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Merja Rasinkangas

Each row shows how the selected MPs voted in the bill's decisive vote.

  1. HE 19/2022 vpPassed with amendments

    Safeguarding student welfare services

    Curator, psychologist and healthcare services in schools and educational institutions will be transferred from municipalities to the responsibility of wellbeing services counties. School staff will be able to refer pupils in need of support to any student welfare service with a low threshold.

    Merja Rasinkangas: No vote recorded
    11 May 2022 · passed without a vote
  2. HE 106/2021 vpPassed with amendments

    Streamlining executive assistance to the police

    The police will be able to receive support and heavy equipment from the Finnish Defence Forces and the Finnish Border Guard more quickly and flexibly for dangerous situations and for securing state visits. Operations will always remain under police leadership, but preparedness for executive assistance and decision-making in urgent threat situations will be streamlined.

    Merja Rasinkangas: No vote recorded
    9 May 2022 · passed without a vote
  3. HE 146/2018 vpPassed with amendments

    Stricter penalties for breaching entry bans

    Entering Finland in breach of an active entry ban can result in a prison sentence. Offences will move from police fine proceedings directly to court proceedings.

    Merja Rasinkangas: No vote recorded
    3 Dec 2018 · 1 vote
    136 jaa
    29 ei
  4. HE 215/2018 vpPassed with amendments

    Second supplementary budget for 2018

    The second supplementary budget for 2018, or amendments to the central government budget for the current year. The votes mainly concern individual appropriation items and proposals in dissenting opinions by the opposition.

    Merja Rasinkangas: No vote recorded
    28 Nov 2018 · 15 votes
  5. HE 76/2018 vpPassed with amendments

    Reforming unemployment insurance contribution collection

    Unemployment insurance contributions will, as a rule, be collected from employers based on actual wages reported to the incomes register. Employers may, however, still choose an advance payment based on an estimated payroll.

    Merja Rasinkangas: No vote recorded
    28 Nov 2018 · passed without a vote
  6. HE 29/2022 vpPassed with amendments

    Banning plant-based DMT and streamlining permits

    Plant preparations containing DMT that are used for intoxicating purposes will be classified as narcotics. At the same time, control and permit procedures for narcotics will be eased and clarified.

    Merja Rasinkangas: No vote recorded
    5 May 2022 · passed without a vote
  7. HE 243/2021 vpPassed with amendments

    Updating environmental permits and waste securities

    Rules on amending environmental permits and waste securities required from operators are clarified so that the securities are sufficient to cover the costs of decommissioning and waste management, including in bankruptcies. At the same time, the use of meat and bone meal in energy production is facilitated and the online publication of older environmental decisions is clarified.

    Merja Rasinkangas: No vote recorded
    29 Apr 2022 · passed without a vote
  8. HE 224/2021 vpPassed with amendments

    Licensing private day-care centres

    Establishing a private day-care centre or substantially expanding its operations will require an official licence instead of the previous notification. Private family day care will remain subject to notification.

    Merja Rasinkangas: No vote recorded
    28 Apr 2022 · 2 votes
    97 jaa
    73 ei
  9. HE 187/2021 vpPassed with amendments

    Reforming civil service cooling-off rules

    The cooling-off period for senior state leadership and key personnel in the Finnish Defence Forces can be extended to up to one year, and special advisers to ministers will be required to declare their private interests. At the same time, it will be made easier for a civil servant dismissed on production-related or financial grounds to be employed by another state agency without an open application procedure.

    Merja Rasinkangas: No vote recorded
    28 Apr 2022 · 1 vote

    Only vote · 44 a § 3 momentti, mietintö / Riikka Purra, Mari-Leena Talvitie

    97 jaa
    72 ei
  10. HE 37/2018 vpPassed with amendments

    Flexibility in public-service employment terms

    Rules governing central and local government public-service employment will be harmonised with earlier amendments to the Employment Contracts Act. Long-term unemployed persons can be hired on fixed-term public-service relationships without a separate justification, probationary periods can be extended due to sick leave or family leave, and the re-employment period for dismissed employees will be shortened.

