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QUESTION NOTICE PAPER OF THE HONOURABLE JAMAICA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES WEDNESDAY, JULY 13, 2011 NOTICE GIVEN ON THURSDAY, MAY 5, 2011 6.

* Reverend Thwaites to ask the Prime Minister on the 26th day of May, 2011: Will the Prime Minister state which public bodies’ annual reports are outstanding 1. beyond four months of the end of their financial year?

What is the sanction for Boards of Directors, Chief Executive Officers and 2.

Financial Officers who are responsible for timely reporting?
On which basis will any further public resources be made available to any public 3. body which is in breach of the Public Bodies Management and Accountability Act?

NOTICE GIVEN ON TUESDAY, MAY 31, 2011 10.

* Dr. Davies to ask the Minister of Finance and the Public Service on the 21st day of June, 2011: Does the Minister recall a refinancing proposal and a loan guarantee which was 1. piloted through Parliament, on his behalf, on July 27, 2010 by the Prime Minister?
Does the Minister recall that the House of Representatives was asked to approve 2. the refinancing of a €204.386 million note, through the issuance of a new bond by the National Road Operating and Construction Company Limited (NROCC)?

Does the Minister recall that this refinancing was to have been funded by an 3.

NROCC interim note, which would then be liquidated by a long-term bond issue?

4.

Will the Minister indicate whether the refinancing has taken place?
Page 2 of 5 If the answer to Part 4 is in the negative, will the Minister provide reasons why the 5. refinancing has not taken place?

6.

Will the Minister indicate whether the overall plan has been abandoned?

Will the Minister indicate whether the cross-currency derivative held with Citibank 7. remains in place?

8.

Will the Minister indicate the additional cost to date of servicing the cross- currency derivative, as compared to the original BANDES loan to the Development Bank of Jamaica?

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11.

* Dr. Davies to ask the Minister of Finance and the Public Service on the 21st day of June, 2011: Will the Minister provide information on the two health insurance policies 1. provided under the contract with the present Governor of the Bank of Jamaica?

Will the Minister indicate whether such provisions represent an increase of 2. expenditure compared to the contract of the previous Governor?
Will the Minister indicate whether a cap has been formally placed on the support 3. for education to children in the contract with the present Governor?

4.

If the answer to Part 3 is in the affirmative, will the Minister indicate the figure?

Will the Minister provide a revised comparison of the contract of the previous 5. and present Governor?

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12.

* Dr. Davies to ask the Minister of Transport and Works on the 21st day of June, 2011: Will the Minister provide a full listing of projects, by parish, executed during fiscal 1. year 2010/2011 under the Jamaica Development Infrastructure Programme (JDIP)?

Will the Minister provide information on the amounts expended on each of the 2. projects listed in the answer to Part 1?
Will the Minister provide the names of the contracting firms employed in 3. execution of the projects listed in the answer to Part 1?

Will the Minister provide a similar 4. listing for the projects scheduled for implementation under the JDIP for fiscal year 2010/2011 providing data on expected expenditure on each project as well as the contractors who will implement these projects?

NOTICE GIVEN ON TUESDAY, JUNE 7, 2011 15.


Page 3 of 5 * Mr. Clarke to ask the Minister of Agriculture on the 28th day of June, 2011: Is the Minister in a position to provide a timetable for bringing closure to the 1. divestment of the Government-owned sugar estates?

If the answer to Part 1 is in the affirmative, can the Minister provide this 2. timetable?

Will the Minister provide information/data on the financial operations of Jamaica 3.

Sugar Holdings since its inception?


Will the Minister indicate how Jamaica Sugar Holdings’ deficit, if there was one, 4. was covered?

Will the Minister indicate the level of expenditure, capital and recurrent, on the 5.

Monymusk and Frome sugar factories over the past three years?

Will the Minister provide data on the production cost per pound of sugar for the 6. past three years?

How do these production costs compare with the prices negotiated over the 7. various contracts?

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16.

* Dr. Davies to ask the Minister of Transport and Works on the 28th day of June, 2011: Will the Minister provide data on the ridership of the Jamaica Urban Transit 1.

