1 JSC – Land and Physical Infrastructure 2017.09.18 VERBATIM NOTES OF THE NINETEENTH MEETING OF THE JOINT SELECT COMMITTEE APPOINTED TO ENQUIRE INTO AND REPORT ON LAND AND PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE HELD (IN PUBLIC) IN THE J. HAMILTON MAURICE ROOM, MEZZANINE FLOOR, TOWER D, PORT OF SPAIN INTERNATIONAL WATERFRONT CENTRE, #1A WRIGHTSON ROAD, PORT OF SPAIN, ON MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 2017 AT 1.15 P.M. PRESENT Mr. Stephen Creese Chairman Mr. Rushton Paray Vice-Chairman Mr. Darryl Smith Member Mr. Nigel De Freitas Member Mr. Wade Mark Member Mrs. Glenda Jennings-Smith Member Mr. Franklin Khan Member Dr. Lovell Francis Member Mrs. Angelique Massiah Secretary Miss Kimberly Mitchell Assistant Secretary Miss Katharina Gokool Graduate Research Asst. 3.20 p.m.: Meeting resumed in the J. Hamilton Maurice Room. SEAMEN AND WATERFRONT WORKERS TRADE UNION Mr. Michael Annisette President General Mr. Chairman: The Nineteenth Meeting of the Joint Select Committee on Land and Physical Infrastructure is hereby reconvened. Good afternoon and welcome. Members are reminded to turn off their cell phones or place same on silent or vibrate. This hearing is being broadcast live on Parliament Channel 11, Parliament Radio UNREVISED 2 JSC – Land and Physical Infrastructure 2017.09.18 105.5 FM, and the Parliament’s YouTube Channel, ParlView. Members of the viewing and listening audience may send comments via e-mail at
[email protected], on our Facebook page at Facebook.com/ttparliament, or on Twitter@ttparliament. I would like to take this opportunity to remind our audience and our viewership that the objectives of this enquiry are to understand the current state of the ferry service in Trinidad and Tobago, to examine the policies and procedures used to acquire ferries, and to ensure that value for money is obtained, to determine whether due diligence governed the conduct of all aspects of the maintenance and management of the provision of the sea bridge service, and to determine the changes and challenges with respect to the maintenance of ferries.