Government bills9
- HE 56/2026 vpPassed
Cutting and reforming county funding
Savings will be made in central government funding for wellbeing services counties, and the calculation criteria for the funding model will be reformed from 2027 onwards. The reform cuts compensation for the growth in service needs and transition balancing, while ensuring through a temporary balancing model that no county's funding falls below the previous year's level.
25 Jun 2026 · 3 votes100 jaa75 ei - HE 102/2026 vpPassed with amendments
Second supplementary budget for 2026
The second supplementary budget for 2026, meaning amendments to the central government budget for the current year. The votes mainly concern individual appropriation items and dissenting proposals submitted by the opposition.
23 Jun 2026 · 5 votes - HE 87/2026 vpPassed
Raising central government borrowing authorisation
The maximum limit for central government borrowing will be raised from 205 billion euros to 270 billion euros. The change will safeguard central government liquidity and continued borrowing as debt increases.
11 Jun 2026 · 1 vote - HE 138/2025 vpPassed
Reducing annual government R&D funding increases
Annual increases in central government research and development funding will be reviewed every two years in accordance with the latest economic forecasts. As economic growth is slower than anticipated, the annual growth in funding will be smaller than previously planned.
25 Nov 2025 · passed without a vote - HE 192/2024 vpPassed with amendments
Cutting integration compensation and easing obligations
The state will cut compensation paid to municipalities and wellbeing services counties for promoting integration and reduce their related administrative obligations. At the same time, special state reimbursements for immigrants' social assistance will be abolished or their duration shortened.
19 Dec 2024 · 4 votes97 jaa68 ei - HE 123/2024 vpPassed with amendments
Cutting sickness and rehabilitation allowances
Sickness allowances and rehabilitation allowances will be cut for those earning more than 27,633 euros a year, and health insurance contribution liabilities will be transferred from the central government to employers and insured persons. The changes will strengthen central and local government finances, and they will apply from 1 January 2025.
28 Nov 2024 · 1 vote116 jaa51 ei - HE 126/2025 vpPassed
Increasing transfers from the pension fund
More money from the State Pension Fund will be transferred to the state budget to pay pension expenditure. The change will reduce the central government's need to take on new debt.
14 Nov 2025 · 1 voteOnly vote · Dissenting opinion
102 jaa75 ei - HE 41/2023 vpPassed with amendments
Central government budget for 2024
The central government budget for 2024. Parliament voted in plenary session on hundreds of individual appropriation items and opposition amendment proposals before adopting the budget.
20 Dec 2023 · 707 votes - HE 154/2024 vpPassed
Introducing consolidated central government accounts
Consolidated financial statements bringing together the state budget, off-budget funds and unincorporated state enterprises will begin to be prepared alongside the final central government accounts. This will provide a more comprehensive and clearer overall picture of the income, expenditure and assets of central government as a whole.
22 Nov 2024 · passed without a vote