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Jeanne J. Atherden

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29 Sep 2017 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Minister, recognising in your Statement that there was an indication that the OPMP [Office of Pr oject Management and Procurement] had a request for tender for eight buses, recognising that the Budget Book says that $2.5 million has been allocated f or this fiscal year 2017/18, would the Minister be able to clarify whether any of …
29 Sep 2017 House of Assembly
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Yes, I have a supplementary.
29 Sep 2017 House of Assembly
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Could the Minister indicate how much a bus costs? The reason I say that is be-cause the previous . . . there was $750,000 put in for buses. And if we got buses before and we spent $750,000 and we have $2.5 million available, I would just like to know how much a bus costs?
29 Sep 2017 House of Assembly
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Supplementary.
29 Sep 2017 House of Assembly
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Just to clarify, if my a ccounting is correct, if $2.5 million is in the budget, and if I take the lower end of the scale, $350,000 wo uld give us at least seven buses. And $400,000 would give us six. So the eight that are in the Statement should mean that there is not going to be any big …
29 Sep 2017 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, if I could ask the Honourable Minister, recognising that part and par cel of this maintenance issue are some of the flaws that have been identified, and recognising that an RFP is being proposed, I guess I would ask the Honourable Mini ster as to whether some of these flaws, which one would think …
29 Sep 2017 House of Assembly
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Supplementary.
29 Sep 2017 House of Assembly
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Recognising that the Statement indicates that there are some buses here that are 20 years old, which meant that we had a good model of buses that we were able to keep on and on forever and we have changed to some new buses which are now creating problems as it relates to heating, as it relates to the outside …
29 Sep 2017 House of Assembly
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Yes, Mr. Speaker.
29 Sep 2017 House of Assembly
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Could the Minister indicate that, in terms of those buses which were subject to all of this maintenance, the disposition between those of what I call the old buses and the new buses, especially if there is an indication that there are some design flaws in the new buses?
29 Sep 2017 House of Assembly
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Supplementary, Mr. Speaker.
29 Sep 2017 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, my question is in terms of the buses which are subject to the maintenanc e. What is the percentage of buses which are what I call the old buses which are requiring the maintenance versus the new buses which are requi ring the maintenance?
29 Sep 2017 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, if the Honourable Minister can clarify, we keep talking about . . . I think the word is talking about improving their educ a-tion and training. My concern is that everything I have seen here in terms of the courses and what is avail able focuses very strongly on academics, people getting courses. We have known, because of …
29 Sep 2017 House of Assembly
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—whether any opportunities for training have been incorporated into the pr ogrammes, so that when persons go to the college and get their training, they get some practical aspects?
29 Sep 2017 House of Assembly
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Will the Honourable Mini ster acknowledge if he knew that the previous Go vernment had a plan? It is called “ Dare2Be, ” where monies were allocated so people could get training and then go out and have some practical experience. You seem to indicate that you were not aware of this. [Timer beeps]
29 Sep 2017 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker . [Pause] [Crosstalk]
29 Sep 2017 House of Assembly
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I am ready.
29 Sep 2017 House of Assembly
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Mr. Deputy Speaker, I must say I was very pleased that the Opposition—the Premier, sorry, the Premier and Finance Minister gave me his brief because that i s also continuing in the spi rit of collaboration and cooperation. I obviously have to start off and say that this Bill has come . . . it has had a long journey. …
29 Sep 2017 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Madam Chairman. Madam Chairman, obviously . . . and I just wanted to state this again because somehow it did not seem to get across. We understand t he need to have this. We support these changes. And, therefore, I am really concerned when I hear this back and forth across the House as if to suggest that …
29 Sep 2017 House of Assembly
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—that it is important for us to understand, especially as it relates to [clause] 2 where the limited licence is amplified and the requir ements, et cetera, are laid out. I am speaking to that because these are the new things that are being introduced, and I want to make sure that everybody understands [that] we understand the need for …