of the Finance Committee
14. Bill on Amendments to the Building Code and Other Acts (acceleration of the deployment of renewable energy) (308 SE), initiated by the Government of the Republic
First reading
Report by Kristen Michal, Minister of Climate
Report by Mario Kadastik, member of the Economic Affairs Committee
15. Bill on Amendments to the Information Society Services Act and the Penal Code (224 SE), initiated by the Government of the Republic
First reading
Report by Lauri Läänemets, Minister of the Interior
Report by Priit Lomp, Chairman of the Economic Affairs Committee
16. Bill on Amendments to the Imprisonment Act, the Penal Code, the Probation Supervision Act and the Code of Enforcement Procedure (updating of the Imprisonment Act and the deployment of digital solutions) (227 SE), initiated by the Government of the Republic
First reading
Report by Kalle Laanet, Minister of Justice
Report by Vilja Toomast, member of the Legal Affairs Committee
17. Bill on the Ratification of the Amendments to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (226 SE), initiated by the Government of the Republic
First reading
Report by Kalle Laanet, Minister of Justice
Report by Vilja Toomast, member of the Legal Affairs Committee
Thursday, 23 November
1. Deliberation of the matter of significant national importance “Is the future of energy dark?” initiated by the Estonian Centre Party Group
Report by Lauri Laats, member of the Estonian Centre Party Group
Report by Andrus Durejko, Chairman of the Management Board, Eesti Energia
Report by Priit Koit, CEO, Energy Group Utilitas
Report by Alar Konist, Director, Department of Energy Technology, Tallinn University of Technology
On Monday, 20 November, after all items on the agenda have been discussed, the time for unscheduled statements begins, to continue until no further requests for the floor are made, but no longer than until 12 midnight.
On Wednesday, 22 November, from 12 noon to 2 p.m., Question Time takes place.