Speeches by Ben Smith, MP

6 Mar 2019 House of Assembly

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[Cost centre] 17010, Human R esources. So, because it is related to a new job, I was wondering whether it was something that we could discuss . . . just because, obviously, if there is a new position that is being looked at and the Commissioner has gon e overseas to seek candidates for that pos ition, have local candidates …

6 Mar 2019 House of Assembly

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I am going back to [page] B -278. So I just spoke to this in regard to Defence. I am bringing it up again on whether drones are an option for Bermuda. When you look at the way policing is done outside of Bermuda you understand that they are using lots of different kinds of technology to make sure that …

6 Mar 2019 House of Assembly

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Thank you. Continuing with the road policing under the same heading, so the idea of having more CCTVs, the ability to have traffic cams, can the Minister give us more information on whether we could be looking for the ability for the cameras to take pictures of people that are actually speeding, to take pictures of people that are potentially …

6 Mar 2019 House of Assembly

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It is [cost centre] 22080, Administr ation. I was wondering if the Minister can give us some clarification on what that difference is. On page B -283, I am looking at the differences between the shifts A and B. So the 2018/19 original was 32 staff numbers and it actually came in at 24. And now the estimate for this …

6 Mar 2019 House of Assembly

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We are on [page] B -284 and it is the shifts, so [cost centre] 22030 and 22040 , Shift A and Shift B. If the Minister could give us an explanation of what the difference is, why there seems to be signif icantly more seizures in Shift B than in Shift A. [Inaudible interjection]

6 Mar 2019 House of Assembly

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Okay. I am going to move on to Head 25, Corre ctions. I am going to start with 35105, Psychological Services. So the Minister spoke to the fact that there is only one therapist available at present and that they are looking into getting two more in order to reach the . . . what is supposed to be the …

6 Mar 2019 House of Assembly

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Consultants? So, obviously, getting staff in will reduce that cost, so that becomes a prior ity. Looking at the employee numbers . . . obv iously, you are going to have retirements. You are g oing to have people that are no longer working within that department. The number that is needed is signif icant to get back to the …

6 Mar 2019 House of Assembly

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Say again. Hon. Wayne Caines: Point of information.

6 Mar 2019 House of Assembly

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No, I was actually looking at the . . . I was on [page] B -287, so I was actually looking at Westgate and then I looked at —

6 Mar 2019 House of Assembly

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So the Minister, I guess I am going to continue to be speaking on [page] B -287, so starting at 35020, for all the different facilities. The Minister spoke to the programmes that are available so there is the Farm, there is . . . the different programmes that have been put in place to try to make sure that …

6 Mar 2019 House of Assembly

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So, Mr. Chairman, potentially, this person, when they get out, they are going to have to stand in front of the Parole Board, they are going to have a parole officer that they are going to be communicating with. Potentially what we can do is try to get that information so that we know whether we are hitting our targets. …

6 Mar 2019 House of Assembly

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I was on —

6 Mar 2019 House of Assembly

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Yes, thank you.

6 Mar 2019 House of Assembly

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Mr. Chairman, I am going to move on now to Head 45, which is the Fire Service. I actually meant to make sure that we send our appreciation out to all the people who are working in all of these services. As I was saying earlier, it is always difficult because most of the people that work in these services …

6 Mar 2019 House of Assembly

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Thank you. The other [cost centre] is 76733, so it was a portable water pump. That was in the budget for . . . is this something that is just maintenance, like they have to keep purchasing more every time another one goes down, so really it is a stock issue as opposed to something that would have been an …

6 Mar 2019 House of Assembly

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So, Mr. Chairman, I am looking at [page] B -296 for the Fire Department and I am going to take this under the payments to the staff members. Specifically, all I am doing is tying it back to what I said previously when it comes to defence. Are we pu tting in a policy to make sure that we have …

1 Mar 2019 House of Assembly

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Good morning, Mr. Speaker and colleagues. Mr. Speaker, can I have the Honourable Mi nister provide what the budget is for 2018/19 for the DRRM?

1 Mar 2019 House of Assembly

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Supplementary.

1 Mar 2019 House of Assembly

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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Would the Honourable Minister be able to provide an estimated amount that has been spent so far for this? Hon. Wayne Caines: Again, so far, there is not a specific budget that has been set. There has not been a budget that was set aside. T he DRRM [members] are working from the individual departments. The …

1 Mar 2019 House of Assembly

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Supplementary.