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Robert King

Robert King

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28 May 2025 House of Assembly
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Business unit 19085, PATI/PIPA Unit. Performance measure: respond within five working days to request assistance with administrative and legal aspects of public access to information . Actual outcome 2023/24, 100 per cent. Revised forecast 2024/25, 100 per cent. Target outcome 2025/26, 950 28 May 2025 Official Hansard Report Bermuda House of Assembly 100 per cent. Implementation of privacy initiatives for …
28 May 2025 House of Assembly
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That is correct.
28 May 2025 House of Assembly
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Question. Page B -44, business unit 19085, PATI/PIPA Unit. Performance measures. The [brief] from the Minister spoke to customer satisfaction surveys. Wouldn't it be more . . . the question is, wouldn't it be helpful to determine if the response was productive? Were the achieved goals and aims achieved by those measures? Question: Page B -44, business unit 19085, PATI/PIPA …
28 May 2025 House of Assembly
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—Unit, performance measures. Question: Understanding that there is a suspicion and or perception that charging fees and the matrix that has been formulated regarding PATI requests will dissuade members of the public from seeking the answers to questions t hat are in the public's interest, how will the Government measure performance in this area? On one hand, PATI requests will …
28 May 2025 House of Assembly
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On one hand, PATI requests will now potentially become a source of revenue for Government. Making money — Hon. Diallo V. S. Rabain: Point of order.
28 May 2025 House of Assembly
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—is a good thing.
28 May 2025 House of Assembly
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Thank you for your guidance and input from the Minister as well. But if the requests are not handled with respect and transparency and the standard of accountability that is demanded of Government officials and officers of the civil service, the reduction of PATI requests may be interrupted wrongly. So, I'm asking, what measures are going to be put in …
28 May 2025 House of Assembly
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Sure.
28 May 2025 House of Assembly
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Yes, yes, that's fine.
28 May 2025 House of Assembly
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Well, you know what?
28 May 2025 House of Assembly
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In the spirit of collaboration, absolutely. I mean, I'll have another opportunity, and this Honourable House will, to revisit it if necessary. So, thank you for that.
28 May 2025 House of Assembly
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Page B -43, business units 19000 through 19080, performance measures.
28 May 2025 House of Assembly
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Actual outcome, 2023/24, three- day turnaround of Cabinet conclusions, 90 per cent of the time; 100 per cent revised forecast, 2024/25; 100 per cent target outcome, 2025/26. The question I have regarding [business unit] 19000, General Administration performance measures is, What are we actually measuring? If we're saying that 90 per cent of the time you've got a three- day …
28 May 2025 House of Assembly
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Page B -43, business unit 19020, Health and Safety . . . Safety and Health performance measures. How many of the recommendations remain outstanding? How many buildings are still offline waiting to be repaired? Page B -43, business unit 19035, London Office performance measures. Purpose of the office, roles and responsibilities, will it be resourced according to performance and meaningful …
28 May 2025 House of Assembly
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Subjective Analysis of Current Account Estimates, object code description. Since being elected in 2017 and excluding COVID -19 spending, Cabinet Office spending has more than doubled, driven by a 113 per cent increase in salaries, 11 per cent (much higher than inflation) and a 250 per cent increase in professional services, yet the employee num-bers did not fluctuate significantly. So, …
28 May 2025 House of Assembly
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Rentals. Actual Outcome, 2023/24 $1,093,000. Revised Forecast, 2024/25, $1.144 mil-lion. Estimate, 2025/26, $1,135,000. Question: For a staff of 45 and expected to grow to 51, it appears disproportionate. Furthermore, wouldn't it make good economic sense t o repair, renovate an existing government building or to purchase a building instead of paying high rents? But then, I guess it depends on …
28 May 2025 House of Assembly
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Well, you know what? We've already gone past that. [Laughter]
28 May 2025 House of Assembly
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And then the breakage fee of almost $500,000. The question I have is this: If we have an economy that is growing, a historic surplus for the second time in history, under a Progressive Labour Party Government, why hasn't the Honourable Premier and Minister of Finance made getting this actual House in order and lead by example? We talk about …
28 May 2025 House of Assembly
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However, the words we —
28 May 2025 House of Assembly
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It's all for context, Mr. Chairman.