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- HE 164/2017 vpPassed with amendments
Regulating Kela taxi prices and reimbursements
A maximum price will be set for taxi journeys reimbursed under health insurance, and eligibility for reimbursement will require booking the journey through a dispatch centre approved by Kela. At the same time, reimbursement rules will be clarified for escorts and journeys made for non-urgent care.
Ville Kaunisto: No vote recorded18 Dec 2017 · passed without a vote - HE 163/2017 vpPassed
Increasing the single-parent child benefit supplement
The single-parent supplement to child benefit will rise by 4.75 euros per child per month from the beginning of 2018. The increase will improve the livelihood and financial position of single-parent families.
Ville Kaunisto: No vote recorded14 Dec 2017 · 5 votesClosest vote · Lausumaehdotus 1, mietintö / Pekonen
94 jaa85 ei - HE 140/2017 vpPassed
Reforming funding for integration training
Studies at liberal adult education institutions approved as part of an immigrant's integration plan will become free of charge for students and fully funded by the state. At the same time, the central government transfer for folk high schools teaching people with severe disabilities can be increased.
Ville Kaunisto: No vote recorded13 Dec 2017 · 3 votesClosest vote · 24 §, mietintö /Sami Savio
168 jaa13 ei - HE 68/2020 vpPassed
Extending gas rules to third-country interconnectors
Natural gas transmission pipelines between Finland and non-EU countries will be clearly brought under EU regulation in Finnish territory and territorial waters. The Energy Authority will also be granted the right to engage in supervisory cooperation with third-country authorities.
Ville Kaunisto: No vote recorded24 Jun 2020 · passed without a vote - HE 144/2017 vpPassed with amendments
Adding Siuntio and Tuusula to HSL
Siuntio and Tuusula will join the operating area of the Helsinki Regional Transport Authority (HSL) joint municipal authority from the beginning of 2018. At the same time, the transitional period for licence requirements for rail transport safety duties will be extended and the rules on open ticket interfaces will be clarified.
Ville Kaunisto: No vote recorded5 Dec 2017 · passed without a vote - HE 107/2017 vpPassed
Easing earned income taxation in 2018
Earned income taxation will be eased and employer-paid training will be made exempt from tax more broadly from the beginning of 2018. At the same time, the time limit for tax-exempt travel allowances for temporary posted work will be extended to three years.
Ville Kaunisto: No vote recorded4 Dec 2017 · 32 votes - HE 72/2017 vpPassed with amendments
National register for study records
A national data repository and online service will be created in Finland, allowing citizens and authorities to see completed studies in basic education, general upper secondary education and vocational education and training in one place. The reform will speed up applications for study places and benefits and remove the need to submit paper certificates.
Ville Kaunisto: No vote recorded29 Nov 2017 · passed without a vote - HE 77/2020 vpPassed
Deferring aviation supervision charges
Airport companies will be granted six months of additional time to pay aviation supervision charges for late 2020. The measure will ease airport companies' cash positions during the collapse in passenger numbers caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
Ville Kaunisto: No vote recorded17 Jun 2020 · passed without a vote - HE 142/2017 vpPassed
Third supplementary budget for 2017
The third supplementary budget for 2017, meaning amendments to the central government budget for the current year. The votes mainly concern individual appropriation items and proposals in dissenting opinions from the opposition.
Ville Kaunisto: No vote recorded24 Nov 2017 · 9 votes - HE 137/2017 vpPassed with amendments
Introducing additional capital requirements for banks
The Financial Supervisory Authority will be given the power to require banks and investment firms to hold an additional capital buffer against structural risks in the economy. The reform will improve the stability of the financial system and reduce the likelihood of banking crises.
Ville Kaunisto: No vote recorded24 Nov 2017 · passed without a vote - HE 131/2017 vpPassed
Renaming the Ministry for Foreign Affairs
The official Finnish name of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs will be changed to ulkoministeriö. At the same time, the rules on how decisions on appointments to fixed-term public-service posts are made in the Government will be clarified.
Ville Kaunisto: No vote recorded24 Nov 2017 · passed without a vote - HE 102/2019 vpPassed with amendments
Reforming Keva's governance and membership
The governance structure of the pension institution Keva will be reformed, and the representation of the labour market organisations on its bodies will be increased. Co-operatives controlled by municipalities will be enabled to join Keva as member organisations.
Ville Kaunisto: No vote recorded10 Jun 2020 · passed without a vote - HE 128/2017 vpPassed
Facilitating employment for diplomats' family members
Family members of staff at the diplomatic missions of Finland, South Africa and India will be able to engage in gainful employment in their host country without giving up their diplomatic status. A work permit will be granted without a labour market test, and employment will be subject to the host country's laws as well as its tax and social security system.
Ville Kaunisto: No vote recorded1 Nov 2017 · passed without a vote - HE 84/2017 vpPassed with amendments
Expanding environmental and waste supervision fees
Fees will be charged more widely than before for inspections and the monitoring of regulations under environmental and waste supervision. The fees will be targeted directly at businesses and operators that give rise to the need for supervision.
Ville Kaunisto: No vote recorded27 Oct 2017 · passed without a vote - HE 74/2017 vpPassed with amendments
Merging income security appeal boards
The Unemployment Appeal Board and the Social Security Appeal Board will be merged into a single agency from the beginning of 2018. The reform aims to speed up the processing of appeals and eliminate overlapping administration.
Ville Kaunisto: No vote recorded25 Oct 2017 · passed without a vote - HE 58/2017 vpPassed
Transferring artists' survivor pensions to Keva
A separate act will be enacted on survivors' pensions payable to relatives of recipients of supplementary artist pensions. The granting of survivors' pensions will be transferred from the Ministry of Education and Culture to the pension provider Keva.
Ville Kaunisto: No vote recorded24 Oct 2017 · passed without a vote - HE 87/2017 vpPassed
Approving the cultural heritage framework convention
Finland will accede to the Council of Europe Faro Framework Convention on the Value of Cultural Heritage for Society. The convention highlights the participation of citizens and communities in safeguarding and utilising cultural heritage.
Ville Kaunisto: No vote recorded20 Oct 2017 · passed without a vote - HE 57/2020 vpPassed with amendments
Substantially increasing Finnvera's corporate financing
The state is increasing Finnvera's domestic financing authorisation to ease economic difficulties caused by the coronavirus crisis. The objective is to secure companies' access to bank loans and prevent viable companies from going bankrupt.
Ville Kaunisto: No vote recorded20 May 2020 · passed without a vote - HE 127/2017 vpPassed
Second supplementary budget for 2017
The second supplementary budget for 2017, i.e. amendments to the central government budget for the current year. The votes mainly concern individual appropriation items and proposals in the opposition's dissenting opinions.
Ville Kaunisto: No vote recorded16 Oct 2017 · 2 votes - HE 44/2020 vpPassed with amendments
Temporarily easing enforcement proceedings
Due to the economic difficulties caused by the coronavirus epidemic, the conditions for enforcement will be temporarily eased. Debtors will find it easier to obtain additional payment time, relief from distraint, and postponements of evictions.
Ville Kaunisto: No vote recorded29 Apr 2020 · passed without a vote