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Michael Fahy, JP, MP

Michael Fahy, JP, MP

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16 May 2025 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. Madam Deputy Speaker, we have all now heard about the very sad passing of Counsellor Larry Scott and I am sure the House would be enjoined in condolences to his family. Larry and I had a great relationship over the years, had many, many robust discussions politically and would often meet at Bermy Cuisine over …
16 May 2025 House of Assembly
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Thank you. Obviously , his brother Randy has been in the House assisting over the last little while now and I am sure Michael as well is devastated. I did not know the rest of his family. I am sure others did know his family very well. But it is a sad day. He had a wonderful career as an …
16 May 2025 House of Assembly
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I associate the whole House. Thank you for that. Yes.
14 May 2025 House of Assembly
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Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, I have a number of questions across a number of different heads. I will start first with Head 30 and in particular will look at the Capital Expenditure on page C -14. It is noted in line item 76540, which is Ferries and Pilot Boats. And I think what we would like …
14 May 2025 House of Assembly
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I thought you would comment. I thought the Member would comment, Mr. Chairman. In relation to the two new ferries, which I understand are going to replace two older ferries, the Bermuda House of Assembly previous Minister (to the current Honourable Minister) had made mention I think in 2024 that there was a possibility that the old ferries would be …
14 May 2025 House of Assembly
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When you compare, Mr. Chairman, the takings in respect of the various ministries or the various departments, what is interesting when we look at public transportation, and if you look at Head 35, because I just want to bring a comparison to it (you will see on page B -253), there is quite a significant revenue source breakdown for the …
14 May 2025 House of Assembly
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I really do, and I have been absolute about that. So, any encouragement that we can give to get people to use the ferries will increase revenue, which is something that, again, another Shadow Minister spoke about in a previous debate, is finding rev-enue sources. It seems to me that that is a great op-portunity because there are wide gaps …
14 May 2025 House of Assembly
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Mr. Chairman, we do see that there are issues obviously with bus repair and maintenance, and the figures have increased. I am not following why that is the case if we are having an improved bus fleet. If we are moving toward electric buses, which are more efficient, are newer, presumably the money is being spent on those buses that …
14 May 2025 House of Assembly
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And I put it under HQ. Under New Ferries, can the Minister shed light on whether or not there will be vendor opportuni-ties on board the ferries for Bermuda businesses? And for ferry riders, you will often see vendors at the various ferry stops selling different sundries and things. Whether that is kosher or not I do not know. But …
14 May 2025 House of Assembly
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Thank you. Thank you very much. I do appreciate it, Mr. Chairman.
14 May 2025 House of Assembly
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Yes. No line on those ferries, from St. George’s to Dockyard. And it seems to me there must be opportunities again for some arrangements to be made.
14 May 2025 House of Assembly
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Because a lot of the times the ferries that are servicing Dockyard to Hamilton are primarily, during the day, tourists. That is not servicing locals. So, are we getting value for money in respect of that given the low ferry receipts (which I identified that line item already), those ferry receipts, $545,000 last year, given the massive numbers of people …
14 May 2025 House of Assembly
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Point of clarification, if I may, and it is brief.
14 May 2025 House of Assembly
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In no way was it a backhanded compliment. It is a compliment. Because I was being absolutely serious that bus operator safety is of prime importance.
14 May 2025 House of Assembly
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And it was something that was of concern to me as Minister, and I know it is of concern to the current Minister. Really, I was just trying to bring it to public’s attention that that is something I think we both would quite happily stand here and know that is a matter of national importance. Thank you.
28 Mar 2025 House of Assembly
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Correct.
28 Mar 2025 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, my first question, as you said, relates to the first Statement. And in that Statement, there is reference to stakeholder consultations being undertaken in preparation for the Cost of Living Summit. Could the Minister identify who those stakeholders are?
28 Mar 2025 House of Assembly
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Thank you, yes. Supplementary. When the Honourable Minister makes reference to the grocery stores, could she please be more specific as to which specific stores have been asked to participate in the stakeholder meetings?
28 Mar 2025 House of Assembly
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No. New question. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
28 Mar 2025 House of Assembly
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The Honourable Minister has again made reference to the tabling of the Cost of Living Report. There are no specific timelines in her Statement, so could she please give some information as to the anticipated timeline to table a Cost of Living Report? Thank you.