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Jarion Richrdson, JP, MP

Jarion Richrdson, JP, MP

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2 Mar 2026 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Madam Chairman. I thank the Honourable Minister for his contribution and brief this evening. It was fulsome and explained a lot of things that I was going to ask about. And so, I look forward to amending my questions and getting a little deeper into these areas. I would like to start this evaluation on Head 80, [the …
2 Mar 2026 House of Assembly
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Yes, ma'am.
2 Mar 2026 House of Assembly
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Well, it will be a matrix, because there are five department objectives, and there are four . . . I want to say four business units.
2 Mar 2026 House of Assembly
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Five. So, I'm not sure who's doing what.
2 Mar 2026 House of Assembly
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Thanks.
2 Mar 2026 House of Assembly
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Moving on to my next question, which is on [page] B-77 business unit 90015, C ontract and Compliance. Here it is.
2 Mar 2026 House of Assembly
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I am seeing on . . . which is under the G eneral Summary, I am seeing a 25 per cent decrease. Now my question is, how are we going to ensure the high degree of integrity in the process by reducing the compliance folks who are . . . by nature of their assignments, their job is to ascertain …
2 Mar 2026 House of Assembly
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Madam Chair man, my next question to the Honourable Minister is on [page] B-78. Why every five years? So, on [page] B-78, I note that the Code of P ractice for P roject Management and P rocurement is to be updated every five years under the target outcome for 2026/ 27. And it was previously biannual in other Hansards. So, …
2 Mar 2026 House of Assembly
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Sure.
2 Mar 2026 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Madam Chairman— and a lot of time.
2 Mar 2026 House of Assembly
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I'd be happy to give him my book here of questions.
2 Mar 2026 House of Assembly
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To him. Okay.
2 Mar 2026 House of Assembly
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Yes, ma'am.
2 Mar 2026 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Madam Chairman. My next question is on the nine FTEs for this head, which I note is $990,000, w hich is outlined on [page] B-77 under the G eneral Summary , which is the total amount of expenditure estimated for 2026 /27. I note that across the whole government budget, we are seeing upwards of $1.2 billion in …
2 Mar 2026 House of Assembly
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That is just for that head.
2 Mar 2026 House of Assembly
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Yes, Madam Chair man.
2 Mar 2026 House of Assembly
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Thank you.
2 Mar 2026 House of Assembly
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Madam [Chairman] , I'm moving on to H ead 43, Information and Digital Technologies, otherwise known as IDT, starting on page B -63. Again, I thank the Honourable Minister for the brief on this one, and I look forward to his responses. We note that staffing on [page] B-64 . . . I will start on [page] B-64, the Full-Time …
2 Mar 2026 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Madam Chairman, [$467,000]. What contracts compromise this $795,000, and what deliverables are being purchased through those con tracts? Further on [page] B-64, under Repair and Maintenance for the subjective analysis of current account estimates, that line item is increasing by $238,000. Is this lifecycle replacement, reactive system failure response, or ageing infrastructure costs? This is Bermuda House of …
2 Mar 2026 House of Assembly
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Yes, under Device Support. Thank you so much. Where we see an actual target in 2024 /25 of zero, and then a target in 2026/ 27 of 80 per cent. And the question to the M inister is , Why is the actual outcome recorded as zero? Was the performance not measured or simply was it not achieved at all? …