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ORDER PAPER OF THE TOBAGO HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY ____________________________________________________
2017 – 2021 SESSION ____________________________________________________
15th SITTING at 1:30 p.m. on Thursday May 24th, 2018 at Assembly Chamber Jerningham Street, Scarborough, Tobago
Members of the 2017 – 2021 Session:
Presiding Officer - Dr. Denise Tsoiafatt-Angus ========================================== Assemblyman Kelvin Charles Assemblyman Joel Jack Assemblyman Marslyn Melville-Jack Assemblyman Ancil Dennis Assemblyman Marisha Osmond Assemblyman Clarence Jacob Assemblyman Sheldon Cunningham Assemblyman Jomo Pitt Assemblyman Shomari Hector Assemblyman Hayden Spencer Assemblyman Watson Duke Assemblyman Farley Augustine
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Member for Black Rock/Whim/Spring Garden Member for Bacolet/Mt. St. George Member for Scarborough/Calder Hall Member for Buccoo/Mt. Pleasant Member for Plymouth/Golden Lane Member for Canaan/Bon Accord Member for Providence/Mason Hall/Moriah Member for Lambeau/Signal Hill Member for Bethel/Mt. Irvine Member for Goodwood/Belle Garden West Member for Belle Garden East/Roxborough/Delaford Member for Parlatuvier/L’Anse Fourmi/Speyside
======================================== Councillor Kwesi Des Vignes Councillor Dr. Agatha Carrington Councillor Nadine Stewart-Phillips Councillor Dr. Faith B.Yisrael
ORDER OF BUSINESS (a)
PRAYERS
(b)
OATH OF ALLEGIANCE OF A NEW MEMBER
(c)
ANNOUNCEMENTS BY THE PRESIDING OFFICER
(d)
ASSEMBLY BILLS SENT BACK FROM CABINET
(e)
ASSEMBLY LAWS BROUGHT BACK FROM PARLIAMENT 2
(f)
PETITIONS
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PAPERS (i) Tobago House of Assembly Monthly Budget Report as at the end of April 2018 (By the Secretary of Finance and the Economy)
(h)
PRESENTATION OF REPORTS FROM: (i)
Dispute Resolution Commission
(ii)
Select Committees Code of Conduct Report as at May 2017
(i)
QUESTIONS TO SECRETARIES Questions for Oral Answer Questions for Written Responses can be found at Appendix I
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QUESTION NO. 46 TO THE CHIEF SECRETARY AND SECRETARY OF EDUCATION, INNOVATION AND ENERGY (By the Minority Leader) Provide the total number of monthly paid workers within the Tobago House of Assembly, identifying how many are employed via temporarily (contract workers) compared to those who have been appointed permanently via the public service commission (public servants). 3
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QUESTION NO. 51 TO THE CHIEF SECRETARY AND SECRETARY OF EDUCATION, INNOVATION AND ENERGY (By the Minority Leader) Recently there were United States of America Air Force Planes and Black Hawk Helicopters landing in Tobago. (a) What was the purpose of those visits? (b) How will those visits benefit Tobago? (c) Was there any connection between the presence of those USA air vessels and the Russian intelligence-gathering (spy) vessel, the Viktor Leonov presence in Trinidad and Tobago’s waters in 2018? * QUESTION NO. 52 TO THE SECRETARY OF TOURISM, CULTURE AND TRANSPORTATION (By the Minority Leader) With reference to the Tobago Jazz Experience 2018, please provide the following information: (a) The total number of General and VIP tickets printed for sale? (b) The total number of each type of ticket sold at full price, and the total revenue made from those sales? (c) The total number of tickets sold at reduced prices? Giving the reduced price(s) and the total revenue made from those sales? (d) How much money was spent on alcohol for the specially invited guests? (e) How much money was spent on Tobago-based artists, Trinidad-based artists, 4
Regional Artists and International Artists? (f) How much money was spent on each of the following: tent, chair, lights, stage, sound, and event management?
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QUESTION NO. 53 TO THE SECRETARY OF FINANCE AND THE ECONOMY (By the Minority Leader) With reference to the 2017-2018 fiscal budget of the Tobago House of Assembly, please provide the following as at April 30th 2018: (a) How much of the approved Recurrent Expenditure budget has already been spent, and what is the balance? (b) How much of the Development Programmes Expenditure has already been spent, and what is the balance?
