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Hansard in the Other Place 1 Leave of Absence 2017.06.22 SENATE Thursday, June 22, 2017 The Senate met at 2.30 p.m. PRAYERS [MADAM PRESIDENT in the Chair] LEAVE OF ABSENCE Madam President: Hon. Senators, I have granted leave of absence to Sen. Allyson Baksh and Sen. Dr. Dhanayshar Mahabir, both of whom are out of the country, and to Sen. H.R. Ian Roach who is ill. SENATORS’ APPOINTMENT Madam President: Hon. Senators, I have received the following correspondence from His Excellency the President, Anthony Thomas Aquinas Carmona, O.R.T.T., S.C.: “THE CONSTITUTION OF THE REPUBLIC OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO By His Excellency ANTHONY THOMAS AQUINAS CARMONA, O.R.T.T., S.C., President of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces. /s/ Anthony Thomas Aquinas Carmona O.R.T.T., S.C. President. TO: MR. NIKOLI EDWARDS WHEREAS Senator Dhanayshar Mahabir is incapable of performing his duties as a Senator by reason of his absence from Trinidad and Tobago: UNREVISED 2 Senators’ Appointment 2017.06.22 NOW, THEREFORE, I, ANTHONY THOMAS AQUINAS CARMONA, President as aforesaid, in exercise of the power vested in me by section 44(1)(a) and section 44(4)(c) of the Constitution of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, do hereby appoint you, NIKOLI EDWARDS, to be temporarily a member of the Senate with effect from 22nd June, 2017 and continuing during the absence from Trinidad and Tobago of the said Senator Dhanayshar Mahabir. Given under my Hand and the Seal of the President of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago at the Office of the President, St. Ann’s, this 22nd day of June, 2017.” “THE CONSTITUTION OF THE REPUBLIC OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO By His Excellency ANTHONY THOMAS AQUINAS CARMONA, O.R.T.T., S.C., President of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces. /s/ Anthony Thomas Aquinas Carmona O.R.T.T., S.C. President. TO: MR. ALBERT WILLIAM BENEDICT SYDNEY WHEREAS Senator Hugh Russell Ian Roach is incapable of performing his duties as a Senator by reason of his illness: NOW, THEREFORE, I, ANTHONY THOMAS AQUINAS CARMONA, President as aforesaid, in exercise of the power vested in me by section 44(1)(b) and section 44(4)(c) of the Constitution of the UNREVISED 3 Senators’ Appointment 2017.06.22 Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, do hereby appoint you, ALBERT WILLIAM BENEDICT SYDNEY, to be temporarily a member of the Senate with effect from 22nd June, 2017 and continuing during the absence of Senator Hugh Russell Ian Roach by reason of his illness. Given under my Hand and the Seal of the President of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago at the Office of the President, St. Ann’s, this 22nd day of June, 2017.” “THE CONSTITUTION OF THE REPUBLIC OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO By His Excellency ANTHONY THOMAS AQUINAS CARMONA, O.R.T.T., S.C., President of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces. /s/ Anthony Thomas Aquinas Carmona O.R.T.T., S.C. President. TO: MS. ALISHA ROMANO WHEREAS Senator Allyson Baksh is incapable of performing her duties as a Senator by reason of her absence from Trinidad and Tobago: NOW, THEREFORE, I, ANTHONY THOMAS AQUINAS CARMONA, President as aforesaid, in exercise of the power vested in me by section 44(1)(a) and section 44(4)(a) of the Constitution of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, do hereby appoint you, Alisha Romano, to be temporarily a member of the Senate with effect from 22nd June, 2017 UNREVISED 4 Senators’ Appointment 2017.06.22 and continuing during the absence from Trinidad and Tobago of the said Senator Baksh. Given under my Hand and the Seal of the President of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago at the Office of the President, St. Ann’s, this 22nd day of June, 2017.” OATH OF ALLEGIANCE The following Senators took and subscribed the Oath of Allegiance as required by law: Alisha Romano, Nikoli Edwards and Albert William Benedict Sydney. URGENT QUESTIONS Tropical Storm Bret (Lack of Relief for Residents) Sen. Paul Richards: Thank you, Madam President. Good afternoon everyone. To the Minister of Rural Development and Local Government: In light of the complaints from residents of Oropune Gardens, St. Helena, Penal, Fyzabad and Barrackpore on the lack of relief in the aftermath of the passage of Tropical Storm Bret, can the Minister give reasons for this delay on the part of the relevant corporations? The Minister of Energy and Energy Industries (Sen. The Hon. Franklin Khan): Madam President, the Minister of Rural Development and Local Government will be here shortly— Hon. Senator: He just came in. Sen. The Hon. F. Khan: Oh he just