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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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So, my question shows the public Internet availability shows an actual 20 per cent and a target of 95 per cent , and what exactly is being measured here? Is it live 95 per cent of the time? Is it down 5 per cent of the time? What specific steps will we move . . . to move the service …
2 Mar 2026 House of Assembly
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Yes, thank you, Mr. Chairman.
2 Mar 2026 House of Assembly
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Because I have a lot of questions.
2 Mar 2026 House of Assembly
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I want to make sure that I give the Minister enough time to answer these questions. There are quite a few, and there are quite a few punchy ones that really deserve some attention. So, what I'm going to do, Honourable Chair man, is advance straight to the C abinet Office.
2 Mar 2026 House of Assembly
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And ask those questions.
2 Mar 2026 House of Assembly
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Head 9. And then I am going to sit down because I want to get some of these answers on the record.
2 Mar 2026 House of Assembly
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Yes, thank you, Mr. Chairman.
2 Mar 2026 House of Assembly
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Okay, so thank you, Mr. Chair man. My questions will start on [page] B-40. Specifically on objective number one, this is the C abinet Office. Now, Mr. Chair man, the reason why I want to get the G overnment to answer these questions specifically is because the Honourable Minister had made the point that this is very much the centre …
2 Mar 2026 House of Assembly
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Objective one—
2 Mar 2026 House of Assembly
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That's page B -40, yes.
2 Mar 2026 House of Assembly
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Strengthen governance, transparency and accountability across the public sector. Would the Honourable Minister be able to give the specific governance instrument that C abinet Office implemented that binds permanent secretaries to compliance? Is it policy directive, performance appraisals, budget conditions, or C abinet reporting requirements? The next question on [page] B-40, objective five, ensure implementation of government reform priorities . …
2 Mar 2026 House of Assembly
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Number . . . objective number five, sorry.
2 Mar 2026 House of Assembly
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Moving on to [page] B-41, business unit 19080, H ead of —
2 Mar 2026 House of Assembly
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—Public Service.
2 Mar 2026 House of Assembly
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Honourable Minister, with the substantial increase in this unit, an increase of some 270 per cent, or $1.2 million, what additional oversight has been operationalised? Specifically, does the H ead of the P ublic Service now possess measurable authority over cross- ministry performance compliance? Moving on to [page] B-41, business unit 19015, Policy and Strategy. Honourable Minister, how many cross- …
2 Mar 2026 House of Assembly
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Honourable Minister, how many cross . . . sorry, I am going back. That's [page] B44, business unit 1905 [sic].
2 Mar 2026 House of Assembly
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Yes, that's it.
2 Mar 2026 House of Assembly
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Honourable Minister, what is the monitoring architecture that is outlined in this performance measurement? Is there a dashboard? Is it internal only? Is it reported to C abinet quarterly? Will this House see a published status update? Staying on [page] B-44, in the same measure, Mr. Chair man. Honourable Minister, how many undertakings were monitored in 2024/ 25? And what …
2 Mar 2026 House of Assembly
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Sorry, the M inister actually answered that one already. I am moving on to [page] B-45.
2 Mar 2026 House of Assembly
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Head of Public Service. Second cohort to begin a leadership programme.