    Merja Rasinkangas: No vote recorded
    15 Nov 2018 · 5 votes
    100 jaa
    71 ei
  11. HE 179/2021 vpPassed with amendments

    Clarifying duties of supreme legality overseers

    The division of duties between the Chancellor of Justice and the Parliamentary Ombudsman will be clarified and expanded. Oversight duties and complaints will be divided between the agencies more clearly than before according to their areas of expertise.

    Merja Rasinkangas: No vote recorded
    27 Apr 2022 · passed without a vote
  12. HE 109/2021 vpPassed with amendments

    Shortening retention periods for payment defaults

    An entry of a payment default will be removed from credit records within one month of the debt being paid in full. In addition, a new entry will no longer extend the retention period of earlier payment defaults.

    Merja Rasinkangas: No vote recorded
    27 Apr 2022 · 2 votes

    Closest vote · Lausumaehdotus, mietintö / Mari Rantanen

    93 jaa
    55 ei
  13. HE 3/2022 vpPassed

    Municipality Finance services for wellbeing services counties

    Wellbeing services counties and joint county authorities for wellbeing services will be able to obtain loan financing from Municipality Finance. The funding raised can be guaranteed by the Municipal Guarantee Board.

    Merja Rasinkangas: No vote recorded
    22 Apr 2022 · passed without a vote
  14. HE 25/2022 vpPassed

    Opening EU–Ukraine air transport

    Finland approves the agreement on a common aviation area between the European Union and Ukraine. The agreement opens aviation markets and harmonises air transport rules.

    Merja Rasinkangas: No vote recorded
    19 Apr 2022 · passed without a vote
  15. HE 23/2022 vpPassed

    Opening the aviation market with Armenia

    Finland brings into force an air transport agreement between the EU and Armenia that creates a common aviation area. The agreement will allow the operation and opening of air services between the parties on equal terms.

    Merja Rasinkangas: No vote recorded
    19 Apr 2022 · passed without a vote
  16. HE 20/2022 vpPassed

    Establishing a UNICEF office in Finland

    An innovation office of the UN children's fund UNICEF will be established in Finland. The agreement confirms the official status and privileges of the office and its staff in Finland.

    Merja Rasinkangas: No vote recorded
    19 Apr 2022 · passed without a vote
  17. HE 12/2022 vpPassed

    Employment of diplomats' families in Namibia

    Family members of staff at diplomatic missions of Finland and Namibia will receive a reciprocal right to engage in gainful employment in the host country. Working will be possible without family members having to waive their diplomatic status.

    Merja Rasinkangas: No vote recorded
    19 Apr 2022 · passed without a vote
  18. HE 6/2022 vpPassed

    Strengthening investment protection with Singapore

    Finland will bring into force the Investment Protection Agreement between the European Union and Singapore. The agreement protects investments between the countries and establishes a new two-tier court system for dispute settlement.

    Merja Rasinkangas: No vote recorded
    19 Apr 2022 · passed without a vote
  19. HE 112/2021 vpPassed with amendments

    Civilian crisis management recruitment and leave

    The statutory right to leave of absence for public sector employees participating in civilian crisis management will be limited to a maximum of three years over a five-year period. At the same time, certain posts can be reserved exclusively for first-time applicants in order to broaden the pool of experts.

    Merja Rasinkangas: No vote recorded
    19 Apr 2022 · passed without a vote
  20. HE 11/2021 vpPassed

    Extending entrepreneurs' temporary labour market subsidy

    Entrepreneurs can receive labour market subsidy based on a reduction in income or work caused by the coronavirus epidemic until the end of June 2021. Receiving the subsidy does not require winding up business operations.

    Merja Rasinkangas: No vote recorded
    19 Apr 2022 · 1 vote

    Only vote · Voimaantulosäännös, mietintö / Arto Satonen

    31 jaa
    22 ei