Speeches by Dwayne Robinson, JP, MP

14 May 2025 House of Assembly

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Yes, Mr. Chairman. And then I can make way for answers.

14 May 2025 House of Assembly

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Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I appreciate it.

14 May 2025 House of Assembly

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Point of order, Mr. Chairman.

14 May 2025 House of Assembly

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Yes, thank you. I just think the Honourable Minister is inadvertently imputing improper motive, right? The Island: GO! App was reported by Bermuda Broadcasting, and that is public record. So, it has not been doing any illegal sources.

14 May 2025 House of Assembly

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Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

9 May 2025 House of Assembly

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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. And also, I would like to associate myself with the condolences to your family as I have longstanding roots in Somerset. My grandparents spoke very highly of Mrs. Lister and yourself. So, I just wanted to be associated with that. The service was very phenomenal, well at-tended and I learned a couple of things that I …

9 May 2025 House of Assembly

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So, you know I send strength to you and your family during this difficult time. I would also like to associate myself with the condolences given for the loss of life in Somerset as well, as this has rocked the community and a lot of folks in Somerset are feeling the loss of such a devastating act. So, I believe …

28 Mar 2025 House of Assembly

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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. And I would like to thank the Honourable Minister for her Statement and efforts on supporting the seniors and those with dementia. My question is, Has the Minister considered raising the personal home care benefit granted by FutureCare and HIP for a personal caregiver from $15.00 to the $16.40 minimum wage? And this is primarily for …

28 Mar 2025 House of Assembly

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Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker, for . . . I just wanted to rise today because I know that the next session that we have is going to be, you know, the budget debate, and usually that is . . . I would not say adversarial, but there is a certain posturing in that debate. And I wanted to take …

28 Mar 2025 House of Assembly

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I think that this is a very, very good initiative. To me hospitality is something that unilaterally, you know, both political entities support. I know that I used it to get myself through some tough times, and I like to see that we are preparing our people to go and re- enter that industry. And I know it is not …

28 Mar 2025 House of Assembly

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Well— [Inaudible interjection]

28 Mar 2025 House of Assembly

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Yes, I guess we could. We could debate about who is informed and who is not, but– [Inaudible interjections and laughter]

28 Mar 2025 House of Assembly

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—but before we get into that because you know . . . But you know I wanted to . . . I am going to stay on this wicket because we have— [Inaudible interjections]

28 Mar 2025 House of Assembly

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—a lot of time to get into that sort of discourse, but I wanted to just end it and say Happy Easter to my colleagues, to my constituents, and to the Island. I look forward to returning and doing the people’s business. And I appreciate the opportunity to be amongst everyone in this Chamber and every Honourable Member in this …

21 Mar 2025 House of Assembly

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Yes, good morning, Mr. Speaker, and thank you. Good morning to colleagues and the listening audience. My first question is, Will this digitisation affect the employment of any person at TCD or cause rede-ployment from TCD to other departments?

21 Mar 2025 House of Assembly

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Second question, Mr. Speaker. Thank you.

21 Mar 2025 House of Assembly

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Will the digitisation of this particular TCD department cause any increase in data collection so that TCD can assist the transport stakeholders?

21 Mar 2025 House of Assembly

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Yes, Mr. Speaker. One supplementary. It is that data collection and data management were not included in the Statement. So, I would like for the Minister to expound on how that may be occur-ring. It was not mentioned in the Statement, Mr. Speaker.

21 Mar 2025 House of Assembly

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Yes, thank you, Mr. Speaker. Third question: Assuming that this digitisation will be brought in by probably a third party or outside force, just asking . . . if that is the case will we be told who is handling that particular work?

21 Mar 2025 House of Assembly

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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I would like to extend condolences to the family of Walter Carlington who was a man of faith and was one of my favourite conversations on the canvassing trail. He will be missed. His family is mourning his quite- sudden passing and I wanted to extend condolences to his wife Delores and their son. For the …