Speeches by Susan E. Jackson

3 Mar 2023 House of Assembly

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Yes, please. i f I may.

3 Mar 2023 House of Assembly

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So, I would like to stay on page C -23 for a moment. And as the Member who just took his seat had mentioned a couple of comparisons, I too was looking at the grants that were given. I notice, and I understand that the Bermuda Football Association gets $300,000. They are a na-tional organisation. And the Bermuda Cricket Board …

3 Mar 2023 House of Assembly

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Thank you. I am going to move to page B -242, and I would like to look at [business unit] 2007, Camping. And while I was on my fee increase piece, I was just 730 3 March 2023 Official Hansard Report Bermuda House of Assembly looking at camping. I remember lis tening to the Mini stry of Public Works’ brief. …

3 Mar 2023 House of Assembly

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Thank you, Madam Chai rman. I just have one short, little section left. I am picking it up on page B -247, 30350, Y outh Inves t-ments and G rants. And this may be dovetailing with the Member who just took his seat. But here we have a performance measure of 13 grants being given out for youth development programmes. …

1 Mar 2023 House of Assembly

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Thank you, Madam Chai rman. 638 1 March 2023 Official Hansard Report Bermuda House of Assembly That was a wonderful, comprehensive and thorough brief that the Minister gave and I much appreciate that. I, too, would like to give full credit to the staff within her Ministry. Having had the opportunity to be exposed to them and to hear their …

1 Mar 2023 House of Assembly

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So, I would like to ask the Minister what is being done, or what can be done to make our nursing homes (in particular) and our rest homes more cost -efficient? What can be done to i mprove the sustainability of rest homes and nursing homes (in particular) that are struggling to sustain themselves over the long term? And what …

1 Mar 2023 House of Assembly

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So the target outcome, but we are still looking at, and if we look at the actuals on page B -285— if we look at the actual outcomes for 2021/22, we are still seeing a total of 84 seniors who have had reports of physical abuse, psychological abuse, sexual abuse, financial abuse and neglect. So this is a lot of …

1 Mar 2023 House of Assembly

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Yes. I am on page B -283, 96040, Ageing and Disability Services.

1 Mar 2023 House of Assembly

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So, there is a r eport of $980,000 for Ageing and Disability Services for this year, which is up $171,000. And we are clearly down on staff, and prices are going up as far as maint enance, administration, operations. I would like to ask the Minister how she is hoping to dev elop the seniors section of her Ministry. It …

1 Mar 2023 House of Assembly

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I am on page—I am just speaking to the head, the general Head 86.

1 Mar 2023 House of Assembly

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Page B -282.

1 Mar 2023 House of Assembly

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Right. But the Children’s Commission comes under the Ministry Headquarters.

1 Mar 2023 House of Assembly

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I will move on.

1 Mar 2023 House of Assembly

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[Programme] 6932. So this year the Minister has introduced the Centre Against Abuse. And I am just wondering whether the Minister might be able to give us an ind ication of how she is hoping to partner a little bit, what her intentions are for partnership and coordination with the Centre Against Abuse? And I guess what my real question …

1 Mar 2023 House of Assembly

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Health insurance, yes. [Pause]

1 Mar 2023 House of Assembly

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I would now like to move over to Head 23, Child and Family Services, page B - 288. Under 33070, the Brangman Home, if the Mini ster could just give us an indication . . . she had mentioned that children will age out, transition away as they reach the age of 18 and they age out. I am just …

1 Mar 2023 House of Assembly

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Yes. I just have one or two other questions.

1 Mar 2023 House of Assembly

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As I was listening to the sort of duplicate of the Salvation Army, on page C -21, I had a similar question as well. And i t is fine. I am just curious how and why it is done this way. But 7056, Packwood Rest Home, on page C -21. So they get a grant. But then under 6912, under …

1 Mar 2023 House of Assembly

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I am on 33140.

1 Mar 2023 House of Assembly

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And that is page B -288.