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Susan E. Jackson

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10 Mar 2023 House of Assembly
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Thank you. Becaus e again, I have read the job descri ption, and it is fulsome. All three . . . well, the two that I have read so far have been fulsome job descriptions. So if we were going to hire Bermudians for those roles, would there be any UN training or support in order to fulfil all of …
10 Mar 2023 House of Assembly
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I am hot today. [Laughter] QUESTION 1: EDUCATION REFORM UNIT
10 Mar 2023 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, thank you. I have a question for the Minister of Education around independence. And I do not mean this as a criticism, and we are a small population, and he has subject -matter experts who are right at hand. But the Minister on page 2 had mentioned that “As we pr epare to introduce an Education Authority, we …
10 Mar 2023 House of Assembly
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Yes. Bermuda House of Assembly So that was a lot of information. So, I completely understand. If one member has a contradiction in their workload, they are constantly having to give out blue crayons, but they know that yellow crayons are what we really should be giving out, that this can be a really difficult situation. And the Minister also …
10 Mar 2023 House of Assembly
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I do not know. I am taking it out of his first response, but it is kind of a second question.
10 Mar 2023 House of Assembly
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Second question. And it is a quick one. And that is, Will we be looking furt her afield for a head of the Education Authority in much the same way as we have cast a broader net for the President of the Bermuda College? Like are we going to look further afield for an Education Authority head? Or is it …
8 Mar 2023 House of Assembly
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Good morning, Mr. Speaker. My question is [about] the passport applications that are in the process now and have been in the process for an extended period of time, I am wondering if the Minister might be able to provide any indication that some of these long- process passports will be expedited or given extra attention in order to get …
8 Mar 2023 House of Assembly
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Yes, please, Mr. Speaker. I am just curious w ith this new framework to expedite and be more efficient with passport applications if there is a component of this programme that com-municates with the customer, with the applicant so that the applicant can manage their expectation on when their particular application will be completed and their passport delivered? Thanks.
8 Mar 2023 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. 824 8 March 2023 Official Hansard Report Bermuda House of Assembly I would just like to be associated with the congratulatory remarks in recognition of International Women’s Day. It is an important day for women. I t is a chance for us to show our strength and to show our presence within the community. I certainly …
8 Mar 2023 House of Assembly
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Yes. Good morning, Mr. Chairman. So I would like to ask some questions. It is Head 48 on page B -197. So I just want to make it clear that there are basically two line items for this. So I would like to start first with the General Summary, Bermuda House of Assembly 4801. And this would be the Transportation …
8 Mar 2023 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Chairman. And it is [cost centre] 58010, Transportation Planning Team. And it is on page B -197. And if I just may make a comment, please? The Transportation Planning Team is a section within Head 48 of the Ministry of Transportation. There are no line items under this very important, super -significant, huge revenue- generating section of …
8 Mar 2023 House of Assembly
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All right? So I am going to continue with my questions. Hon. Zane J. S. De Silva: Point of order. Point of order,
8 Mar 2023 House of Assembly
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So I will stay on line item 58010, Transportation Planning Team, on page B -197. And I will ask my final question around that. And that is, Are ships obligated to fulfil their fees that are anticipated or are expected to be paid to the Bermuda Government when they are cancelled be-cause of weather? So do we have a contingency …
8 Mar 2023 House of Assembly
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Thank you. I would just like to take a moment to go over to page C -19, which is Grants and Contributions. And this is listed as line item 7099, the Bermuda Airport Author-ity. And this also falls under Head 48 as listed on page B-198, Grants and Contributions, with an estimated $22,400,000 which is down $7 million from last …
8 Mar 2023 House of Assembly
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—to BELCO, and I do not know if the Bermuda Airport Authority pays the energy for the airport. If the Minister might give us an update on the solar park and how that works with the Bermuda Airport Authority and whether there is some arrange-ment there. Because the high cost of energy is certainly something that we can have control …
8 Mar 2023 House of Assembly
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Thank you. I would like to just turn to Head 48, Ministry of Transport Headquarters, and under that is the Ber-muda Civil Aviation Authority. And if I need a line item, I will go to page B -198 at Revenue Summary, 8108, Civil Aviation Receipts. So in 2021/22 the Budget Book shows that we got over $20.5 million in revenue …
8 Mar 2023 House of Assembly
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Yes, I know. Any damage to the prosperity of the Shipping and Maritime Authority and whether they too are having to look in other direc-tions or pivot their strategy in order to maintain a lucra-tive model for our Shipping and Maritime registers? I will ta ke my seat at this point. Thank you.
8 Mar 2023 House of Assembly
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Thank you. I just have one other question. When we were talking about the revenue guarantee for the airport, I was just curious. There is a break point when we will have enough passengers on aircraft to provide enough revenue to make sure that our bills are paid. And un-derstandably, COVID -19 was a fluke for the whole world. And …
8 Mar 2023 House of Assembly
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I agree with my colleagues. That was not a point of order. But my question again is, we have had to start with airlift to Bermuda with very few passengers on it. We had to deal with the travel authorisation form, which was cumbersome and frustrating and expensive. And then we had to deal with certification of vaccination cer-tificates. I …
8 Mar 2023 House of Assembly
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Point of clarification.