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Susan E. Jackson

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17 May 2024 House of Assembly
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But it is still within the context of Internet access.
17 May 2024 House of Assembly
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So what about in places in Bermuda where we do find, especially in natural places like Horseshoe Bay, if they are getting on the bus . . . I know that the Minister just said that he feels that most people already have data. But sometimes in some places in Bermuda, there is no data because of blackout spots where …
17 May 2024 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I rise to my feet representing members of our community who really have had a very hard time getting a death certificate. And in many cases it does go back to COVID -19. And I guess one of the big lessons learned for our community in general is that it is really important to have a …
3 May 2024 House of Assembly
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Good morning, Mr. Speaker. Welcome back.
3 May 2024 House of Assembly
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My question for the Minister of Transport: He mentioned a number of luxury cruise lin-ers. And I would like to have an update or a progress report on homeporting. This was an initiative that was first introduced by the former Transport Minister, MP Lawrence Scott. And I am just curious what the progress is on homeporting.
3 May 2024 House of Assembly
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Supplementary.
3 May 2024 House of Assembly
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Yes. Mr. Speaker, I would like to ask the Minister w hat would be some of the roadblocks to homeporting and why there has not been any progress .
3 May 2024 House of Assembly
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Yes. Yes, that was a very good initiative. It would be great to see a little bit more of that. But I understood homeporting to be a bit more of a . . . a more foundational, consistent programme. I would like to know what our commitment as a country is to establishing homeporting for luxury yachts .
3 May 2024 House of Assembly
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Thank you. The Minister also mentioned in his Statement that 82 per cent of cruise ship passengers are repeat passengers. Eighty -two per cent were repeat. And my question to the Minister is, Where are we in Bermuda as far as our initiative that the PLP Government had sort of put in place to convert cruise passengers to 1166 3 …
3 May 2024 House of Assembly
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No, Mr. Speaker.
3 May 2024 House of Assembly
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Well, it is a cheeky question. Can I ask it? [Laughter]
3 May 2024 House of Assembly
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Well, I did my homework for the Seatrade Global Conference. And I noticed, and I would venture to say that maybe 50 per cent or more of the actual panel discussions and workshops were around careers in the cruise industry. So I am just curi-ous whether the Minister is aware of any real motivation or initiative to see whether Bermudians …
3 May 2024 House of Assembly
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Yes, I have a supplementary. I would like to ask the Minister where and how young people might be able to start that conversation. Where do they go if they would like to know more about a career in the cruise ship industry?
3 May 2024 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I would like to send condolences to the family of Gerald Wells. He was what I would consider to be the foundation, the heart of Mill Reach Road. He had Bermuda House of Assembly his homestead there. He first really caught my eye because he is the grandfather of Nahki Wells. So that was sort of …
3 May 2024 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Here we go. This is my first debate on health, so I will do my best. So the one thing I could definitely get out of this is that the data collection that we are speaking about today —for the listening audience— is not about individual patient information. T his is not about clinical data. Your …
3 May 2024 House of Assembly
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The relevance (as the interpolations from the audience) is that the hospital in the past would prepare financial statements. They would prepare financial billing. And in that billing they would list the various procedures, et cetera, whatever the medi-cal history was of that particular patient while they were in the hospital. And when they shared that, it would become data …
3 May 2024 House of Assembly
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But I will tell you one thing, Mr. Speaker. I will tell you one thing. It is all about the money. And what I am afraid of is that it is going to be the person in the front line, who is the health service provider, who is going to get hit the worst. They are going to end up …
3 May 2024 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker. [Pause]
3 May 2024 House of Assembly
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Patients who come into the system are not receiving the services they deserve. And so with all of what has been said, what is this legislation ultimately trying to solve? There are people in beds, in chairs, victims in pain and discomfort lining up the hallways of the Bermuda hospital. And what is this problem? What is this data collection …
3 May 2024 House of Assembly
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How do we even have a community that can live healthy when we do not even have the basic infrastructure in place? And we are spending our time talking about how we are going to punish people if they do not provide data. It makes no sense to me, Mr. Speaker. So my bottom line is, whether this is about …