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ORDER PAPER OF THE TOBAGO HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY ____________________________________________________ 2017 – 2021 SESSION ____________________________________________________
16th SITTING at 10:00 a.m. on Monday June 25th, 2018 at Assembly Chamber Jerningham Street, Scarborough, Tobago
Members of the 2017 – 2021 Session: Presiding Officer - Dr. Denise Tsoiafatt-Angus ========================================== Assemblyman Kelvin Charles - Member for Black Rock/Whim/Spring Garden Assemblyman Joel Jack - Member for Bacolet/Mt. St. George Assemblyman Marslyn Melville-Jack - Member for Scarborough/Calder Hall Assemblyman Ancil Dennis - Member for Buccoo/Mt. Pleasant Assemblyman Marisha Osmond - Member for Plymouth/Golden Lane Assemblyman Clarence Jacob - Member for Canaan/Bon Accord Assemblyman Sheldon Cunningham - Member for Providence/Mason Hall/Moriah Assemblyman Jomo Pitt - Member for Lambeau/Signal Hill Assemblyman Shomari Hector - Member for Bethel/Mt. Irvine Assemblyman Hayden Spencer - Member for Goodwood/Belle Garden West Assemblyman Watson Duke - Member for Belle Garden East/Roxborough/Delaford Assemblyman Farley Augustine - 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 2
(d)
ASSEMBLY BILLS SENT BACK FROM CABINET
(e)
ASSEMBLY LAWS BROUGHT BACK FROM PARLIAMENT
(f)
PETITIONS
(g)
PAPERS (i)
Tobago House of Assembly Draft Estimates. Details of Recurrent Expenditure for the year 2019
(ii)
Tobago House of Assembly Draft Estimates. Details of the Development Programme and Unemployment Relief Programmes for the year 2019
(iii) Tobago House of Assembly Draft estimates of Revenue for the year 2019 (iv)
Budget Statement for the Financial year 2019
(By the Secretary of Finance and the Economy)
(h)
(i)
PRESENTATION OF REPORTS FROM: (i)
Dispute Resolution Commission
(ii)
Select Committees
QUESTIONS TO SECRETARIES Questions for Oral Answer * QUESTION NO. 52 TO THE SECRETARY OF TOURISM, CULTURE AND TRANSPORTATION (By the Minority Leader) 3
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, Regional Artists and International Artists? (f) How much money was spent on each of the following: tent, chair, lights, stage, sound, and event management? Question No. 52 was deferred from May 24, 2018
*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 4
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 st, 2017 and are still (or were retained) on contract to date? (b) The number and categories of contract workers who have attained the retirement age of 60 on or before April 30th, 2018 and have been as contacted indicating that their current contract will not be renewed? (c) The number and categories of contract workers who will attain the age of 60 after 1st May 2018, but before December 31st, 2019? Question No. 56 was deferred from May 24, 2018
(j)
REQUESTS FOR LEAVE TO MOVE THE ADJOURNMENT OF THE ASSEMBLY ON DEFINITE MATTERS OF URGENT PUBLIC IMPORTANCE
(k)
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
(o)
PUBLIC BUSINESS EXECUTIVE COUNCIL BUSINESS MOTIONS BE IT RESOLVED that the House approve the Draft Estimates of Revenue and Expenditure respecting all functions of the Tobago House of 5
Assembly for the financial year October 01, 2018 to September 30, 2019, copies of which were laid on the Table, at an earlier stage of the proceedings. (By the Secretary of Finance and the Economy) PRIVATE BUSINESS
(p)
MOTION FOR ADJOURNMENT
SHARON IRVINE-COMBIE CLERK OF THE ASSEMBLY (AG.)
ASSEMBLY LEGISLATURE SECRETARIAT ADMINISTRATION BUILDING JERNINGHAM STREET SCARBOROUGH TOBAGO
18th June, 2018
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