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E. Grant Gibbons

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10 Mar 2017 House of Assembly
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I now move to the Department of ICT, Policy and Innovation which is Head 67. And that is found on pages B- 341 to B -344 1034 10 March 2017 Official Hansard Report Bermuda House of Assembly of the Budget Book. The current estimates start on page B -341 and also on page C -7 of the Budget Book. The …
10 Mar 2017 House of Assembly
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Madam Chairman, this cost centre allows the department to encourage the adoption and use of technology as a tool for skilled and business development. Programmes are offered that integrate technology, technology training and education into how Bermuda operates at home, at work and at school. Through the various programme offerings, the Department of ICT Policy and Innovation advocates and celebrates …
10 Mar 2017 House of Assembly
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At 4:24 pm. Okay. I am going to turn now to the development of our Space and Satellite Industry, which is reflected o n page C -7. The Department of ICT Policy and Innov ation has been allocated $400,000 in capital funding for financial year 2017/18 to support our space and satellite programme. The satellite industry includes: • Consumer Services …
10 Mar 2017 House of Assembly
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Typo. Hon. Wayne L. Furbert: Yeah, I know that. I am just telling you . . . well, which one are we approving then? [Inaudible interjection] Hon. Wayne L. Furbert: There is a hundred . . . which one is correct? Next question is . . . time is just running out, it is crazy. When we talk about the …
10 Mar 2017 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Madam Chairman. In the minute remaining?
10 Mar 2017 House of Assembly
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Yes, thank you. On the loan guarantees, 16 were from Butterfield, 9 from HSBC, 15 from Clarien. There is no error in the figures here. They add up . . . the $4.125 million and the $1.564 for the two grants come out to the correct amount here, which is $5.689 million. The difference between the Grant in the back, …
10 Mar 2017 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Madam Chairman. I will move Head 95, Ministry of Economic Development Headquarters, and Head 67, the D epartment of Information and Communications Tec hnology.
10 Mar 2017 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Madam Chairman. Madam Chairman, I would ask that Heads 48 (in relation to Transport), Head 30—Marine and Ports; Head 31— Airport Operations; Head 34—Transport Control Department; Head 35— Public Transportation; Head 57 —Civil Aviation; and Head 73 —Maritime A dministration be taken under consideration by the Committee.
10 Mar 2017 House of Assembly
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Madam Chairman, the function of the Ministry of Tourism, Transport and Municipalities Headquarters is to ensure safe and eff icient operation of the departments and special oper ations units within the Ministry, ensure the policies of the Bermuda Government relating to the Ministry are enacted and to work with other Government Ministries that may be impacted by the Ministry of …
10 Mar 2017 House of Assembly
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Madam Chairman, that concludes the brief for the Ministry of Tourism, Transport and Municipalities Headquarters. I am going to shift now to the brief for the Department of Marine and Ports Services, and that is on page B -186 of the Budget Book. In 2017/18, the Department of Marine and Ports, Head 30, will oversee a budget allocation of $20,097,000, …
10 Mar 2017 House of Assembly
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Madam Chairman, that concludes the brief for the Department of Marine and Ports Services. I am going to now move to page B-191, which is the Department of Airport Operations, and I guess we probably should say, formerly Head 31, because it will be retired in the coming weeks as a department and transitioned into the Ber-muda Airport Authority (the …
10 Mar 2017 House of Assembly
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I am going to shift now to Head 34, which is on page B- 199, and that is the Transport Control Department. The Transport Control Department (TCD) administers the operation of all motor vehicles on the roads of Bermuda. The department monitors and reg-ulates the size, functionality, physical condition and quantity of all vehicles by carrying out the following activities: …
10 Mar 2017 House of Assembly
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I am going to now move to Head 35, Department of Public Transport ation. And that is found on page B -202 of the Budget Book. Madam Chairman, as you ar e aware an extremely unfortunate incident occurred on Tuesday of this week that resulted in a major bus fire in Warwick Parish. Thanks to the quick thinking of the …
10 Mar 2017 House of Assembly
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I am going to shift now to the Head 57, which is the Department of Civil Aviation. That is found on page B -207 of the Budget Book. The original forecast for 2016/17 was actually zero. The revised forecast for 2016/17 was $4.2 mi llion. And the estimate for 2017/18 is zero. There will be no full -time equivalent staff …
10 Mar 2017 House of Assembly
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I am now going to move to the last head, which is the Department of Maritime Administration, and that is found on page B - 209. The original budget for 2016/17 was zero. The revised budget in 2016/17 was $2.4 million. And the estimate for 2017/18 is zero. There will be no full -time equivalents in Department of Maritime Administration …
10 Mar 2017 House of Assembly
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If I may, point of order.
10 Mar 2017 House of Assembly
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Thank you. I think we had a little bit of a discussion about this in parliamentary questions the other day. No dec ision has been made exactly as to how the issue with respect to Bermudians not being able to rent cars at a couple of Boston airport . . . Alamo, I think it was. That is being looked …
10 Mar 2017 House of Assembly
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Point of order.
10 Mar 2017 House of Assembly
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Yes, in fairness, the Honourable Member is misleading the House. I had to answer parliamentary questions from that Honourable Member about which rental agencies, and Alamo was the only one that we were aware of.
10 Mar 2017 House of Assembly
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Yes, Madam Chairman. I think the Honourable Member is misleading the House here. No decision has been taken to sign any treaty at this point. We appreciate his com-ments, but I can assure him that those options and permutations are being looked at both in Chambers and I think through the Ministry itself as to what the steps are. And …