 QUESTION
NO. 55 TO THE SECRETARY OF HEALTH, WELLNESS AND FAMILY DEVELOPMENT (By the Minority Councillor) Please indicate whether the Division of Health, Wellness and Family Development (or any other component of the Tobago House of Assembly for use by the Division of Health Wellness and Family Development) purchased any property (land and/or building) on or before January 2017. For each purchase, please provide the following information: (a) the date and number of the Executive Council Minute authorizing purchase; (b) a description of the property (owners, location, size, etc.);
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(c) the total cost (indicating the amount paid, and balance outstanding); (d) the date cheques were issued, and the payee on each cheque; and (e) current status of property (is the property currently occupied? By whom? Have new structures been erected?)
QUESTION
NO. 56 TO THE SECRETARY OF HEALTH, WELLNESS AND FAMILY DEVELOPMENT (By the Minority Councillor) With reference to Sections 55.2 (Compulsory Retirement) and 55.3 (Employment Beyond the Normal Retirement Date) of the TRHA’s Human Resource Policies and Procedures, please provide the following information: (a) The number and categories of contract workers who have attained the retirement age of 60 on or before December 31 , 2017 and are still (or were retained) on st
contract to date? (b) The number and categories of contract workers who have attained the retirement age of 60 on or before April 30 , 2018 and have been as contacted indicating that their current contract will not be renewed? th
(c) The number and categories of contract workers who will attain the age of 60 after May 1 2018, but before December 31 , 2019 st
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(j)
REQUESTS FOR LEAVE TO MOVE THE ADJOURNMENT OF THE ASSEMBLY ON DEFINITE MATTERS OF URGENT PUBLIC IMPORTANCE
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STATEMENTS BY SECRETARIES OR ASSISTANT SECRETARIES
(l)
PERSONAL EXPLANATIONS
(m)
INTRODUCTION OF BILLS
(n)
MOTIONS RELATING TO THE BUSINESS OR SITTINGS OF THE ASSEMBLY AND MOVED BY A SECRETARY OR ASSISTANT SECRETARY
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BE IT RESOLVED that the Standing Orders of the Tobago House of Assembly be referred to the Standing Orders Committee for consideration and report within the current session. (By the Leader of Assembly Business) (o)
PUBLIC BUSINESS EXECUTIVE COUNCIL BUSINESS MOTIONS WHEREAS the Sustainable Development Goals adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in 2015 speaks to, among other things, reduced inequalities and the promotion of a peaceful and inclusive society; AND WHEREAS at the national level there is a recognition of the need for a policy to govern work and employment as it relates to differently abled persons; AND WHEREAS the Tobago House of Assembly has provided support to the numerous differently abled Tobagonians directly through disability grants and indirectly through partnership with several Non-Governmental Organizations (NGO’s) which cater to the specific needs of the differently abled; AND WHEREAS the Tobago House of Assembly through the Division of Health, Wellness and Family Development has identified the need for increased focus and accelerated action for the inclusion of the differently abled in the work place; BE IT RESOLVED that this House support the Executive Council decision to set up a broad based, multi-disciplinary stakeholder committee to prepare a position paper with an emphasis on inclusion of differently abled persons in the workplace in Tobago; AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this committee formulate a framework for the establishment of a register of differently abled persons on the island. (By the Secretary of Health Wellness and Family Development) 7
PRIVATE BUSINESS
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MOTION FOR ADJOURNMENT
SHARON IRVINE-COMBIE CLERK OF THE ASSEMBLY (AG.)
ASSEMBLY LEGISLATURE SECRETARIAT ADMINISTRATION BUILDING JERNINGHAM STREET SCARBOROUGH TOBAGO
17th April, 2018
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APPENDIX I
TOBAGO HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY (2017-2021) NOTICE OF THE FIFTEENTH SITTING OF THE 2017-2021 SESSION TO BE HELD IN 8
THE TOBAGO HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY CHAMBER, JERNINGHAM STREET, SCARBOROUGH, TOBAGO ON THURSDAY 24TH MAY, 2018 AT 1:30 P.M.
QUESTIONS FOR WRITTEN RESPONSES
* QUESTION NO. 54 TO THE SECRETARY OF HEALTH, WELLNESS AND FAMILY DEVELOPMENT
(By the Minority Councillor)
With reference to the workers at the Division of Health, Wellness and Family Development, and paying attention to the “Chief Administrator’s Circular Memorandum No. 41 of 2016”, with subject matter “Policy on re-engagement of Officers on Contract”, please provide the following information: (a) Total number of persons employed at the Division of Health, Wellness and Family Development, delineated via the following categories: Public Servants, Contract Officers, Daily Paid Workers, Month to month, and Other. (b)
No. of persons on contract (contract officers) on end of contract leave?
(c) No. of persons employed on contract who are currently working without a signed contract? (d)No. of persons who have returned from end of contract leave, but have not been paid? (e)
No. of persons whose contract ended on or after January 2017, who were not re-engaged?
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