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N. H. Cole Simons

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29 Jun 2018 House of Assembly
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The Minister of Finance— [ Inaudible interjections]
29 Jun 2018 House of Assembly
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T he Premier and t he Minister of Finance indicated that the restricted licence will be restric ted to the FinTech industry. My question is this.
29 Jun 2018 House of Assembly
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When that restricted licence is issued, will the bank be able to provide a full suite of services, that other banks provide, to the FinTech i ndustry?
29 Jun 2018 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, he has not answered my question. Mr. Speaker, once the restricted licence has been issued —I will repeat the question— will that licence allow that bank to provide a full suite of services to their restricted clients?
29 Jun 2018 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I would like to associate myself with the comments made in regard to the Parks trai ning programme and Mr. Parris and Mr. Santucci. Mi nister Burch and the Deputy Speaker made positive remarks. I share all of their remarks and agr ee that they need some type of recognition for a job well …
29 Jun 2018 House of Assembly
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But, Mr. Speaker, it just speaks to how parents feel about these schools , and the experiences that their children go through while in school. I would like to also recognise Mr. Hewitt Ta ylor. He was the Teacher of the Year. Mr. Speaker, when his name was called at the Berkeley graduation, the applause was thundering. The students went …
29 Jun 2018 House of Assembly
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Thank you.
22 Jun 2018 House of Assembly
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Thank you. Will the Minister consider making available to the PAC a register of all sole source waivers issued by the Department of Project Management on a quarterly basis, as a standard protocol? [Inaudible interjections] Hon. Lovitta F. Foggo: Well, ha ving sat on the Public Accounts Committee, that is something that usually goes through the Chair to the Office …
22 Jun 2018 House of Assembly
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Second question. QUESTION 2: IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CODE OF PRAC TICE FOR PROJECT MANAGEMENT AND PROCUREMENT
22 Jun 2018 House of Assembly
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In regard to this protocol, if there are infractions on the sole source waiver pr oBermuda House of Assembly cess, is that still under the purview of the Accountant General, or does that move to the Director of the O ffice of Procurement Management? Hon. Lovitta F. Foggo: If there are infractions, again, whatever processes, remedies, penalties are in place, …
22 Jun 2018 House of Assembly
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Supplemental, Mr. Deputy Speaker.
22 Jun 2018 House of Assembly
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She has not quite answered [the question]. So, who will be held accountable for managing the infraction process? Will it be the Director of the Office of Project Management? Or will it be the A ccountant General? Hon. Lovitta F. Foggo: I can say this. The director will be the sole person responsible for agreeing or allowing sole sources. And …
22 Jun 2018 House of Assembly
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Fair enough. Supplemental.
22 Jun 2018 House of Assembly
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Under the Financial Instructions, all infractions of the Financial Instructions are to be addressed to the Accountant General. So, if there was an infraction in any manner in regards to the sole source waiver process, and it, basically, goes against the F inancial Instructions, it moves from the Director of the Office of Project Management to the Accountant General. So, …
22 Jun 2018 House of Assembly
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Thank you.
22 Jun 2018 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker. The Education Minister’s Statement indicated, on page 1, it says, “ the statistical data revealed a declining trend in enrolment of courses offered, going from 2,505 clients in 2012/13 to 746 clients in 2017/18. ” Do you have any data that really supports why the decline occurred over that period? Because I understand you did …
22 Jun 2018 House of Assembly
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Second question.
22 Jun 2018 House of Assembly
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What was the economic savings that were realised as the result of this re-organisation and transition? Hon. Diallo V. S. Rabain: Mr. [Deputy] Speaker, like most government departments, the bulk of the budget was for salaries. But, in this instance, the approximate savings realisation was about $180,000.
22 Jun 2018 House of Assembly
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Supplemental.
22 Jun 2018 House of Assembly
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And how was $180,000 d eployed to the community? Hon. Diallo V. S. Rabain: Mr. Deputy Speaker, this is where you see I mentioned that the cost to the Government of putt ing on these courses was approx imately $140 per person. So that is what it was being used for.