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Susan E. Jackson

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29 Sep 2023 House of Assembly
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It is a supplementary.
29 Sep 2023 House of Assembly
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And my other question is, As we embark on this significant cable landing station, will the Government be entertaining or negotiating any forms of concessions and the like as far as the financial contribution to the Bermuda Government?
29 Sep 2023 House of Assembly
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No, Mr. Speaker.
29 Sep 2023 House of Assembly
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And it sounds like a great deal. Congratulations to the Minister! Thank you. Some Hon. Member s: All right! All right! All right! [Desk thumping and cheers ]
29 Sep 2023 House of Assembly
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Yes. Thank you. And I just got the additional page, so one of my questions has already been answered. But I would like to ask the Minister if she may be able to give us some indication of how those folks who have fallen into this unfortunate situation, which dates back many years . . . how are we notifying? …
29 Sep 2023 House of Assembly
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Second question.
29 Sep 2023 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My second question is the horrible thorn in our side. And that is, What if anything is being done, or has the US relaxed and taken this whole stop list issue away? And how are we handling that relationship?
29 Sep 2023 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
29 Sep 2023 House of Assembly
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Thank you so much. I stand to my feet to say that I just unequivocally agree and sup-port everything that the Minister is doing with this amendment. It is so important —yes, so important —that every one of our babies and the mothers, the expectant mothers, have an equal chance for a healthy delivery, birth and upbringing in Bermuda. There …
29 Sep 2023 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I just have a few questions. And my questions focus on the sort of criminal element that is being brought into this legislation around basically bad behaviour within the department. I understand the frustration, the desperation of the vulnerable clients who come into [the offices of] Financial Assistance. And I am by no means defending any …
29 Sep 2023 House of Assembly
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—management work very hard.
29 Sep 2023 House of Assembly
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I don’t know. Mr. Speaker —
29 Sep 2023 House of Assembly
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This is our job. We are public servants. Every single individual in Bermuda . . . and I get it. Right? I get it. There are some difficult personal-ities out there. But there are people who are going through some really difficult times, and they are finding themselves in the Financial Assistance [Department]. I understand that the staff are going …
29 Sep 2023 House of Assembly
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We cannot even say that . . . that in the situation of financial assistance that, Okay, the worst behaved . . . you have to go over and sit in this corner, or . . . because they are the people that we are here to support. So, I guess . . . you know, it is a frustrating …
22 Sep 2023 House of Assembly
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Good [afternoon], Mr. Speaker, and thank you.
22 Sep 2023 House of Assembly
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I have a couple of questions for the Minister of Education. And first and foremost, I just wanted to ask whether the Honourable Minister might be able to just give us an update on whether any of the IT systems in the school were impacted by the compromise that we were experiencing?
22 Sep 2023 House of Assembly
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Well, on page—
22 Sep 2023 House of Assembly
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On page 6 —
22 Sep 2023 House of Assembly
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On page 6 there is just mention of the IT supports and — [Inaudible interjections ]
22 Sep 2023 House of Assembly
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Such as the PowerSchool accounts.