The Riigikogu appointed Viktor Vassiljev a member of the Supervisory Board of the Estonian Health Insurance Fund.

75 members of the Riigikogu voted in favour of the Resolution of the Riigikogu “Appointment of a Member of the Supervisory Board of the Estonian Health Insurance Fund” (16 OE) and there were 6 abstentions.

The Supervisory Board of the Estonian Health Insurance Fund consists of 15 members. On the proposal of the Social Affairs Committee, the Riigikogu appoints one member of the Supervisory Board from among its members. The Minister of Health and Labour, the Minister of Finance and the Chairman of the Social Affairs Committee are members of the Supervisory Board by virtue of their office. The Government also appoints to the Supervisory Board an official of the Ministry of Social Affairs, five members on the proposal of the organisations representing the interests of the insured and five members on the proposal of employers’ organisations.

The Riigikogu appointed Remo Holsmer the representative of Estonia to the Control Committee of the Nordic Investment Bank from 1 June 2015 to 31 May 2016. 81 members of the Riigikogu were in favour of the Resolution of the Riigikogu “Appointment of the Representative of Estonia to the Control Committee of the Nordic Investment Bank” (13 OE) and there were 3 abstentions.

The representative of Estonia to the Control Committee of the Nordic Investment Bank is appointed on the basis of subsection 2 (3) of the Act on the Ratification of the Agreement between Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway and Sweden concerning the Nordic Investment Bank and the Payment Agreement between the Republic of Estonia and the Nordic Investment Bank, and the Statutes of the abovementioned Investment Bank. The Control Committee is formed with the aim of ensuring conformity of the activities of the bank to its Statutes.

The Riigikogu rejected at the first reading the Bill on Amendments to the Basic Schools and Upper Secondary Schools Act (1 SE), initiated by the Estonian Centre Party Faction, which had been intended to raise the minimum rate of school lunch support per student from 78 cents to one euro per school day.

The representative of the lead committee, member of the Cultural Affairs Committee Kalle Muuli said that the rise of school lunch support should be discussed in the planning of the state budget and not within the framework of this Bill.

Andres Ammas and Märt Sults took the floor on behalf of factions during the debate.

The result of voting: 41 votes in favour and 31 against. Thus the Bill is dropped from the proceedings.

The verbatim record of the sitting (in Estonian) 

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