Speeches by Dwayne Robinson, JP, MP

16 May 2025 House of Assembly

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Thank you so much. Right off the top, obviously, I want to extend our support from the Members of the Opposition for this historic property. [Desk thumping]

16 May 2025 House of Assembly

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I do not support the East End for Cup Match, Madam Deputy Speaker, but I do support economic activity and tourism investment for them, and I hope to see this stimulate more activity in the East End of the Island. We also want to take time to note the history of the property and how important that is for the …

16 May 2025 House of Assembly

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Thank you, [Madam] Deputy Speaker. I appreciate it, and I just also want to say we also welcome and support this — [Inaudible interjection and laughter ]

16 May 2025 House of Assembly

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We welcome and support this, and you know — [Inaudible interjections ] 646 16 May 2025 Official Hansard Report Bermuda House of Assembly Mr. Dwayne Robinson: —it is something that I think unifies both sides of the Houses —that we want to see the tourism industry grow. We want to see investment in tourism attractions and properties. And I have …

16 May 2025 House of Assembly

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So, I will say, as the Minister well knows, I do not mind bowling pace, but sometimes you have to bowl a little spin. Right? And this is why Somerset keeps the Cup. Right?

16 May 2025 House of Assembly

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So, just letting you know. So— [Inaudible interjection]

16 May 2025 House of Assembly

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[Madam] Deputy Speaker, I will state . . . I will leave that there because I know where you . . . I know.

16 May 2025 House of Assembly

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With your indulgence. We had a robust debate on [an] additional Order before this that is pretty much identical in the concessions. We have had the debate on that, so I will not rehash it. [I] just [want] to say that we support that. Well done to the owners, and good luck going forward. Thank you.

14 May 2025 House of Assembly

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Thank you, Mr. Chairman. And thank you to the Minister for that comprehensive brief and allowing a good bit of time for questions. Mr. Chairman, where would you prefer me to start? At Head 71 and work right through?

14 May 2025 House of Assembly

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Perfect. Okay. So, I will kick off at Head 71 then on page B - 234. One of the first things that I wanted to highlight is that it is just a point really. We saw a 4 per cent in-crease overall in the Ministry, and that was kind of highlighted as almost an investment. But it seems, as we …

14 May 2025 House of Assembly

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Right. Yes. I just wanted to clarify that because it is a big jump. And we did see that in Administration as well there is almost a $15 million jump. So, you know, these are big numbers, and it would be remiss of me not to highlight them.

14 May 2025 House of Assembly

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Yes. Yes. I just wanted to make sure that these increases were still mentioned. So just going into Other Expenses, we have an increase here where it is budgeted at $4,000 pretty much throughout 2023/24 into the 2025/26 estimate, it jumps to $21,000. And I just wanted to get a bit of clarity on that because that is an increase …

14 May 2025 House of Assembly

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Thank you, sir.

14 May 2025 House of Assembly

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Yes. So, I just wanted to get clarification that if these two new ferries are being built, is that included in the numbers of 40090 under General Summary on page B -243?

14 May 2025 House of Assembly

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And also, looking at Dockyard Maintenance, this is a bit of a private interest here, being as that is where I grew up.

14 May 2025 House of Assembly

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So, I want to just get a bit of clarity on the breakdown of what occurs in this Maintenance line item. And also, I understand that the increase is for salary uplifts. However, it is a fairly large increase, and I just would like to know what the folks of Dockyard are getting for that line item.

14 May 2025 House of Assembly

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As far as Maritime Safety and Security, I find this to be a very important topic, and I just would like to get a bit of insight into what is making up this particular line item. I heard a brief mention, but I am still not quite sure on exactly what this particular amount is covering. So, I would just …

14 May 2025 House of Assembly

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Yes. And Mr. Chairman, just also bear with me. This is my first time in the House. So if I colour outside the line, I hope that you will . . .

14 May 2025 House of Assembly

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Thank you. Thank you.

14 May 2025 House of Assembly

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So just jumping to page B - 244, we have under Expenditure, Other Personnel Costs which seems to be coming in consistently over what is budgeted. So, we have a revised 2024/25 budget of $46,000, which is actually higher than the original estimate in that same year. And then we see that the estimated 2025/26 amount goes back to $34,000. …