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Susan E. Jackson

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15 Dec 2023 House of Assembly
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No, thank you, Mr. Speaker.
8 Dec 2023 House of Assembly
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Good morning, Mr. Speaker. Can I just ask a supplemental before I get to mine?
8 Dec 2023 House of Assembly
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So just a supplemental to the bit about the excursions on the cruise ships. What, if anything, is the Government doing to maintain a competitive environment? Because just listening to the con-versation here, if one company is providing all of the excursion services to the cruise ship, how does that allow any of the smaller individual businesses that would like …
8 Dec 2023 House of Assembly
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It is going to be a supplementary on that.
8 Dec 2023 House of Assembly
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So, I am just going to maybe rephrase. But my question is, What is the Government doing to just monitor to make sure that the cruise ship excursions are not doing business in a non- competitive environment with maybe some larger tourist attraction businesses here, leaving out the smaller entrepreneur that would also like to be a part of cruise …
8 Dec 2023 House of Assembly
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I am going to ask my own questions, yes.
8 Dec 2023 House of Assembly
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So, my first question is on page 2, where there is discussion about the $11.8 million in transport infrastructure taxes. And my question to the Minister, Mr. Speaker, is, I am just curious what, if any, has been or will be invested in the Bermuda ground t ransportation infrastructure, in particular any of the infrastructure to support better management and …
8 Dec 2023 House of Assembly
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Supplemental.
8 Dec 2023 House of Assembly
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Yes. So just drilling down a little bit then, so if the infrastructure tax is being spent on those things, again I ask, What infrastructure invest-ment is being placed for the taxis, minibuses and other public ground transportation to improve the efficienc y in particular at the cruise ship docks in Dockyard and the popular destinations such as Horseshoe Bay …
8 Dec 2023 House of Assembly
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Yes, Mr. Speaker. We have had a number of issues especially at the cruise ship terminals and Dockyard and that envi-ronment where it is very difficult for cruise ship passengers and our public ground transportation to actually manoeuvre, especially with the increasing volum es of cruise ship passengers. My question is, What of the in-frastructure tax or any other investment …
8 Dec 2023 House of Assembly
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Yes. I am going to move on. I will have to save that for the budget or something.
8 Dec 2023 House of Assembly
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My other question is around the number of unexpected (yet it is every year) cancellations that occur usually due to weather. So, we have cruise ships that cancel last -minute usually because of weather. My question to the Minister is, What, if any-thing, is being done to support or to compensate or to assist the public ground transportation that has …
8 Dec 2023 House of Assembly
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Supplementary?
8 Dec 2023 House of Assembly
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The Minister has quoted for the last couple of years now significant growth in num-bers, considerable increases in the number of cruise ship passengers coming to our Island.
8 Dec 2023 House of Assembly
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Is the Government prepared to consider any form of compensation or support when cruise ships are cancelled and taxi drivers, minibus, and other ground public transportation has been also penalised because of the cruise ships’ cancellation?
8 Dec 2023 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. No further questions.
8 Dec 2023 House of Assembly
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Yes. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My first question focuses on the . . . I would like to ask the Minister, What are the projected increases in persons living with disabilities, especially given the fact that we are experiencing an increase in patients who are suffering because of noncommunicable diseases?
8 Dec 2023 House of Assembly
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Yes. Mr. Speaker, are the Minister and the department, the Ministry, prepared for the potential of significant increases in the population of people who are living with disabilities?
8 Dec 2023 House of Assembly
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New question.
8 Dec 2023 House of Assembly
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It actually segues into the disability register, or the register for those living with disabilities.