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Ernest Peets

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24 Mar 2022 Senate
Official Hansard Report - Senate
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The original est imate for the previous year $1,148,000. The estimate for the year ahead, $1,023,000. That is a decrease of $125,000 or 11 per cent. This programme provides for the administrative and personnel costs associated with Ministry Headquarters, for which $1,023,000 has been allocated. This represents a decrease as I ind icated of 11 per cent . The decrease …
24 Mar 2022 Senate
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Regarding Legal Ai d Office which is business unit 97030. Current expenditure—the original estimate for the previous fiscal year, $1,680,000. The estimate for the year ahead, an increase of [$145,000] or 9 per cent to the amount of $1,825,000. Madam Chairman, the Legal Aid Office's purpose is to ensure that the legal advice and representation is readily available to those …
24 Mar 2022 Senate
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Yes, the brief is very, very comprehensive and we are certa inly glad that the information is available to us to disseminate.
24 Mar 2022 Senate
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Sure —
24 Mar 2022 Senate
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What I can do, Madam Chairman, is just provide a brief overview gi ven the time that is remaining and that will be Justice Protections, Financial Sanctions, Mirrors Programme, Financial Intelligence —may I proceed?
24 Mar 2022 Senate
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Justice Protection Programme, that will be head 97070. The original estimate for the previous year, $325,000. The estimate for the year going forward —no change, $325,000. Madam Chairman, the Justice Protection Pr ogramme has been allocated a budget disbursement of $325,000 for fiscal year coming ahead which repr esents the same allocation as last year. For the current fiscal year, …
24 Mar 2022 Senate
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The original est imate for the previous year was $327,000. The est imate for the year ahead [is] $338,000, a small i ncrease of $11,000, or 3 per cent. The Financial Sanctions Implementation Unit (FSIU) is vital to ensuring that Bermuda maintains its reputability as a cooperative jurisdiction in the international effort s to impose financial sanctions on rogue states …
24 Mar 2022 Senate
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The original est imate for the previous year is $698,000. The estimate for the year ahead, an increase of $24,000, or 3 per cent to a total of $722,000. The budget allocated to the Mirrors Pr ogramme for 2022/23 as indicated is $722,000, a $24,000 increase over last year’s budget. We recognise that behaviour and mental health are foremost in …
24 Mar 2022 Senate
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The Budget alloc ation for grants for the fiscal year 2022/23 is found on page C -17 of the Approved Estimates of Revenue and Expenditure for the fiscal year 2022/23 Budget Book. We highlight, $1,625,000 has been allocated. This represents a $1,000 increase from the allocated amount from last year. The Financial Intelligence Agency (FIA) —the original estimate was $1,624,000. …
24 Mar 2022 Senate
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24 Mar 2022 Senate
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Thank you, Madam Chairman. I will cover expenditure, which will be a dministration and debt collection. The original estimates for the previous year were $5,437,000. The estimate for the year going ahead is $5,556,000, an increase of 2 per cent or $119,000. Madam Chairman, the Attorney General' s Chambers objectives are: 1) to provide quality legal services to the Government …
24 Mar 2022 Senate
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The original est imate for 2021/22 was $387, 316, a decrease of $[$71,000], a decrease of 18 per cent . Madam Chairman, the Debt Enforcement Unit within the Attorney General's Chambers was established by the Government to assist the Department of Social Insurance and the Office of the Tax Commi ssioner in the recovery of unpaid Social Insurance contributio ns, …
24 Mar 2022 Senate
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Madam Chairman, as I wrap up, the output measures during the 2021 calendar year, 51 Acts were enacted, 179 Statutory Instruments made, m ore than 60 pieces of legislation were COVID -19-related to make provision for health, quarantine and border control restrictions, temporary unemployment benefit, pension amendments, et cetera. I n addition to the annual budget legislation, there were a …
24 Mar 2022 Senate
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In the drafting section of Chambers, there is a vacancy for a parliamentary counsel following the resignation in August 2021 of a senior drafter from Botswana, Mr. Brian Eaton who completed 15 years of ser vice in Chambers. We thank Mr. Eaton for his dedicated work and commi tment to Chambers and we wish him well in his e ndeavours. …
24 Mar 2022 Senate
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Thank you, Senator, for your questions and thank you, Madam Chairman, for your guidance this morning for the debate. As it relates to questions particularly around research and data, we are certainly grateful for the extensive work that the DNDC and their research unit does all year regarding their surveys. So, I would certainly direct the Senator to the online …
24 Mar 2022 Senate
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Thank you, Madam President [sic]—that is possible.
24 Mar 2022 Senate
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Yes, Madam Chai rman. Thank you.
24 Mar 2022 Senate
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Should I move the heads?
24 Mar 2022 Senate
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Madam Chairman, I move that Head 87, Head 4 and Head 88 be approved as printed.
24 Mar 2022 Senate
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Yes, thank you, Madam President . Before I announce the adjournment, I just want to follow up on a comment that I heard earlier, particularly as it relates to the budget rules. I think that all of us here tonight and throughout the whole day are aware of the constraints in how this process works. Bermuda Senate Having said that, …