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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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Would the Honourable Minister be able to clarify . . . he had mentioned future leadership in his brief. I am not sure if these are the same leadership programmes, so if he could just clarify. Especially because in this performance measurement, a leadership programme was discontinued. And the question, therefore, is , What replaced it as the pipeline for …
2 Mar 2026 House of Assembly
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[Page] B -45.
2 Mar 2026 House of Assembly
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Apologies.
2 Mar 2026 House of Assembly
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Minister, does the Public Service strategic plan replace the G overnment Reform [Agenda] entirely? And, if so, where is reform performance being quantified in this head? Staying on page B -45, business unit 19080, under the G overnment Reform Agenda, initiatives that were discontinued. Would the Honourable Minister be able to explain what structural reform initiatives were completed and what …
2 Mar 2026 House of Assembly
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Yes, that's it, Mr. Chair man.
2 Mar 2026 House of Assembly
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Yes, the training, as the Honourable Minister had mentioned, is going up by some 678 per cent to $339,000.
2 Mar 2026 House of Assembly
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Yes, up to $ 389,000.
2 Mar 2026 House of Assembly
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Thank you, from original in 2025 /26 at $50,000. So, Honourable Minister . . . Could the Honourable Minister explain what competencies are being targeted by a 678 per cent increase in training? Is it governance, digital literacy, fiscal oversight, or project management? I also note on [page] B-42 for professional services under subjective analysis of current account estimates . …
2 Mar 2026 House of Assembly
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Would the Honourable Minister be able to explain what percentage of professional services is policy advisory versus operational project support? We are seeing an increase in the Cabinet budget for travel on page B -42 under subjective analysis of current account estimates. Travel is going up 49 per cent, going from an original in 2025[/26] of $267[,000] to this year's …
2 Mar 2026 House of Assembly
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Sorry, it is Department of Employee and Organisation Development.
2 Mar 2026 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House of Assembly
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And staying on C abinet Office on [page] B-41, specifically under [business unit] 19090. This one, I have a couple of complaints with the nature of this B ook, because in Hansard 3, page 935 , that's the debate from last year, as well as the Minister's brief this year , performance measurements were outlined in the brief and in …
2 Mar 2026 House of Assembly
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Yes, thank you. Where we are seeing a decrease of $216,000, or 22 per cent . And the Honourable Minister has, as have a number of other Ministers , mentioned digital transformation being quite central to reform. So, the question to the Honourable Minister is, Why does the allocation decline, whilst reform remains quite strong in narrative description, speeches, et …
2 Mar 2026 House of Assembly
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Where we see a total M inistry growth of 10 per cent .
2 Mar 2026 House of Assembly
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Would the H onourable Minister be able to explain what formal coordination forum ensures alignment between the Heads —Head 9, Cabinet Office; Head 61, Department of Employee and Organisation Development; Head 43, Department of Information and Digital Technology ; and Head 32, Department of Planning —as it relates to reform initiatives ? All of these have reform initiatives and funds …
2 Mar 2026 House of Assembly
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[Heads] 9, 61, 43, and 32, yes, that's right, thank you, Mr. Chair man. Further, going back to [page] B-43, where we see a full -time equivalent increase in 44 to 51. Honourable Minister, I think this actually . . . this is where that number stayed the same. The Honourable Minister mentioned that there would not be an increase …
2 Mar 2026 House of Assembly
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I thank the H onourable Minister. Maybe I have just been talking so much, I didn't hear him properly, but so those are vacancies?
2 Mar 2026 House of Assembly
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Sure. I thank the H onourable Minister, Mr. Chair man.
2 Mar 2026 House of Assembly
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[Page] B-40, under the objectives for Head 9.
2 Mar 2026 House of Assembly
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Improve policy . . . the objective is to improve policy -making government wide.
2 Mar 2026 House of Assembly
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Under gross misconduct cases adjudicated within eight weeks, is the performance measurement —