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Jeanne J. Atherden

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6 Oct 2017 House of Assembly
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My question to the Minister is, While we are trying to promote workforce develop-ment and we are trying to make sure that we have the workforce planning, what, if anything, is being done to try and make persons understand when areas become saturated? Because sometimes, we have the situation where there is saturation, or, if you will, there is goin …
6 Oct 2017 House of Assembly
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Yes, I have a supplementary. Because the Minister was differentiating b etween workforce planning and the health industry, I just wonder whether the Minister will acknowledge that oversaturation sometimes affects the industry as it relates to persons coming back to Bermuda and wanting to open up businesses. So it is very i mportant, f rom the health perspective, the health …
6 Oct 2017 House of Assembly
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Minister, you have indicated in your Statement . . . and I see the MPW (and I presume that means the Ministry of Public Works) has started to implement several elements of the Integrated Vegetation Management [IVM] Plan. And that plan is dealing with utilising controlling the vegetation. And you have indicated that they have already implemented several elements that …
6 Oct 2017 House of Assembly
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Supplementary. Could you indicate whether this IVM pr ogramme was started before July 18 th, 2017?
6 Oct 2017 House of Assembly
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I would just ask the Mini ster, in respect to this relocation of the airport mail faci lity, would he indicate whether the application of the notice in the paper today, which is talking about the revenue appointment of the Federal Express Bermuda Limited, does that mean, in anticipation that there is going to be a move from the airport …
6 Oct 2017 House of Assembly
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Oh, I am sorry.
6 Oct 2017 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker , I would like to be associated with the remarks to be sent to the family of Blanche Wade. As my family used to remind me, they are our cousins, relatives, and we are always saddened when persons die. And I am even more saddened or was saddened at the time, but I would like to be associated …
6 Oct 2017 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker . Mr. Deputy Speaker , I want to say at the ou tset that I am very pleased that this Tourism Inves tment Act has been put forward because, as has been indicated earlier, this is something that results in col-laboration and it is moving forward and Bermuda wants to see it happen. And the …
6 Oct 2017 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker . Mr. Speaker , I just wanted to make two o bservations. I, like everyone else, know why we have to do this. And as I said before when we were talking about some of t he anti -money laundering legislation I knew that many more things were going to come. I think the only observation …
6 Oct 2017 House of Assembly
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Yes, Mr. Chairman. I think the point that I wanted to make was something that is important for us to remember when we talk about down at the bottom of the supplementary estimate which says that Ministry Current Account which exceeds the original estimate of the Ministry by either 10 percent or $250,000, recognising that this talks about the Ministry’s …
6 Oct 2017 House of Assembly
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Mr. Chairman, I guess my question then relates to if the monies were taken from the inventory budget because, presumably, at that point in time there was, if you will, some extra i n the budget, then I guess my question becomes, At this point in time, has the Ministry determined that they will not be able to go to …
29 Sep 2017 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My question to the Honourable Premier: Would the Honourable Premier please inform the Honourable House of all government minister pos itions and junior ministerial posts, and indicate whether each is a full -time or a part -time position?
29 Sep 2017 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker.
29 Sep 2017 House of Assembly
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This is a supplementary.
29 Sep 2017 House of Assembly
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I asked for the names of the p osts so that there could be clarity as to who was minister or junior minister and which ones were full - time or part -time.
29 Sep 2017 House of Assembly
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Supplementary, Mr. Speaker. In other place, the question was not asked with respect to the junior ministerial posts.
29 Sep 2017 House of Assembly
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I will move on to my second question. I will be able to do my own calculations and deal with that appropriately. Mr. Speaker . . . no, I do have a supplementary. I do have a supplementary. With respect to— [Inaudible interjections]
29 Sep 2017 House of Assembly
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Okay. Then I am moving on to the next one.
29 Sep 2017 House of Assembly
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Okay. And truly, it is the next one. Would the Honourable Premier please inform this Honourable House of the total cost of the abov ementioned ministerial and junior ministerial posts for the remainder of the 2017/18 fiscal year, and what the future cost is on an annual basis?
29 Sep 2017 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I am pleased that the Premier did not ask me to double it, and you gave me the answer. So I thank you very much.