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Mr. Kim Swan, JP, MP

Mr. Kim Swan, JP, MP

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3 Mar 2023 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House of Assembly
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Mr. Chairman, the function of this business unit is to provide for the admi nistration of the Department of Culture, which is located on the 3 rd floor of the [Government] Administration Building. Mr. Chairman, the allocated budget for f inancial year 2023/24 for this business unit is $863,000, as shown on page B -249. This amount r eflects no …
3 Mar 2023 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House of Assembly
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Mr. Chairman, the total amount allocated for this business unit in financial year 2023/24 is $40,000. This represents a decrease of $35,000, or 47 per cent, compared to the original budget of $75,000 allocated in the 2022/23 financial year. Mr. Chairman, this business unit focuses on highlighting the contributions of our African, Caribbean, Azorean, British and St. David’s Island Native …
3 Mar 2023 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House of Assembly
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Mr. Chairman, the total amount budgeted for this business unit for financial year 2023/24 is $269,000. This represents a decrease of $4,000, or 1.5 per cent, compared to the original budget of $273,000 allocated in 2022/23 financial year. Mr. Chairman, [this business] unit covers the cost of both Heritage Celebrations and the Bermuda Day Parade. Heritage Month began in 2022 …
3 Mar 2023 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House of Assembly
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Mr. Chairman, the amount budgeted for this business unit for financial year 2023/24 is $4,000. This represents a decrease of $63,000, or 94 per cent, when compared to the orig iBermuda House of Assembly nal budget allocations of $67,000 for financial year 2022/23. Mr. Chairman, with the lifting of the pandemic restricti ons in 2022/23, the department reintroduced the Tradition …
3 Mar 2023 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House of Assembly
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Mr. Chairman, the amount budgeted for this business unit for financial year 2023/24 is $30,000. This represents a decrease of $15,000, or 33 per cent, when compared to the original budget in financial year 2022/23, of $45,000. The decrease in this business unit takes into consi deration that expenses will not be incurred relating to the naming of a new …
3 Mar 2023 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House of Assembly
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Mr. Chairman, the amount budgeted for this busin ess unit for financial year 2023/2 4 is $9 8,000. T his represents an increase of $3,000, or 3.5 per cent when compared to the original budget for financial year 2022/2 3 of $95,000. The increase in this busi ness unit can be attributed to costs relat ed to coordinating and hosting …
3 Mar 2023 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House of Assembly
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Mr. Chairman, the amount budgeted for this busin ess unit for financial year 2023/2 4 is $63,000. This represents an increase of $4,000 when compared to the original budget of $59,000, or 7 per cent for financial year 2022 /23. This increase can be attributed to the cost of an additional promotional film for our cultural apprenticeship pr ogramme. Activities …
3 Mar 2023 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House of Assembly
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Mr. Chairman, the amount budgeted for this business unit for fin ancial year 2023/24 is $75,000. This represents an increase of $44,000, or 142 per cent when compared to the original budget of $31,000 for financial year 202 2/23. This increase in the business unit can be attributed to the cost of producing three full -length documentary films. Mr. Chairman, …
3 Mar 2023 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House of Assembly
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Mr. Chairman, funding has not been allocated for this business unit for financial year 2023/2 4, which was also the case for financial year 2022/23. Mr. Chairman, typically the funds allocated to this business unit are used to support special cultural projects. However, funding was dis tribut ed to focus more precisely on other priorities of the department. Programme 5203—Community …
3 Mar 2023 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House of Assembly
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Mr. Chairman, the all ocated budget in financial year 2023 /24 for this bus iness unit is $1 06,000. This amount represents a decrease of $9 ,000, or 8 per cent, when compared to the original estimates for fi nancial year 2022/2 3 of $115,000. Mr. Chairman, in financial year 2022 /23, funds associated with this business unit were used …
3 Mar 2023 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House of Assembly
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Mr. Chairman, the amount allocated for this business unit in 2023/24 is $113,000. This represents a $31,000 decrease, or 21 per cent when compared to the original budget est imate of $144,000 for financial year 2022/23. This decrease is the result of budget reallocation, shifting annual grants for Gombey troupes to the Grants and Organisations Business Unit. This s hift …
3 Mar 2023 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House of Assembly
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Madam Chairman, the allocated budget for financial year 2023/24 will finance the cost of event infrastructure, financial awards to participating Gombey troupes, local participating other dance groups, and other weekend events related to the Gombey art form. There is no change to employee numbers with the full -time equivalents remaining at eight as found on page B -251. Madam Chairman, …
3 Mar 2023 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House of Assembly
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Thank you, Madam Chairman, there will be plenty of time for questions. If I can continue my reading . . . HEAD 20 – Youth, Sport and Recreation
3 Mar 2023 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House of Assembly
268 words
Madam Chairman, I will now present the financial year 2023/24 estimates of expenditure and revenue for Head 20, the Department of Youth, Sport and Recreation, which can be found on pages B -241 to B -247 of the Estimates Book. 722 3 March 2023 Official Hansard Report Bermuda House of Assembly Madam Chairman, the mission of the Depar tment of …
3 Mar 2023 House of Assembly
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Madam Chairman, the budget allocation for business unit 30045, General Administration is $839,429. The allocated funds pr ovide for the administration and operations of the D epartment of Youth, Sport and Recreation’s Headquarters; which is located in Craig Appin House, situated at 8 Wesley Street, Hamilton. In addition, the admini strative section provides administrative support for eight programmes within the …
3 Mar 2023 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House of Assembly
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Madam Chairman, the Sport Development Programme is operated through business unit 30055. The budget allocation is $427,975, an increase of $9,500, or a 2 per cent increase. This increase represents funding allocated to assist National Sports Governing Bodies with the d evelopment of their long- term athletic development plans. The National Sports Governing Bodies will participate in workshops the department …
3 Mar 2023 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House of Assembly
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Madam Chairman, the estimate for business unit 30030 Athletic Awards, is $160,000. This represents the allocated funding for the Elite Athlete Assistance Programme and the N ational Junior Sponsorships Awards Programme. The funding will support our junior athletes with important training and competition that will assist in developing them into elite athletes. The investment in sport incentives and recognition is …
3 Mar 2023 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House of Assembly
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Madam Chairman, the allocated budget for fiscal year 2023/24 of $415,306 is for two of the business units under the Youth Development Programme. Youth Development Administr ation, business unit 30210, has a budget allocation of $315,30 6 for fiscal year 2023/24. The funding for this unit provides clerical and office support, administrative guidance and staffing for all programmes operated within …
3 Mar 2023 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House of Assembly
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Madam Chairman, the budget allocation for three community centres under the department’s remit is $1,394,577, $53,276 i ncrease [sic], or 4 per cent over the prior 2022/23 budget.
3 Mar 2023 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House of Assembly
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