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Annika LapintieEach row shows how the selected MPs voted in the bill's decisive vote.
- HE 132/2016 vpPassed with amendments
Merging gambling operators into Veikkaus
Finland's three gambling operators, Veikkaus, RAY and Fintoto, will be merged into a single wholly state-owned gambling company named Veikkaus Oy. The new company will receive the exclusive right to operate gambling in Finland, and proceeds will continue to be channelled to public-benefit purposes.
Annika Lapintie: No vote recorded20 Dec 2016 · passed without a vote - HE 114/2016 vpPassed with amendments
Enhancing workplace grey economy oversight
Occupational safety and health authorities will receive broader rights to exchange confidential information with other authorities to combat the grey economy. At the same time, occupational safety and health inspectors can oblige employers to issue an employee with a missing lay-off certificate or grounds for the termination of an employment contract.
Annika Lapintie: No vote recorded20 Dec 2016 · passed without a vote - HE 168/2016 vpPassed with amendments
Streamlining appeal procedures in business matters
Appeals against decisions in the administrative branch of the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment will be streamlined by expanding the use of requests for administrative review and leave to appeal. In a larger number of matters, a review must first be requested from the decision-making authority, and appealing to the Supreme Administrative Court will require leave to appeal.
Annika Lapintie: No vote recorded19 Dec 2016 · passed without a vote - HE 243/2016 vpPassed
Increasing export financing and guarantee authorisations
The state will significantly increase the maximum limits for export credits and state export guarantees to safeguard the competitiveness of Finnish export companies. At the same time, the state's scope to lend funds to Finnvera in market disruption situations will be expanded.
Annika Lapintie: No vote recorded16 Dec 2016 · passed without a vote - HE 236/2016 vpPassed
Tightening fiscal correction and oversight
The Government will be required to submit a report to Parliament on deviations in general government finances following EU recommendations and to justify publicly any disagreements with the National Audit Office of Finland. The amendment brings national legislation into line with the requirements of the EU Stability Treaty.
Annika Lapintie: No vote recorded16 Dec 2016 · passed without a vote - HE 230/2016 vpPassed
Downsizing the pension appeal board
The number of divisions and members of the Appeal Board for Earnings-Related Pension Matters will be reduced because the number of appeals has fallen. The change will adapt the board's operations and composition to a smaller caseload.
Annika Lapintie: No vote recorded16 Dec 2016 · passed without a vote - HE 223/2016 vpPassed with amendments
Public tasks for the Forest Centre
The Finnish Forest Centre will no longer engage in business activities, focusing solely on public administrative tasks. The change ensures fair competition in the forestry sector market.
Annika Lapintie: No vote recorded16 Dec 2016 · passed without a vote - HE 212/2016 vpPassed
Postponing corporatisation of municipal occupational healthcare
The obligation on municipalities to incorporate the occupational healthcare medical treatment services they provide will be postponed by two years to the beginning of 2019. During the transitional period, municipalities must separate occupational healthcare accounting from their other healthcare services.
Annika Lapintie: No vote recorded16 Dec 2016 · passed without a vote - HE 182/2016 vpPassed
Temporary reduction in farm relief fees
Client fees for farm relief services and substitute assistance for farmers will be reduced for 2017. The change will make it easier for livestock farmers in financial distress to cope.
Annika Lapintie: No vote recorded16 Dec 2016 · passed without a vote - HE 175/2016 vpPassed with amendments
Easing inheritance and gift taxation
Inheritance and gift taxation will be eased, in particular to facilitate generational changes in businesses and farms. At the same time, the tax exemption for life insurance payouts on death will be abolished and inheritance tax deductions increased.
Annika Lapintie: No16 Dec 2016 · 6 votesClosest vote · 7 a §:n 2 ja 3 mom., mietintö / Timo Harakka
112 jaa58 ei - HE 248/2016 vpPassed
Centralising business subsidy administration at Tekes
The Finnish Funding Agency for Innovation Tekes will also begin administering business subsidies related to economic, energy and environmental policy. Under the change, corresponding duties and personnel will be transferred from the ELY Centres (Centres for Economic Development, Transport and the Environment) to Tekes from the beginning of 2017.
Annika Lapintie: No vote recorded15 Dec 2016 · passed without a vote - HE 227/2016 vpPassed
Improving special-needs housing grants and rights
State support could be used to build service facilities in connection with sheltered housing for older people that will also serve other local residents. In addition, residents in sheltered housing would be guaranteed an official tenancy agreement and the tenancy rights that come with it.
Annika Lapintie: No vote recorded15 Dec 2016 · passed without a vote - HE 216/2016 vpPassed
Cutting sickness allowance and reforming rehabilitation allowance
Sickness allowance and rehabilitation allowance for those earning over 30,000 euros a year will be cut. At the same time, the minimum rehabilitation allowance for young people and those in vocational rehabilitation will be raised to the level of the guarantee pension.
Annika Lapintie: No15 Dec 2016 · 1 voteOnly vote · 1. lakiehdotus, 11 luvun 1 §, mietintö / Anneli Kiljunen
114 jaa56 ei - HE 207/2016 vpPassed
Easing pilotage requirements for small vessels
The obligation to use a pilot will be eased for small vessels, towing combinations and icebreakers. At the same time, the organisation of pilotage examinations will be transferred from the authority to maritime educational institutions.
Annika Lapintie: No vote recorded15 Dec 2016 · passed without a vote - HE 162/2016 vpPassed with amendments
Energy efficiency requirements for government procurement
Central government authorities will be required to procure only energy-efficient products, services and buildings. The requirement applies to public procurement exceeding the EU thresholds.
Annika Lapintie: No15 Dec 2016 · 1 voteOnly vote · 2 §:n 5 kohta (uusi), mietintö / Hanna Sarkkinen
130 jaa33 ei - HE 213/2016 vpPassed
Extending training compensation to universities
Universities will begin to receive state training compensation for providing specialist medical and specialist dental training. The compensation will be based on the number of graduated specialist doctors and specialist dentists.
Annika Lapintie: Yes14 Dec 2016 · 1 voteOnly vote · Perustelut, mietintö / Sari Tanus
153 jaa6 ei - HE 192/2016 vpPassed
Clarifying testing of pesticide equipment
The mandatory inspection timetables for pesticide application equipment would be amended to align with EU regulations. New equipment would only have to be inspected five years after purchase, and less frequent inspections would be permitted for low-risk equipment.
Annika Lapintie: No vote recorded14 Dec 2016 · passed without a vote - HE 164/2016 vpPassed
Repealing Nordic Project Export Fund legislation
The separate act on the Nordic Project Export Fund will be repealed, as the fund has been abolished as an independent institution. Its operations continue as part of the Nordic Environment Finance Corporation.
Annika Lapintie: No vote recorded14 Dec 2016 · passed without a vote - HE 246/2016 vpPassed
Revising the Finland–Portugal tax treaty
Finland and Portugal will introduce a new tax treaty to prevent double taxation. The reform would give Finland the right to tax, among other things, private-sector pensions received from Finland by persons resident in Portugal.
Annika Lapintie: No vote recorded13 Dec 2016 · passed without a vote - HE 245/2016 vpPassed with amendments
Cancelling generation change relief for minors
An earlier proposal to extend generation change tax relief for minor heirs inheriting limited liability companies is withdrawn. This will ensure that other cuts to inheritance and gift taxation enter into force from 1 January 2017.
Annika Lapintie: No13 Dec 2016 · 1 voteOnly vote · Valiokuntaan lähettäminen, puhemiesneuvoston ehdotus / Timo Harakan ehdotus
93 jaa57 ei