Speeches by The Hon. Dennis Lister, JP,MP

12 Dec 2025 House of Assembly

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Member. Member, we are not on the capital works yet. And so, you— Hon. Tinee Furbert: —capital works? Bermuda House of Assembly The Chairman: Yes, some things are coming under capital works as highlighted on the supplementary estimate sheet , and I realise that persons have bundled everything together . But I think that you have covered some of what …

12 Dec 2025 House of Assembly

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Yes, because you do not need to go into the . . . You can do that when you get to the capital section. Okay? HEAD 86 MINISTRY HEADQUARTERS Hon. Tinee Furbert: Madam Chairman, Ministry Headquarters , 86, was allocated $586,000. With this increase, the Ministry will broaden its reach by introducing new initiatives . Madam Chairman, the Ministry will …

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[That is] $ 22,500 Hon. Tinee Furbert: Madam Chairman, $22,500 —

12 Dec 2025 House of Assembly

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Yes. Hon. Tinee Furbert: —that has been awarded this year to the K . Margaret Carter Centre to support the bus driver relief programme and other essential support services. T his financial boost ensures that KMCC clients retain u ninterrupted access to core services by providing relief driver coverage allowing safe, reliable, and accessible transport to continue when full -time …

12 Dec 2025 House of Assembly

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Thank you. Are there any other persons who wish to speak to item 9, Heads 86 and 23 ? I recognise the Member from constituency 22.

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Thank you. Hon. Tinee Furbert: Yes.

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Thank you. Are there any other persons who wish to speak to item 9, Heads 86 and 23?

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Good evening.

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Thank you. Are there any other persons who wish to speak to item 9, Heads 86 and 23? There be a non e . . . Minister, w ould you like to offer [an] a nswer to the question? Hon. Tinee Furbert: Thank you, Madam Chairman. The funds a llocated will just be for the nursing homes and . . …

12 Dec 2025 House of Assembly

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Minister , you have the floor . Minister , Minister , you need to move your — Hon. Tinee Furbert: Madam Chairman, I move that items . . . Heads 23 and 86 be approved.

12 Dec 2025 House of Assembly

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It has been moved that under item 9, Heads 86 and 23 be approved. Are there any objections? There are none. So approved. [Gavel] [Motion carried: The Ministry of Youth, Social Development and Seniors, Heads 23 and 86 approved.] CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT (HEAD 65)

12 Dec 2025 House of Assembly

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This takes us on to the next item, which is nondebatable , and so we do not have . . . This moves us along to capital items , and item 11 to begin with. I recognise the Minister of Cabinet Office and Digital Innovation. Minister , you have the floor . Hon. Diallo V. S. Rabain: Thank you, Madam …

12 Dec 2025 House of Assembly

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Item 11 . Under item 11. Hon. Diallo V. S. Rabain: Item 11, [Head] 65 be now taken on the consideration.

12 Dec 2025 House of Assembly

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It has been moved that item 11 , Head 65 be taken under c onsideration. Are there any objections? There are none. So approved. Go— CABINET OFFICE Hon. Diallo V. S. Rabain: Madam Chairman, community clubs have been given $500,000. The Ministry of for the Cabinet Office and Digital Innovations has been allocated $500,000 in capital funds to support additional …

12 Dec 2025 House of Assembly

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Thank you, Minister. Are there any other persons who wish to speak to item 11, Head 65? I recognise the Opposition Leader and Member from constituency 10. Member , you have the floor . Hon. Robert King: Thank you, [Madam Chairman]. The question I have is : How will the additional funds of $ 500,000 be specifically allocated ? How …

12 Dec 2025 House of Assembly

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Thank you. Are there any other persons who wish to speak to item 11, Head 65? There being none . . . Minister . Hon. Diallo V. S. Rabain: Thank you. Madam Chairman, I will refer to the Premier ’s Statement this morning when he spoke about the clubs and how the monies are allocated. There is an app—I believe …

12 Dec 2025 House of Assembly

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Thank you, Minister . Are there any other Member s who wish to speak to item 11 , Head 65. There being none . . . Minister . Hon. Diallo V. S. Rabain: Madam Speaker , just curious to know if we . . . Because some of these Heads are duplicates , should we just wait to the end …

12 Dec 2025 House of Assembly

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So, you are asking if we can move the items 11 , 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, and 19 because some of the H eads have been moved? Hon. Diallo V. S. Rabain: Right—No, no. N one of these Heads have been moved yet.

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No, no. Under the whole s upplementary estimate, other H eads have been moved under the current account . So, you are asking whether or not we can wait till the end and move once they have been considered. Hon. Diallo V. S. Rabain : Once all of the capital heads —

12 Dec 2025 House of Assembly

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Move them all at the — Hon. Diallo V. S. Rabain: —have been considered.