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Dennis Lister III, JP, MP

Dennis Lister III, JP, MP

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12 May 2025 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House of Assembly
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Mr. Chair man, a principal focus will continue to be on the development of Bermudian Crown Counse l and pupils . Emphasis will be given to using Senior Crown Coun sel and Crown Counse l to assist Junior Crown Coun sel and pupils on advisory and litigation matters . The Advisory Section intends to fill the vacant post of Deputy …
12 May 2025 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House of Assembly
45 words
The principal focus is to fill all vacancies in the section and chart a succession plan to develop Bermudian Parliamentary Counsel. An organisational restructuring of the section to bolster succession planning and support professional and leadership development is forthcoming. Legislative Information M anagement System —LIMS
12 May 2025 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House of Assembly
194 words
The legislation is produced quickly and accurately using LIMS which is customised to our Bermuda drafting style. This, combined with the important role of the legislative editor, has kept the number of errors and inconsistencies found in legislation during Ho use and Senate debates to a minimum, thereby expediting the legislative process. The maintenance of LIMS is through a Canadian …
12 May 2025 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House of Assembly
162 words
Thank you, Mr. Chair man. Next, I will continue on with Head 74 Department of Court Services found on pages B -98 to B -101 of the Estimates of Revenue and Expenditure. Mr. Chairman, it gives me great pleasure to present the budget for Head 74, the Department of Court Services. The mission statement is to reduce recidivism by delivering …
12 May 2025 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House of Assembly
275 words
This department has been, and continues to be, impacted by an increasing number of clients who are victims of unresolved childhood and adult traumas which negatively affect their lives, cul-minating with their involvement in our criminal justice system. These issues seriously affect their ability to function in society, which ultimately leads to addiction, criminal thinking and deviant behaviour. These clients …
12 May 2025 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House of Assembly
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The subjective analysis of current account estimates of the Department of Court Services are found on page B -98. I would highlight the material object code increases and decreases. Head 74— Department of Court Services
12 May 2025 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House of Assembly
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The expenditure for the fiscal year 2024/25 was $4,397,000, while the estimate for the fiscal year is $4,888,000. This is an increase of $491 ,000 over the previous year , or 11 per cent, a nd as noted above, contains the salary uplift for staff as well as filling of vacant and frozen post s. This salary increase is 14 …
12 May 2025 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House of Assembly
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In 2025 /26, the estimated expansion for this team is $439,000. This is a $7,000, or 2 per cent increase over last year , the increase [is] due to salary uplift s and post fillings. Parole Services, 84020
12 May 2025 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House of Assembly
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This team had an original expenditure in 2024/25 of $424,000. In 2025 /26, Mr. Chairman, $463,000 has been requested and this would be an increase of 9 per cent, or $39,000— again to cover staff uplifts and vacant posts being f illed. Drug Treatment Court Programme, 84080
12 May 2025 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House of Assembly
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This Treatment Court Programme had an original expenditure of $471,000 in 2024 /25. The request for 20 25/26 is $621,000, which would be a 32 per cent increase, or $150,000. The total expenditure for the Case Management Unit is $1,523,000 which is 15 per cent, or $196,000, over last year's amount. Administration— 7402 Court Services Administration, 84070
12 May 2025 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House of Assembly
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This business unit has the Management Team salaries as well as the IT post and the operational funds for the department. This business unit in the 2024 /25 fiscal year had an expenditure of $1,262,000. The 2025/ 26 fiscal year estimated expenditure is $1,328,000. This is an Bermuda House of Assembly increase of $66,000, or 5 per cent. This increase …
12 May 2025 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House of Assembly
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The expenditure for this team was $174,000 in the 2024/ 25 fiscal year . The 2025/ 26 expenditure estimate is $423,000. This is an increase of 143 per cent. This fiscal year will be the first year that the department has two F orensic Psychologists, and with the recruitment process well underway, the Specialist Probation Officer post on this team …
12 May 2025 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House of Assembly
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This team's estimated expenditure of $509,000 is an increase of $46,000, or 10 per cent over the 20 24/25 year. Assessments, 84060
12 May 2025 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House of Assembly
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This unit comprises three teams : Report Writing Team, the BARC T eam and the Mental Health Treatment T eam, whose 2024/25 expenditure was $1,171,000. The expenditure estimate of $1,105,000 for the 2025/26 year is a decrease of $66,000, or 6 per cent . This brings the 2025/ 26 expenditure for this unit to $2,037,000. This is an increase of …
12 May 2025 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House of Assembly
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Mr. Chair man, I am pleased to report that the department ’s forecast performance measures for fiscal year 2024/25 were achieved as listed below in each cost centre. Business Unit 7401, Case Management
12 May 2025 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House of Assembly
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This business unit is responsible for three teams which carry out the functions of probation, parole and the Drug Treatment Court. Probation Team: The P robation Team monitors and supervises clients who are on probation, orders which have been ordered by the Courts. Conditions in probation orders are designed utilising the results of assessment tools that determine the areas of …
12 May 2025 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House of Assembly
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Two of the performance measures, which were forecast at 75 per cent , were actioned and completed at 100 per cent . All clients who screened positive for drug or alcohol use were actioned within one week. This would mean that one or more interventions based on client behaviour , history and/ or response to said interventions would be utilised …
12 May 2025 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House of Assembly
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Individuals released from the Department of Corrections on early conditional release to serve the remainder of their sentences in the community by the Parole Board are supervised for the remainder of the sentences under the supervision of an officer from the P arole Team. This means that in addition to finite sentences, persons serving life sentences are supervised by the …
12 May 2025 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House of Assembly
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Thank you, Madam Chairman. I will try and leave enough time for the Opposition to ask some questions. Madam Chairman, I left off on stating the performance measures under Head 74 and I will contin-ue. The department is actively working to lessen the number of persons who test positive during their participation in the programme, and I'll just reflect back, …
12 May 2025 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House of Assembly
185 words
You are welcome. Intensive work has gone on with an added emphasis on assisting clients to deal with their trauma issues. The measurement forecast was at 7 per cent for both the DTC [Drug Treatment Court] and DUI [Driving Under the Influence) streams. The actual percentage was 10 per cent. Of that percentage most clients tested positive early on in …