Company (JUTC) for the last three years (fiscal and calendar), disaggregated by: (i) regular passengers; (ii) disabled; (iii) elderly; (iv) children?

Will the Minister provide data, over the same three-year period, on the average 2. daily bus turn-out?
Will the Minister provide data on the operating expenses of the JUTC for the 3. same three-year period, disaggregated by the main expenditure categories?

4.

Will the Minister provide data on the revenues over the same three-year period?

Page 4 of 5 Will the Minister provide data on the level of direct cash transfers from the Ministry 5. of Finance to the JUTC over the same period?
Will the Minister provide data on the annual value of indirect financial support 6. from the Ministry of Finance for the same period, disaggregated by source of support?

Will the Minister provide projections for the fiscal year 2011/2012 on the same 7. variables for which information have been provided for the last three years?

17.

* Dr. Rhodd to ask the Minister of Education on the 28th day of June, 2011: Will the Minister state the location of the new school to be constructed in 1.

Portland?
Portland?

Has work commenced on the acquisition of the land for the school and the 2. planning of the project?

3.

If the answer to Part 2 is in the negative, when will these processes begin?

If the answer to Part 2 is in the affirmative, what is the projected schedule for the 4. implementation of the project?

5.

6.

Will the new school, when constructed, be a traditional or technical high school?

What will be the enrolment of the new school?

NOTICE GIVEN ON TUESDAY, JUNE 14, 2011 18.


* Mr. Jackson to ask the Minister of Energy and Mining on the 5th day of July, 2011: Is the Prime Minister aware that the high cost of electricity is heaping great 1. hardship on electricity consumers across all segments of the Jamaican society?

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2.

Does the Prime Minister agree that substantial increases in production in most sectors are critical to Jamaica’s economic development that will provide for higher levels of employment, per capita earnings, and improved quality of life for all Jamaicans?

Is the Prime Minister aware that manufacturers have repeatedly indicated that 3. the high cost of electricity have made their products less competitive to producers in many other countries?
In light of the spiralling increases in electricity, and the urgent need to stimulate 4. widespread economic activities, is the Prime Minister giving serious priority consideration to re-negotiate the existing licence to the Jamaica Public Service Company with a view to terminating the provision that provides a monopoly in the distribution of electricity?
Page 5 of 5 Notwithstanding the response to Part 4, would the Prime Minister consider a 5. limited monopoly, if any, or a provision otherwise that will allow for private investments in power generation and distribution in prescribed production areas that will attract investments requiring less expensive energy and providing high production outputs?

If the answer to Parts 4 and 5 are in the affirmative, can the Prime Minister 6. provide an indicative timeframe for accomplishing the objectives?
NOTICE GIVEN ON TUESDAY, JULY 12, 2011 19.

* Mr. Fagan to ask the Prime Minister on the 2nd day of August, 2011: 1.

Can the Prime Minister state what, if any, is the protocol which governs in the determination that the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) should compensate the families of the staff members, who died in an accident while being transported to a job site in St. Ann, to include paying for funeral arrangements?
Can the Prime Minister further state, if families are compensated, what is the 2. process used to determine the extent of the compensation?

Can the Prime Minister state what are the protocols which govern with respect to 3. insurance and licensing of the vehicle used to transport NSWMA teams and equipment across the island to do various projects?

Can the Prime Minister finally state whether the appropriate insurance and 4. licensing protocols have been adhered to?

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20.

* Reverend Thwaites to ask the Prime Minister on the 2nd day of August, 2011: 1.

Will the Prime Minister say how many registered titles have been used under The Registration of Titles, Cadastral Mapping and Tenure Clarification (Special Provisions) Act, 2005, since its passage?

Are the provisions of section 10 of the aforementioned Act being utilised 2. sufficiently so as to increase the issuance of registered titles to persons who are in adverse possession?
Can the Prime Minister indicate the progress towards achievement of 3.

Government’s stated policy to issue and distribute registered titles to as many owners and occupants of land as are due to them or who can pay for them?

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