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The work of Saeima deputies does not provide for annual vacations, but is full of breaks. This week, the public servants concluded the autumn session and will now return to work in two weeks. The rest week will come in the spring, but in the summer the parliament will take a break for two months. However, even during the regular session, deputies have the opportunity to make their daily lives easier by joining the meetings of Saeima committees or subcommittees remotely, for example, from home. This raises concerns about both the efficiency of work and the legitimacy of such votes. *** So that deputies from the regions can also work in person, they are paid for their rent and transportation expenses. Also, those who worked remotely in committees more often than others – Linda Matisone, Ilze Indriksone and Jānis Skrastiņš – were paid amounts from three hundred to six hundred euros in October for housing rent.