Speeches by Dwayne Robinson, JP, MP

7 Nov 2025 House of Assembly

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Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker . QUESTION 1: NATIONAL ROAD SAFETY PLAN, SCHEDULING OF NEW PLAN

7 Nov 2025 House of Assembly

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Question one: Will the Honourable Minister please inform this Honourable House when a new National Road Safety Plan will be rolled out to the public? Thank you. Hon. Owen Darrell: Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker . A new National Road Safety Plan will be introduced by the Bermuda Road Safety Council in April of 2026. Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker …

7 Nov 2025 House of Assembly

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Yes, Madam Deputy Speaker . SUPPLEMENTARIES

7 Nov 2025 House of Assembly

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Will this plan include collaboration with Public Works and the Ministry of Public Works on identifying hotspots of accidents and making them safer? Thank you. Hon. Owen Darrell: Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker . I am happy to report that the Bermuda Road Safety Council are doing amazing work for this country . And they often meet with other ministries …

7 Nov 2025 House of Assembly

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Second supplemental. Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker . Will the Minister consider implementing an annual or biannual update to our National Road Safety Plan on an ongoing basis or for a forward- going basis? Thank you.

7 Nov 2025 House of Assembly

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Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. Will the Honourable Minister please inform this Honourable House about any legislative or policy changes that have been recommended by the Bermuda Road Safety Council between October 2022 and October 2025? Thank you.

7 Nov 2025 House of Assembly

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Yes. Just to see if I can seek a bit of clarification as to, I guess, specifically —

7 Nov 2025 House of Assembly

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Yes, can I get some insight on the specific road safety legislation or recommendations made? Because I know obviously the Minister cannot list all of them in his answers, but I'm just trying to narrow it down to some f urther policy.

7 Nov 2025 House of Assembly

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No; more so legislative direction. So , it's not actually Bills.

7 Nov 2025 House of Assembly

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Question three, Madam Deputy Speaker. Thank you. Will the Honourable Minister please inform this Honourable House on the Government strategy to reduce impaired driving in Bermuda?

7 Nov 2025 House of Assembly

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I have a supplemental, Madam Deputy Speaker. Is there any consideration given to strengthening the penalty for causing death through driving dangerous ly and impaired?

7 Nov 2025 House of Assembly

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Yes, Madam Deputy Speaker . Thank you. My question for the Minister is as . . . let me declare my interests . I also work in the field of immigration as my day job. I just wanted to ask the Minister about the additional work permit policies as mentioned in his S tatement. As we know, the Department of …

7 Nov 2025 House of Assembly

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Yes. My second question, Madam Deputy Speaker. It was mentioned in the Statement as well about maternity and paternity leave. And I just wanted to ask the Minister if there has been any consideration of a shared parental leave scheme similar to [the] one in the UK. As we know, families are not as traditional as they once were. You …

7 Nov 2025 House of Assembly

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—as a father, I did utilise that. So, I appreciate that. But I just wanted to get that clarity from the Minister if [there] was any intention to update that policy or consider any alternatives. Hon. Jason Hayward: The only policy that the Ministry is currently looking at is extending maternity and paternity leave to new legal guardians and parents …

7 Nov 2025 House of Assembly

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Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker . I just want to send a congratulatory message to Ms. Carla Zuil l for 10 years of the Women Empowerment Summit. This was a grassroots organisation that has helped many women in our community. And as a close personal friend of mine, I wanted to bring that to the floor so that she can …

26 Sep 2025 House of Assembly

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Good morning, Mr. Speaker. Thank you. Will the Honourable Premier and Minister of Finance please inform this Honourable House if Genc om has gathered the required funding for the Fairmont Southampton reopening? Thank you. Hon. E. David Burt: Mr. Speaker, that answer is in the public domain. [No audio]

26 Sep 2025 House of Assembly

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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Let me see. Will the Honourable Minister please advise this Honourable House when the revised special develop-ment order [SDO] for Fairmont Southampton will be published in The Official Gazette and brought before Parliament? Thank you.

26 Sep 2025 House of Assembly

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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. First of all, I would like to commend the Minis ter on the progress made with the ShoreLink app that has definitely assisted a lot of people. [Desk thumping]

26 Sep 2025 House of Assembly

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Thank you, thank you. My question is just about capacity. I may have missed it in the Minister's Statement, but could the Minister confirm whether or not capacity will be shown for the buses that are tracked? And ferries that are tracked? Becaus e I know a lot of people during the tourism season, unfortunately . . . you k …

26 Sep 2025 House of Assembly

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Just one supplemental, which is just to confirm that I can have the Minister's support in taking that back and ensuring that the capacity issue is taken on board and worked on. Hon. Owen Darrell: Thank you, Mr. Speaker. We will review all operational factors of this app. Thank you.