came in. Okay. Madam President: Minister of Rural Development and Local Government. The Minister of Rural Development and Local Government (Sen. The Hon. UNREVISED 5 Urgent Questions 2017.06.22 Kazim Hosein): Thank you very much, Madam President, and thanks, Sen. Richards, for the question. It is a long answer because it is a storm and it has a lot to do. I have two minutes and I have five pages, so I will try to be brief. First, I want to say that special commendation must be given to all the corporations—14 corporations throughout Trinidad and Tobago, [Desk thumping] the aldermen, the councillors, the administrative staff and also to the volunteers that took part and shared in this storm. The reasons for the delay, the respective Disaster Management Units in all 14 corporations have been preparing their staff, not just recently but over a period of time, and I want to commend them as an integral part of being the first responder along with T&TEC, WASA, fire service, police, defence force and the disaster unit in each corporation. Disaster coordinators from Tunapuna, Piarco and Arima manned the east EOC at the ODPM in Tacarigua. Madam President: Minister, your time is up. Sen. Richards: Thank you, Madam President. Minister, I know your answer was incomplete unfortunately. I hope you can answer possibly the rest of it in the next question, because they are related. Is the Ministry aware of a matrix for assessment and prioritization of relief efforts, given the fact that there are 14 corporations and the damage and the impact have been so widespread, that can be communicated to residents and burgesses so that they know they may not be priority in terms of the severity of their affliction, but the authorities are coming to them? Sen. The Hon. K. Hosein: Thank you very much, Madam President. I was out on the field so I understand the pain of the people and so on. In the 14 corporations the councillors have been assessing, the Chairmen have been assessing the UNREVISED 6 Urgent Questions 2017.06.22 residents and citizens who have been affected. They have an onus now. Recently, I do not know if you heard that the Government just approved $25million for emergency funding. So we are going take that into consideration, and the requests that come from the mayors and chairmen and the councillors and aldermen, and prioritize what they need, whether it is fridges, stoves, food stuff, clothing, house grants, because a lot of people were affected. Roofs were blown off and so on, farmers were affected, all these people were affected. I had a one on one with each corporation, I have been constantly, before the storm and after the storm, and I will continue to have it, and I hope that will bring some relief to you, Senator. Sen. Richards: Thank you, Madam President. Minister, how much emphasis is also being placed on collaboration with the Ministry of Health, given that now the other aspect of this is sewer systems have been flooded out and there are health concerns in terms of that, in addition to possibly mosquitoes breeding and the impact of those sorts of afflictions? Sen. The Hon. K. Hosein: Madam President, very good question, and we observed that while visiting the citizens. Once the water subsides, there is where the assessment will come in, and the public health department in each corporation has the onus to check. Spraying has to be done. The building inspectors, I spoke to a couple of them this morning, and they have to go around to make sure and inform the citizens what we intend to do, each local government body, what we intend to do for them. Madam President: Next question, Sen. Richards. [Interruption] No, there are only two supplementary questions. Ministry of Works and Transport (Action to Address Drainage Problems) UNREVISED 7 Urgent Questions 2017.06.22 Sen. Paul Richards: Thank you, Madam President. To the Minister of Works and Transport: Given that the Ministry of Works and Transport is responsible for dredging of water courses, what immediate action is being taken to address the drainage problems highlighted by the passage of tropical storm Bret? The Minister of Works and Transport (Sen. The Hon. Rohan Sinanan): Thank you, Madam President. The Ministry of Works and Transport, through its Drainage Division has an ongoing programme of cleaning and desilting water courses throughout Trinidad. Measures undertaken to deal with the effects of the tropical storm Bret are: river control gangs are presently deployed across the country cleaning debris in blocked water courses; cleaning of major blockage of the Tacarigua River and the Freeman Road with heavy equipment is currently in process; desilting of the Cipero River from Cross Crossing to Gulf City Link Road is in progress.
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